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Fall 2010 Conference |
| Illuminating the Future |
The next ICSS conference will be held at Lisle Hilton, Lisle Illinois, on October 15, 2010 from 8-4.
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Click here for a Session Proposal form.
Click here for the Registration form.
Click here for the Vendor/Exhibitor form.
The theme is: Illuminating the Future.
Dr. Gus Hatzidimitriou, Guest Speaker
Dr. Hatzidimitriou is the Director of School Improvement and Project Director for several Teaching American History grants within the NYC Dept. of Education.
Dr. Hatzidimitriou is also the author of 3 books:
- Navios: A Future Built Upon a Historical Tradition of Innovation and Excellence (2007)
- American Accounts Documenting the Destruction of Smyrna (2005)
- Founded on Freedom and Virtue: Documents Illustrating the Impact in the United States of the Greek War of Independence(2002)
In addition, Dr. Hatzidimitriou has published many articles in scholarly journals in the fields of Byzantine and Modern Greek history and education.
Title of speech for our October 15th Conference: "The Forgotten Genocide: Teaching Students about Human Rights, Diversity and Historical Thinking." |
ICSS Job Opening – Executive Director of ICSS
Job Description:
- Process memberships - including sending renewal letters, acknowledge receipt of memberships, and issue memberships cards.
- Deposit all receipts, write checks for ICSS, present annual budget at spring board meeting, and renew annual required forms to state and NCSS.
- File appropriate IRS forms, and Social Security documents.
- Attend NCSS national conferences as Illinois member-at-large and serve on other ICSS committees.
- Contact person for ICSS and carry out other duties assigned by ICSS Board.
- Select and recommend an executive secretary to ICSS board for approval. With Executive Secretary, maintain ICSS records.
- With the assistant of the president, program chair, and vendor chair, organize and oversee ICSS conference(s).
Compensation: Annually $2,400.00
- Contracted issued by ICSS Board specifying terms of employment (contract
renewed at the option of the ICSS board)
- Reimbursed for expenses directly related to the administrative services of the
Council (i.e., printing, postage, phone, etc. – budgeted items)
- Reimbursed for travel, but not for air travel, when required by the job description
for ICSS Board, at the prevailing state rate per diem (lodging, meals, actual gas
mileage – budgeted items)
Please send a letter of application and resume to:
(Deadline October 8, 2010).
Don Jolly
327 Lockwood Place
Jacksonville, IL 62650
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Teaching With Primary Sources: About The Project
The Library of Congress's Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program works
with an educational consortium of schools, universities, libraries, and
foundations to help teachers use the Library¹s vast collection of digitized
primary sources to enrich their classroom instruction.
Teaching with Primary Sources builds on the success of the Library's
previous outreach initiatives, particularly the American Memory Fellows and
An Adventure of the American Mind programs, which reached more than 10,000
teachers.
Professional development opportunities provided under the Teaching with
Primary Sources program include workshops, seminars, graduate courses,
distance learning courses, and mentoring to teachers of all disciplines.
The Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities
(www.federationedu.org) in conjunction with
its partners has developed a
Teaching with Primary Sources project to integrate primary source-based
teaching and learning using Library of Congress digitized resources into
pre-service and in-service teacher education.
Additional Links:
Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov
American Memory Collection - http://memory.loc.gov
Teaching with Primary Sources - www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/
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| News and Notices |
The Constitutional Rights Foundation
The Constitutional Rights Foundation presents a new free resource for teachers called "Educating About Immigration," which includes a rich, interactive web-based educational resource. For more information, please click here.
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Building America: Minnesota's Iron Range, U.S. Industrialization and the Creation of a World Power.
Weeklong Seminar
Sunday-Friday, June 13-18, 2010 or
Sunday-Friday, Aug. 1-6, 2010
Click here for more information.
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New: Lesson Plans available
Please note that the lesson plans that have been posted in our newsletter are now available as printable PDF files. We will begin an archive of these lesson plans, available on the Resources page. |
Membership
You can now take out a new membership or renew your existing membership
online. We hope this will make it easier to keep your membership in ICSS
current. Remember, it is because of your memberships that we are able to
keep you informed of what is happening with social studies in the state
and provide you with ideas that you can use in your classrooms through our
publications and conferences. |
Awards and Grants Info
Please click here to get a printable PDF form
for Awards nominations. Please click here to get a printable PDF
info sheet detailing the Small Grants for Teachers Program. Links for these 2 forms are permanently placed on the
"Resources" page for future reference. |
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| About the ICSS |
The Illinois Council for the Social Studies (ICSS) was founded in 1938 in order to improve
social studies teaching, to develop the professional interests of social studies instructors,
and to cooperate with other organizations working for a better social understanding in the state,
nation, and world. ICSS provides professional development opportunities, publications, and service
to Illinois teachers. As an affiliate of the National Council for the Social Studies, ICSS is the
professional organization for social educators in Illinois.
Click here or on the image to the right to view a copy of our constitution. |
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| Please browse the pages on this site to learn more about membership, our upcoming conferences, and
the NCSS. Contact members of the Board of Directors for more information. |
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