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NEW PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 | 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
7th – 9th grade educators
Join the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago and Illinois Holocaust Museum for a full-day workshop as we examine the landmark Supreme Court case of the National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie (1977). This case tested the limits of the First Amendment, demonstrated the United States’ commitment to freedom of speech, and inspired Holocaust survivors to become activists to fight hatred with education.
Through collaborative discussion, textual analysis, and testimony from eyewitnesses, Mayor of Skokie, George Van Dusen, and former State Senator, Howard Carroll, participants will be provided with a toolkit of strategies that promotes critical thinking to explore the implications of First Amendment issues and challenges we are currently facing, and reflect on the legacy of this important case on Holocaust memory and education. Senior Counsel for ACLU of Illinois Rebecca Glenberg will also join us to discuss the First Amendment as it relates to this case and current events.
Workshop includes:
Breakfast and Lunch
Classroom Resources and Materials
5 (Clock Hours) CPDUs
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is a CPS High-Quality Professional Development provider.
RESERVE MY SPOT
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, Illinois 60077
847.967.4800
ilholocaustmuseum.org
Constructivist Media Decoding: Media Literacy and Critical Thinking in Social Studies
Monday, July 24 - Wednesday, July 26
Newseum
555 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
Learn Constructivist Media Decoding (CMD) theory, analyze models, access resources and develop activities for practice in your classroom. In this 3 day workshop, you'll gain knowledge, skills, materials and practice to develop and deliver inquiry-based media analysis activities in social studies. Participants will receive individual feedback, reflect with colleagues, and finalize integration plans using diverse media documents and inquiry-based techniques that integrate critical thinking and literacy skills with core social studies content. Topics could include: student media production, critical thinking and the news, alternative approaches to media analysis, leading difficult conversations, skepticism vs. cynicism, addressing our own bias, activism and action, etc. This work will be balanced with engaging media-literacy mini-workshops from the Newseum and Project Look Sharp.
Draft Agenda
Day 1: Introduction to media (from books to Facebook), media literacy (particularly the ability to analyze and evaluate all media), Constructivist Media Decoding (CMD), and application to the C3 Framework (especially questioning, applying evidence and developing conclusions), and a tour of the Newseum.
Day 2: We will return to key issues raised on Monday related the challenges of teaching relevant, engaging, standards and inquiry-based activities about complex social content. The Newseum will lead a scavenger hunt for media documents and participants will be coached in developing individual activity plans.
Day 3: We will close with brief workshops related to the key issues from the institute (e.g. Fake News, facilitating challenging conversations, skepticism vs. cynicism, dealing with our own biases) followed by participants leading practice decoding sessions and presenting their integration plans for the fall.
Following the training participants will have individual coaching and a few online group meetings as they develop CMD activity plans, lead activities in their classes and reflect with their support group on classroom practice.
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Monday, July 24 - Wednesday, July 26
Newseum
555 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
Learn Constructivist Media Decoding (CMD) theory, analyze models, access resources and develop activities for practice in your classroom. In this 3 day workshop, you'll gain knowledge, skills, materials and practice to develop and deliver inquiry-based media analysis activities in social studies. Participants will receive individual feedback, reflect with colleagues, and finalize integration plans using diverse media documents and inquiry-based techniques that integrate critical thinking and literacy skills with core social studies content. Topics could include: student media production, critical thinking and the news, alternative approaches to media analysis, leading difficult conversations, skepticism vs. cynicism, addressing our own bias, activism and action, etc. This work will be balanced with engaging media-literacy mini-workshops from the Newseum and Project Look Sharp.
Draft Agenda
Day 1: Introduction to media (from books to Facebook), media literacy (particularly the ability to analyze and evaluate all media), Constructivist Media Decoding (CMD), and application to the C3 Framework (especially questioning, applying evidence and developing conclusions), and a tour of the Newseum.
Day 2: We will return to key issues raised on Monday related the challenges of teaching relevant, engaging, standards and inquiry-based activities about complex social content. The Newseum will lead a scavenger hunt for media documents and participants will be coached in developing individual activity plans.
Day 3: We will close with brief workshops related to the key issues from the institute (e.g. Fake News, facilitating challenging conversations, skepticism vs. cynicism, dealing with our own biases) followed by participants leading practice decoding sessions and presenting their integration plans for the fall.
Following the training participants will have individual coaching and a few online group meetings as they develop CMD activity plans, lead activities in their classes and reflect with their support group on classroom practice.
Learn More
The Center for Talent Development (CTD), at Northwestern University is offering a one-week mini-course, taught by Dr. Kimberley Chandler, who was a developer of the William & Mary Social Studies curriculum. The course is on differentiating instruction for bright students in social studies (K-8). The cost is $125, the course is totally asynchronous, from Aug 7 – 13. Group discounts are available for three or more from one district.
The link for details and to register is at http://ctd.northwestern.edu/professional-development,
Randee Susan Blair
Coordinator of School Services & Professional Development
Center for Talent Development
Northwestern University
617 Dartmouth Place
Evanston, IL 60208
847-467-0615
http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu
The link for details and to register is at http://ctd.northwestern.edu/professional-development,
Randee Susan Blair
Coordinator of School Services & Professional Development
Center for Talent Development
Northwestern University
617 Dartmouth Place
Evanston, IL 60208
847-467-0615
http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu
The ABA Division for Public Education is hosting a free professional development series for Chicago-area high school teachers of law, history, government, social studies, and civics. The program will provide participants with a broader understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and how to develop inquiry-based lessons that focus on the Fourteenth Amendment for classroom use. The program will bring together a cohort of 20 teachers for in-person seminars, workshops, and online discussions that occur between October 2017 and March 2018. Participants will have an opportunity to engage with legal scholars, historians, and curriculum specialists as they develop lessons that align with Illinois’s new civics standards.
The application, along with additional program information, can be found at: ABA Constitutional Institutes for Teachers
The deadline to apply is September 1.
The application, along with additional program information, can be found at: ABA Constitutional Institutes for Teachers
The deadline to apply is September 1.
Join us at the 2017 NCSS Summer Legislative Leadership Institute
Tuesday, July 11 to Thursday, July 13, 2017
Discovery Education World Headquarters
One Discovery Place
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Day 2 will begin on Capitol Hill, with your pre-scheduled visits to Congressional representatives from your state. You will return to Silver Spring by 1:30 PM to debrief from your Capitol Hill visits. Later, you will organize into small groups to develop your own state and local resources for social studies advocacy and public engagement. This is an excellent chance to develop a social studies advocacy program for your council or district.
Day 3, learn about the process for writing Resolutions that become official NCSS positions on key social studies issues. Then, choose to continue developing state/local advocacy resources, expand NCSS' own advocacy toolkit, or draft Resolutions for discussion at our Annual Conference in San Francisco.
This event is open to all (NCSS Members & Non-Members) with an interest in leadership and advocacy for social studies education. It is specifically recommended for NCSS Board of Directors, Affiliated Council Leaders, Special Interest Community Chairs and Committee Chairs. Teams of participants from Associated Groups, Affiliated Councils, Special Interest Communities, and Committees are highly encouraged, subject to space availability.Registration is limited.
Register & Learn More
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Tuesday, July 11 to Thursday, July 13, 2017
Discovery Education World Headquarters
One Discovery Place
Silver Spring, MD 20910
- Learn about the Federal legislative landscape that will impact social studies education in the coming year.
- Build and sustain relationships with Members of Congress and State Legislators.
- Develop advocacy resources to support social studies education in your state and district.
Day 2 will begin on Capitol Hill, with your pre-scheduled visits to Congressional representatives from your state. You will return to Silver Spring by 1:30 PM to debrief from your Capitol Hill visits. Later, you will organize into small groups to develop your own state and local resources for social studies advocacy and public engagement. This is an excellent chance to develop a social studies advocacy program for your council or district.
Day 3, learn about the process for writing Resolutions that become official NCSS positions on key social studies issues. Then, choose to continue developing state/local advocacy resources, expand NCSS' own advocacy toolkit, or draft Resolutions for discussion at our Annual Conference in San Francisco.
This event is open to all (NCSS Members & Non-Members) with an interest in leadership and advocacy for social studies education. It is specifically recommended for NCSS Board of Directors, Affiliated Council Leaders, Special Interest Community Chairs and Committee Chairs. Teams of participants from Associated Groups, Affiliated Councils, Special Interest Communities, and Committees are highly encouraged, subject to space availability.Registration is limited.
Register & Learn More
Copyright © 2017 National Council for the Social Studies, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this because you are a current or recent NCSS member, or have attended an NCSS conference or webinar. You can change your email preferences, or opt-out of receiving announcements from NCSS below.
Our mailing address is:
National Council for the Social Studies
8555 16 Street, Ste 500
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Earn professional development hours or university credit with Population Education this July!
Population Education is excited to announce that registration is open for our accelerated Summer 2017 online professional development course for science and social studies educators (grades 6-12). The course has been condensed from eight weeks to four and runs from July 3rd-July 28th, 2017. This fast-paced format results in a heavy work-load, but is perfect for educators who'd like to earn graduate credit or PD hours while school is not in session. Discover student-centered learning strategies that use contemporary issues and real-world data to examine the social and environmental impacts of human population growth. The course is asynchronous, which means students can work at their own leisure and pace. There are online discussion boards, weekly journals, and a final project, all built to provide participants with meaningful feedback and materials to use within their own classrooms.
Participants can choose to earn one credit hour of graduate education credit from UMKC or 45 professional development clock hours (4.5 CEUs) for successfully completing the full four weeks.
- The cost is $80.00 to earn 45 professional development clock hours OR $155.00 (for credit) + $80.00 (for professional development clock hours) to earn credit through UMKC.
- The first seven students to register for graduate credit with UMKC will receive a 50% discount on their professional development clock hours fee (paying $40 instead of $80).
Class size is capped at 30 participants, so don't wait to sign up. For more information and to register, visithttps://courses.populationeducation.org.
Illinois Students' Advocacy Inspires Explorers Week
Last October, seventh-graders at an Illinois middle school petitioned their school board to change Columbus Day to Explorers Day. Their efforts have led the district to create an Explorers Week so that students can learn about the contributions of many different explorers.
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
Last October, seventh-graders at an Illinois middle school petitioned their school board to change Columbus Day to Explorers Day. Their efforts have led the district to create an Explorers Week so that students can learn about the contributions of many different explorers.
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
Do you know of an excellent social studies educator or program that deserves recognition?
NCSS is accepting nominations and applications for the following 2017 awards and grants. Please help share with your networks.
Application / Nomination Deadline is: May 15, 2017
1. Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the Year
2. Grant for the Enhancement of Geographic Literacy
3. Award for Global Understanding Given in Honor of James M. Becker
4. FASSE Christa McAuliffe Reach for the Stars Award
5. NCSS Research Awards – Deadline May, 15 2017
NCSS is accepting nominations and applications for the following 2017 awards and grants. Please help share with your networks.
Application / Nomination Deadline is: May 15, 2017
1. Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the Year
- 3 Awards- elementary, middle level and secondary
- $2,500 cash prize
- Up to $500 in 2017 NCSS Annual Conference travel expenses
- 2017 Teacher of the Year Annual Conference Panel presentation
- Complimentary 1 year NCSS membership
2. Grant for the Enhancement of Geographic Literacy
- $2,500 Grant
- 2018 NCSS Annual Conference project grant outcomes presentation session or webinar/webcast
- Up to $800 in 2018 Annual Conference travel expenses
3. Award for Global Understanding Given in Honor of James M. Becker
- $2,000 Cash prize
- Up to $700 in 2017 NCSS Annual Conference travel expenses
- 2017 NCSS Annual Conference presentation session or webinar/webcast
- NCSS Conference Registration
4. FASSE Christa McAuliffe Reach for the Stars Award
- $2,500 Grant
- 2018 NCSS Annual Conference project grant outcomes presentation session or webinar/webcast
5. NCSS Research Awards – Deadline May, 15 2017
C-SPAN's 2017 Summer Educators' Conferences
We're pleased to announce that the application process for our 2017 Summer Educators' Conferences is now open.This July, C-SPAN will host two conferences for middle and high school teachers. Each conference is a day-and-a-half long and will be held at C-SPAN's offices in Washington, DC. Airfare to and from Washington, two nights' hotel stay, and meals during the conference are all provided by C-SPAN.
The conferences will bring middle and high school educators (grades 6-12) to Washington from across the country. Participants will learn about C-SPAN and our online resources, as well as how to better integrate these materials into their classroom. If you have not attended one of our previous conferences, and you are interested in learning more about the free resources that C-SPAN provides for students and teachers, we invite you to apply to attend one of these professional development experiences.
C-SPAN 2017 Summer Educators' Conference Application (Google Form)
Conference applications must be received no later than Friday, April 7.
30 educators for each conference will be selected and notified by Friday, April 21.
The two conferences will be held:
- Middle School - Monday and Tuesday, July 24th-25th
- High School - Thursday and Friday, July 27th-28th
Public, private, and parochial school teachers nationwide are invited to apply for the July 2017 Religious Worlds of New York summer institute – a three week program, with a generous stipend, that will help them teach more effectively about American religious diversity.
In today’s climate of religious intolerance and extremism, K-12 teachers can play an important role in promoting interfaith understanding. The Religious Worlds institute gives teachers the tools they need to help build a more inclusive society. The institute will bring 25 teachers from throughout the U.S. to New York City, to work with leading scholars of religion, meet with diverse religious leaders, visit local houses of worship, and explore the religious life of the city. This unique combination of classroom and community-based education will introduce teachers to American religious diversity, help them distinguish between academic and devotional approaches to the study of religion, and offer them innovative strategies for teaching about everyday religious life.
Past participants describe the institute as “my best professional development experience ever” and “one of the best learning experiences of my life.” Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to explore the religious worlds of New York.
The institute is sponsored by the Interfaith Center of New York and Union Theological Seminary, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It will meet from July 10th to 28th, 2017 on the UTS campus, in the Manhattan neighborhood of Morningside Heights. All NEH summer scholars will receive a $2,700 stipend to help pay travel, housing, and living expenses for the duration of the institute.
Applications from teachers are due by March 1st. For detailed information and application instructions, please visit www.religiousworldsnyc.org.
In today’s climate of religious intolerance and extremism, K-12 teachers can play an important role in promoting interfaith understanding. The Religious Worlds institute gives teachers the tools they need to help build a more inclusive society. The institute will bring 25 teachers from throughout the U.S. to New York City, to work with leading scholars of religion, meet with diverse religious leaders, visit local houses of worship, and explore the religious life of the city. This unique combination of classroom and community-based education will introduce teachers to American religious diversity, help them distinguish between academic and devotional approaches to the study of religion, and offer them innovative strategies for teaching about everyday religious life.
Past participants describe the institute as “my best professional development experience ever” and “one of the best learning experiences of my life.” Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to explore the religious worlds of New York.
The institute is sponsored by the Interfaith Center of New York and Union Theological Seminary, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It will meet from July 10th to 28th, 2017 on the UTS campus, in the Manhattan neighborhood of Morningside Heights. All NEH summer scholars will receive a $2,700 stipend to help pay travel, housing, and living expenses for the duration of the institute.
Applications from teachers are due by March 1st. For detailed information and application instructions, please visit www.religiousworldsnyc.org.
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Travel the world affordably, earn professional development credit, and bring global understanding into your classroom!
Founded in 2007, Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that has sent over 1600 teachers abroad on adventurous travel programs. With GEEO educators can earn professional development credits and optional graduate credit while seeing the world. GEEO's trips are 7 to 21 days in length and are designed and discounted to be interesting and affordable for teachers. In addition to amazing tour leaders, many of the programs are accompanied by university faculty that are experts on the destination. The deposit is $250 for each program and then the final payment is due 60 days before departure.
GEEO also provides teachers educational materials and the structure to help them bring their experiences into the classroom. The trips are open to all nationalities of K-12 and university educators, administrators, retired educators, as well as educators’ guests.
GEEO is offering the following travel programs for 2017: Bali/Lombok, Bangkok to Hanoi, Costa Rica, Eastern Europe, The Galapagos Islands, Greece, Iceland, India/Nepal, Bhutan, Ireland, Armenia/Georgia, Multi-Stan, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Peruvian Amazon, Peruvian Andes, Southern Africa, Vietnam/Cambodia, and the Balkans. The registration deadline is June 1st, but space is limited and many programs will be full well before the deadline.
Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at www.geeo.org. GEEO can be reached 7 days a week, toll-free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9 AM-9 PM EST.
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Jesse Weisz
Executive Director, GEEO Teacher Travel Programs
Phone: 1-877-600-0105
Email: jesse@geeo.org
Website: www.geeo.org
Founded in 2007, Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that has sent over 1600 teachers abroad on adventurous travel programs. With GEEO educators can earn professional development credits and optional graduate credit while seeing the world. GEEO's trips are 7 to 21 days in length and are designed and discounted to be interesting and affordable for teachers. In addition to amazing tour leaders, many of the programs are accompanied by university faculty that are experts on the destination. The deposit is $250 for each program and then the final payment is due 60 days before departure.
GEEO also provides teachers educational materials and the structure to help them bring their experiences into the classroom. The trips are open to all nationalities of K-12 and university educators, administrators, retired educators, as well as educators’ guests.
GEEO is offering the following travel programs for 2017: Bali/Lombok, Bangkok to Hanoi, Costa Rica, Eastern Europe, The Galapagos Islands, Greece, Iceland, India/Nepal, Bhutan, Ireland, Armenia/Georgia, Multi-Stan, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Peruvian Amazon, Peruvian Andes, Southern Africa, Vietnam/Cambodia, and the Balkans. The registration deadline is June 1st, but space is limited and many programs will be full well before the deadline.
Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at www.geeo.org. GEEO can be reached 7 days a week, toll-free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9 AM-9 PM EST.
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Jesse Weisz
Executive Director, GEEO Teacher Travel Programs
Phone: 1-877-600-0105
Email: jesse@geeo.org
Website: www.geeo.org
Foreign Policy Research Institute professional development opportunity for high school history and social science teachers
History Institute on “Why Does America Go to War?” on March 25 - 26 (application deadline: January 30)
Click here for complete details.
Since 1996, FPRI’s Butcher History Institutes have fostered civic and international literacy through a series of weekend-long conferences for teachers. Two to three such weekends are held each year focusing on a wide range of topics in U.S. and world history. Over the years, more than 1,000 teachers from over 800 schools have participated in these programs (a full list of participating schools can be found here). Recently, we have also begun to offer week-long study trips, which send teachers abroad for cultural immersion programs in a foreign country.
For each History Institute, 40-45 teachers are selected to attend a weekend-long professional development conference that includes eight lectures from top scholars, practitioners, or journalists who are known not only for their scholarship and depth but also for their ability to communicate to non-specialists. The conference also includes free room and board, partial travel reimbursement, and, in exchange for lesson plans designed around the History Institute, teachers are offered stipends. Participants receive a certificate of instruction for use in professional development records and Carthage College offers graduate credit for participation in the conference for a nominal fee.
To learn more about past History Institutes, please visit FPRI’s website for an extensive archive of texts and video files.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions about the Butcher History Institutes or FPRI in general.
Thanks so much!
Rachel Hemler
Events Coordinator
Foreign Policy Research Institute
1528 Walnut St, Ste 610
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel. 215-732-3774 ex.112
Fax 215-732-4401
rhemler@fpri.org
HEROES ON DECK: World War II on Lake Michigan
Narrated by Bill Kurtis, this documentary explores the little-known chapter of WWII history immediately following the attack at Pearl Harbor that took place just off Chicago's shores. With enemy submarines patrolling both east & west coasts, Lake Michigan was chosen as a safe place for the location to train more than 15,000 aviators for eventual carrier based duty in the Pacific, including future president George H. W. Bush. Neophyte pilots and unforgiving weather conditions on the lake contributed to hundreds of accidents. As a result more than 100 WWII aircraft sank to the bottom of Lake Michigan.
HEROES ON DECK is the story of Chicago during wartime, a bold and innovative training plan, brave pilots, and the recovery of several historic aircraft. HEROES ON DECK, brings to life a vital episode of American history.
NYTimes Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/arts/television/tv-review-pbs-heroes-on-deck.html?mwrsm=Email
Chicago Tribune Review: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-heroes-on-deck-ent-0526-20160525-column.html
Here is a password protected link to the 56 min doc on vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/155351026
password: review
There is also have a shorter, 42 minute version that may be more suitable for class discussion time frames.
Contact: Harvey Moshman, Executive Producer
HEROES ON DECK: World War II on Lake Michigan
hmoshman@gmail.com
www.heroesondeck.com
Narrated by Bill Kurtis, this documentary explores the little-known chapter of WWII history immediately following the attack at Pearl Harbor that took place just off Chicago's shores. With enemy submarines patrolling both east & west coasts, Lake Michigan was chosen as a safe place for the location to train more than 15,000 aviators for eventual carrier based duty in the Pacific, including future president George H. W. Bush. Neophyte pilots and unforgiving weather conditions on the lake contributed to hundreds of accidents. As a result more than 100 WWII aircraft sank to the bottom of Lake Michigan.
HEROES ON DECK is the story of Chicago during wartime, a bold and innovative training plan, brave pilots, and the recovery of several historic aircraft. HEROES ON DECK, brings to life a vital episode of American history.
NYTimes Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/arts/television/tv-review-pbs-heroes-on-deck.html?mwrsm=Email
Chicago Tribune Review: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-heroes-on-deck-ent-0526-20160525-column.html
Here is a password protected link to the 56 min doc on vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/155351026
password: review
There is also have a shorter, 42 minute version that may be more suitable for class discussion time frames.
Contact: Harvey Moshman, Executive Producer
HEROES ON DECK: World War II on Lake Michigan
hmoshman@gmail.com
www.heroesondeck.com
New Free Video Series from Bowdoin College:
Founding Principles: American Governance in Theory and Action
A new series of short videos is being offered free of charge by Bowdoin College as its contribution to a national effort aimed at improving civics education in the United States. Titled “Founding Principles: American Governance in Theory and Action,” the series comprises a total of fifteen episodes, each eleven to fifteen minutes in length, that serve as a readily available instructive tool for use in classrooms and by anyone interested in better understanding the American system of government.
Written and narrated by Bowdoin College Government Professor Andrew Rudalevige, “Founding Principles” provides an introductory, non-partisan overview and basic understanding of American government—how it was formed, how it works, and how everyone can participate. The series was produced by Bowdoin with technical support from students at Emerson College.
During this pivotal election year, “Founding Principles” serves as a valuable resource in educating and informing current and future voters, building citizen-leaders, and promoting civic engagement. The series is currently being used in classrooms across New England with very positive feedback.
We at the college find it invaluable if you would share with your member base via an eNewsletter or on your website so that interested teachers can access it for this upcoming election season lesson plan. We have strong support from DOEs here in New England and teachers are loving this tool. If you could make teachers aware we would appreciate it!
TO ACCESS VIDEO SERIES: http://www.bowdoin.edu/founding-principles/index.shtml
Founding Principles: American Governance in Theory and Action
A new series of short videos is being offered free of charge by Bowdoin College as its contribution to a national effort aimed at improving civics education in the United States. Titled “Founding Principles: American Governance in Theory and Action,” the series comprises a total of fifteen episodes, each eleven to fifteen minutes in length, that serve as a readily available instructive tool for use in classrooms and by anyone interested in better understanding the American system of government.
Written and narrated by Bowdoin College Government Professor Andrew Rudalevige, “Founding Principles” provides an introductory, non-partisan overview and basic understanding of American government—how it was formed, how it works, and how everyone can participate. The series was produced by Bowdoin with technical support from students at Emerson College.
During this pivotal election year, “Founding Principles” serves as a valuable resource in educating and informing current and future voters, building citizen-leaders, and promoting civic engagement. The series is currently being used in classrooms across New England with very positive feedback.
We at the college find it invaluable if you would share with your member base via an eNewsletter or on your website so that interested teachers can access it for this upcoming election season lesson plan. We have strong support from DOEs here in New England and teachers are loving this tool. If you could make teachers aware we would appreciate it!
TO ACCESS VIDEO SERIES: http://www.bowdoin.edu/founding-principles/index.shtml
Population Education, in partnership with the University of Missouri-Kansas City, is excited to announce that registration is open for our spring 2017 online professional development course for science and social studies educators (grades 6-12). Discover student-centered learning strategies that use contemporary issues and real-world data to examine the social and environmental impacts of human population growth. For more information and to register, visit https://courses.populationeducation.org.
Earn professional development hours or university credit with Population Education!
Population Education is excited to announce the launch of its first online professional development course for science and social studies educators of grades 6-12. Discover student-centered learning strategies that use contemporary issues and real-world data to examine the social and environmental impacts of human population and engage in meaningful dialogue with teachers across the world. If you teach Environmental Science, World Geography, Human Geography, Biology/Life Science, World History, or the AP counterparts, this course is perfect for you! The course is asynchronous, which means students can work at their own leisure and pace. There will be online discussion boards, journals and a final project, all built to provide students with meaningful feedback and materials to use within their own classroom.
Teachers can choose to earn one hour of graduate education credit from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) or 45.00 professional development clock hours (4.5 CEUs) for successfully completing the full eight weeks.
Class size will be capped at 30 participants, so don't wait to sign up. The cost will be $80.00 to earn 4.5 CEUs or $155.00 (for credit) + $80.00 (for CEUs) to earn credit through UMKC.
For more information and to register, visit https://courses.populationeducation.org.
Earn professional development hours or university credit with Population Education!
Population Education is excited to announce the launch of its first online professional development course for science and social studies educators of grades 6-12. Discover student-centered learning strategies that use contemporary issues and real-world data to examine the social and environmental impacts of human population and engage in meaningful dialogue with teachers across the world. If you teach Environmental Science, World Geography, Human Geography, Biology/Life Science, World History, or the AP counterparts, this course is perfect for you! The course is asynchronous, which means students can work at their own leisure and pace. There will be online discussion boards, journals and a final project, all built to provide students with meaningful feedback and materials to use within their own classroom.
Teachers can choose to earn one hour of graduate education credit from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) or 45.00 professional development clock hours (4.5 CEUs) for successfully completing the full eight weeks.
Class size will be capped at 30 participants, so don't wait to sign up. The cost will be $80.00 to earn 4.5 CEUs or $155.00 (for credit) + $80.00 (for CEUs) to earn credit through UMKC.
For more information and to register, visit https://courses.populationeducation.org.
In order to best prepare Illinois students for career and citizenship, they must learn to navigate and achieve in an increasingly competitive and globalized world. The Global Scholar Certificate responds to a growing body of research and data that suggest future careers will depend heavily upon the ability of students to work and collaborate in multiple cultural contexts. The Illinois Global Scholar Certificate aims to recognize, on the state transcript, students who have attained global skills and knowledge through academic coursework, cultural immersion, and a final reflection piece. Because individual school districts will determine which courses have a significant global focus, no changes to existing curriculum will be necessary to implement the certificate. The time has come to reward Illinois students for achieving the skills and knowledge that will be crucial to succeeding in a rapidly changing, globalized world.
The proposed Global Scholars Certificate include:
1. Globally-Focused Coursework. Students will complete a minimum number of courses that have been identified by the school district as having a strong global focus. These courses are selected by individual school districts and can be drawn from a broad of number of disciplines (i.e. Art, Business, Music, Communication Arts, Sciences, Social Studies, and World Languages).
2. Globally-focused Service Learning. Students will engage in at least one sustained, globally-focused service learning activity, program or project that has been approved by the school district.
3. Global Collaboration/Dialogue. Students will collaborate with global peers through virtual or in person dialogue.
4. Globally-focused Student Activities. Students must participate in globally-focused student activities offered by the school or outside institutions.
5. Capstone Project. Students will complete a capstone assessment task that reflects on the global experiences and produces a substantive piece of research related to a global issue or globally-connected topic.
The proposed Global Scholars Certificate include:
1. Globally-Focused Coursework. Students will complete a minimum number of courses that have been identified by the school district as having a strong global focus. These courses are selected by individual school districts and can be drawn from a broad of number of disciplines (i.e. Art, Business, Music, Communication Arts, Sciences, Social Studies, and World Languages).
2. Globally-focused Service Learning. Students will engage in at least one sustained, globally-focused service learning activity, program or project that has been approved by the school district.
3. Global Collaboration/Dialogue. Students will collaborate with global peers through virtual or in person dialogue.
4. Globally-focused Student Activities. Students must participate in globally-focused student activities offered by the school or outside institutions.
5. Capstone Project. Students will complete a capstone assessment task that reflects on the global experiences and produces a substantive piece of research related to a global issue or globally-connected topic.
NCSS Committees
Be an NCSS Leader!
Serve on an NCSS Operations CommitteeOperations committees carry out board-mandated operations, duties, and policies, as well as many of the necessary business and organizational functions of NCSS. Operations committees relate their work to Board directives, the long-range plan of NCSS, and the leadership theme of the year set by the Board. They make recommendations to the board and provide advice.
You must be a member of NCSS to serve on a committee, serving on one committee at any time. NCSS is committed to expanding participation of underrepresented groups. Beginning teachers, elementary teachers, and minorities are encouraged to apply. Appointments will be made by the House of Delegates in November and NCSS President-Elect in June for terms that will begin the following July 1.
Online Committee Application
Be an NCSS Leader!
Serve on an NCSS Operations CommitteeOperations committees carry out board-mandated operations, duties, and policies, as well as many of the necessary business and organizational functions of NCSS. Operations committees relate their work to Board directives, the long-range plan of NCSS, and the leadership theme of the year set by the Board. They make recommendations to the board and provide advice.
You must be a member of NCSS to serve on a committee, serving on one committee at any time. NCSS is committed to expanding participation of underrepresented groups. Beginning teachers, elementary teachers, and minorities are encouraged to apply. Appointments will be made by the House of Delegates in November and NCSS President-Elect in June for terms that will begin the following July 1.
Online Committee Application
Inspire your students with a Field Trip to the
Illinois Holocaust Museum
Explore artifacts, hear from eyewitness speakers, and teach your students the universal lessons of the Holocaust, Genocide, and
Human Rights
"As the decision makers of tomorrow children must understand the consequences of indifference and hate. They must not be bystanders, they must always be proactive and have the courage to speak up and care."
-Holocaust Survivor, Aaron Elster
In Our Voices Tour
For Grades 7th-12th
Explore the history of the Holocaust by taking an inquiry-based walk through our Karkomi Permanent Exhibition. Investigate the experiences of Holocaust survivors, witnesses, resistors, and rescuers through artifacts and testimony. Analyze the human and moral implications of individual choice, responsibility, and memory through connecting galleries and themes. Discover what influences our decision to act as bystanders or upstanders.
Length: 3 hours
Available Times: 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 2:00 (weekdays), 11:00 (weekends), 5:00 (Thursday evenings)
Group Size: 160 students maximum
Click here for more information
Make a Difference:
The Harvey L. Miller Family Youth Exhibition
Field Trips for 3rd through 6th grades
- Peek inside school lockers to find surprising stories about Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and others who took a stand.
- Give advice to kids in sticky situations or tell their own stories on video.
- Make a pledge to be an upstander in their own community.
BECOME A WITNESS (GRADES 6+)
Learn about the power of one voice to take a stand for positive change. Explore how questions of identity, human behavior, community, and culture connect to an introductory study of the history and lessons of the Holocaust. Topics include pre-war Jewish life, the Kindertransports, and post-war immigration.
MEMORY, ACTION, COMMUNITY (GRADES 5+)
Discover ways to become more actively involved in your local and global communities through hands-on activities in Make a Difference: The Harvey L. Miller Family Youth Exhibition. Learn how identity, social responsibility, and community tie into a discussion of universal human and civil rights and introductory study of the Holocaust, including pre-war Jewish life, the Kindertransports, and post-war immigration.
TAKE A STAND (GRADES 3+)
Through hands-on, interactive activities, discover what it takes to care for yourself and others, learn how to speak up for those being bullied, and understand core values of respect, compassion, justice, and citizenship.Develop the strategies and tools necessary to not only identify a problem, but also to identify and overcome any obstacles to solving that problem. This tour option does not include the Karkomi Permanent Exhibition.
Register Here
Opportunity Scholarships to subsidize admission and/or transportation available!
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods Drive
Skokie, IL 60077
Webinar Recording:
Social Studies in the Every Student Succeeds Act
In case you could not join us for our January 13th legislative webinar: "Social Studies in the Every Student Succeeds Act," you can view this informative webinar recording at: www.socialstudies.org/advocacy/ESSA_Next_Steps and learn in greater detail about the social studies provisions included in ESSA, and what we need to do next to secure that funding and enable social studies educators to apply.
Help the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Transcribe Primary Source Documents
Chronicling Illinois showcases collections and items from the vast Illinois history holdings of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.
ABOUT TRANSCRIBING
Chronicling Illinois holds thousands of pages of handwritten diaries, letters, and other texts. While printed texts can be scanned with OCR (optical character recognition) technology to add full text searchability, there’s no such easy fix for handwritten documents. Making these items findable requires time-consuming manual labor to transcribe each item. Our library staff can never transcribe all of these documents, so we are appealing to the public to help out.
Through "crowdsourcing" (engaging volunteers to contribute effort toward large-scale goals) this massive archive of historical materials becomes searchable, allowing researchers to seek out specific information quickly, and general users to browse and enjoy the materials more easily. By volunteering their time to help make these materials more accessible, participants can learn new information about past eras while assisting others. Please join us in preserving our past by keeping the historic record accessible, one document at a time.
HOW TO TRANSCRIBE
Anyone is welcome to contribute to the site. No special expertise is required. To transcribe documents, all you need to do is create an account by choosing a username and password, then respond to an e-mail message to verify your information. After confirming your information, simply select a document and type what you read, following a few simple directions.
ABOUT TRANSCRIBING
Chronicling Illinois holds thousands of pages of handwritten diaries, letters, and other texts. While printed texts can be scanned with OCR (optical character recognition) technology to add full text searchability, there’s no such easy fix for handwritten documents. Making these items findable requires time-consuming manual labor to transcribe each item. Our library staff can never transcribe all of these documents, so we are appealing to the public to help out.
Through "crowdsourcing" (engaging volunteers to contribute effort toward large-scale goals) this massive archive of historical materials becomes searchable, allowing researchers to seek out specific information quickly, and general users to browse and enjoy the materials more easily. By volunteering their time to help make these materials more accessible, participants can learn new information about past eras while assisting others. Please join us in preserving our past by keeping the historic record accessible, one document at a time.
HOW TO TRANSCRIBE
Anyone is welcome to contribute to the site. No special expertise is required. To transcribe documents, all you need to do is create an account by choosing a username and password, then respond to an e-mail message to verify your information. After confirming your information, simply select a document and type what you read, following a few simple directions.
The Great Thanksgiving Listen
Sponsored by StoryCorps in partnership with
The Library of Congress, TED, NPR, ABC News, Facing History and the National Council for the Social Studies
This Thanksgiving weekend, StoryCorps will work with teachers and high school students across the country to preserve the voices and stories of an entire generation of Americans over a single holiday weekend.
Since 2003, StoryCorps has given more than 100,000 Americans a quiet booth and a facilitator to record meaningful conversations with one another about who they are, what they’ve learned in life, and how they want to be remembered. The Great Thanksgiving Listen is its most ambitious initiative to date.
Open to everyone, The Great Thanksgiving Listen is a national assignment to engage people of all ages in the act of listening. The pilot project is specially designed for students ages 13 and over and as part of a social studies, history, civics, government, journalism, or political science class, or as an extracurricular activity. All that is needed to participate is a smartphone and the StoryCorps mobile app. Students will be asked to interview a grandparent or elder over Thanksgiving 2015 using the new free StoryCorps mobile app. Participants will upload their recordings to the StoryCorps archive at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. In one holiday weekend StoryCorps hopes to gather more interviews than it has in the 12 years since its founding, and to capture an entire generation of American lives and experiences.
When you sign up for The Great Thanksgiving Listen, you will receive a special Educator’s Toolkit from StoryCorps with information on how to incorporate the assignment into your 2015 lesson plan. The curriculum will help students develop the following:
To learn more and register, go to
https://storycorps.me/about/the-great-thanksgiving-listen/
Sponsored by StoryCorps in partnership with
The Library of Congress, TED, NPR, ABC News, Facing History and the National Council for the Social Studies
This Thanksgiving weekend, StoryCorps will work with teachers and high school students across the country to preserve the voices and stories of an entire generation of Americans over a single holiday weekend.
Since 2003, StoryCorps has given more than 100,000 Americans a quiet booth and a facilitator to record meaningful conversations with one another about who they are, what they’ve learned in life, and how they want to be remembered. The Great Thanksgiving Listen is its most ambitious initiative to date.
Open to everyone, The Great Thanksgiving Listen is a national assignment to engage people of all ages in the act of listening. The pilot project is specially designed for students ages 13 and over and as part of a social studies, history, civics, government, journalism, or political science class, or as an extracurricular activity. All that is needed to participate is a smartphone and the StoryCorps mobile app. Students will be asked to interview a grandparent or elder over Thanksgiving 2015 using the new free StoryCorps mobile app. Participants will upload their recordings to the StoryCorps archive at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. In one holiday weekend StoryCorps hopes to gather more interviews than it has in the 12 years since its founding, and to capture an entire generation of American lives and experiences.
When you sign up for The Great Thanksgiving Listen, you will receive a special Educator’s Toolkit from StoryCorps with information on how to incorporate the assignment into your 2015 lesson plan. The curriculum will help students develop the following:
- Research, archiving, and planning skills
- Speaking skills that enable students to express ideas clearly and persuasively
- Listening skills that reflect increased comprehension, lead to critical analysis, and advance discussion
- An increased connectedness, to community and to school
- A deepened sense of social awareness, exhibited by appreciation of diversity and respect for others
To learn more and register, go to
https://storycorps.me/about/the-great-thanksgiving-listen/
- Website: www.thegreatlisten.org
- Teacher Toolkit: http://bit.ly/SCGTLToolkit1
The Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History
is happy to announce our new Self-Paced Course series.
Each self-paced course includes:
- Video seminars with an eminent historian
- Digital labs and pedagogy sessions
- MP3 audio files of each seminar for on-the-go listening
- Featured primary sources and readings
- An online quiz and certificate of completion
- The opportunity for teachers to earn contact hours credits
We are currently offering four courses:
The Global Cold War with Professor Jeremi Suri, University of Texas at Austin
The American Civil War with Professor Allen C. Guelzo, Gettysburg College
The South in American History with Professor Edward L. Ayers, University of Richmond
Amazing Grace: How Writers Helped End Slavery with Professor James G. Basker, Barnard College
New Book by ICSS Author
Vital Witnesses
Using Primary Sources in History and Social Studies
MARK NEWMAN
The use of primary sources as texts in the classroom is growing. Teachers realize these vital witnesses provide opportunities to motivate students and improve learning. They bring students closer to the people, places, and events being studied and help students improve content knowledge while building skills. Recent trends in standards, such as Common Core, and the increasing use of the Document-Based Questions also promote primary source use.
The strong push to use primary sources in teaching history and social studies creates a need among teachers for more information on what they are and how they can be used effectively in the classroom. Vital Witnesses meets this need by providing teachers with a comprehensive guide to primary sources and their use in the classroom. Primary sources are defined, and the various types are described. Classroom-tested activities and strategies are offered to teachers for addressing the needs of all learners and for accommodating Common Core standards and the C3 Framework for State Social Studies Standards.
Available from:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 100 • Size: 6 x 9
978-1-4758-1053-0 • Paperback • September 2014 • $23.95
978-1-4758-1054-7 • eBook • September 2014 • $22.99
Using Primary Sources in History and Social Studies
MARK NEWMAN
The use of primary sources as texts in the classroom is growing. Teachers realize these vital witnesses provide opportunities to motivate students and improve learning. They bring students closer to the people, places, and events being studied and help students improve content knowledge while building skills. Recent trends in standards, such as Common Core, and the increasing use of the Document-Based Questions also promote primary source use.
The strong push to use primary sources in teaching history and social studies creates a need among teachers for more information on what they are and how they can be used effectively in the classroom. Vital Witnesses meets this need by providing teachers with a comprehensive guide to primary sources and their use in the classroom. Primary sources are defined, and the various types are described. Classroom-tested activities and strategies are offered to teachers for addressing the needs of all learners and for accommodating Common Core standards and the C3 Framework for State Social Studies Standards.
Available from:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 100 • Size: 6 x 9
978-1-4758-1053-0 • Paperback • September 2014 • $23.95
978-1-4758-1054-7 • eBook • September 2014 • $22.99
The Unfinished Lives Educational Initiative
The Unfinished Lives Educational Initiative is groundbreaking as it will be the first introduction and discussion of the Holocaust in which Middle and High School teachers can instruct and lead without requiring them to become Holocaust teaching certified.
This unique initiative does not attempt to chronicle the Holocaust (too complex) but rather personalize this event through the portrayal of extraordinary people chronicling their lives, showing their works and telling their compelling stories a midst the tumultuous historical times in which they lived . (Similar to the Ann Frank story concept which has endured for now over 70 years.)
Unfinished Lives Presentation
YouTube Video of Unfinished Lives Presentation
The Unfinished Lives Educational Initiative is groundbreaking as it will be the first introduction and discussion of the Holocaust in which Middle and High School teachers can instruct and lead without requiring them to become Holocaust teaching certified.
This unique initiative does not attempt to chronicle the Holocaust (too complex) but rather personalize this event through the portrayal of extraordinary people chronicling their lives, showing their works and telling their compelling stories a midst the tumultuous historical times in which they lived . (Similar to the Ann Frank story concept which has endured for now over 70 years.)
Unfinished Lives Presentation
YouTube Video of Unfinished Lives Presentation
NCSS Teacher Practice Networks Annual Survey
Please help NCSS further define teacher professional development needs by completing the Teacher Practice Networks Annual Survey found at this link: http://rockman.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_e8rNRgwlwNJxDmJ
The Teacher Practice Networks Annual Survey is designed to learn from teachers about the types of supports that are helping them implement new state standards, which may be referred to as the Common Core, College and Career Readiness Standards, or something else specific to your state or district. Your feedback will help National Council for the Social Studies in further defining teacher needs as it moves forward in developing College, Career and Civic Life (C3) Framework professional learning initiatives.
Please help NCSS further define teacher professional development needs by completing the Teacher Practice Networks Annual Survey found at this link: http://rockman.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_e8rNRgwlwNJxDmJ
The Teacher Practice Networks Annual Survey is designed to learn from teachers about the types of supports that are helping them implement new state standards, which may be referred to as the Common Core, College and Career Readiness Standards, or something else specific to your state or district. Your feedback will help National Council for the Social Studies in further defining teacher needs as it moves forward in developing College, Career and Civic Life (C3) Framework professional learning initiatives.
Governor's Task Force on Civics Education in Illinois
Public Comments Requested - Be an Advocate for Civics Education
The Illinois Task Force on Civic Education Report delineates findings and recommendations pursuant to Public Act 98-0301. The Illinois Task Force on Civic Education explains that responsible citizens are informed and thoughtful, participate in
their communities, act politically, and have moral and civic virtues. Included in the report are findings on civic education in Illinois, civic education in other jurisdictions, and best practices in civic education.
Specific recommendations included in the report are:
Public Comments Requested - Be an Advocate for Civics Education
The Illinois Task Force on Civic Education Report delineates findings and recommendations pursuant to Public Act 98-0301. The Illinois Task Force on Civic Education explains that responsible citizens are informed and thoughtful, participate in
their communities, act politically, and have moral and civic virtues. Included in the report are findings on civic education in Illinois, civic education in other jurisdictions, and best practices in civic education.
Specific recommendations included in the report are:
- require a civic education in the high school;
- revise Illinois Social Studies Standards;
- require a service learning project in middle and high school;
- align licensure and certification requirements for pre-service teachers with best practices;
- provide access to professional development aligned to best practices;
- involve students in the election process; and
- extend the task force to gather public input through public hearings.
The winner of the Illinois History Teacher of the Year award presented by The Gilder Lehrman Institute is David Elbaum a teacher at Adlai Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois. The National History Teacher of the Year Award recognizes outstanding K–12 American history teachers across the country. Mr. Elbaum was recognized at the Fall Conference of the Illinois Council for the Social Studies held at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois.
Opportunities from NCSS
The National Board is seeking your help to make 2015 a successful year for the redesigned Early Adolescence: Social Studies certification. At this time, they need Social Studies educators teaching students ages 11-15 to take this 90 minute field test. The results of the field test will help them select only the most high-qualified items for inclusion on the revised assessment. I hope you will consider this opportunity to help them cross the finish line so that candidates will have this certificate as an option next year.
Participating in the field test is one way you can advocate for the Social Studies teaching profession! In return for your time, you will receive a gift card from National Board and be eligible for educational credits—and a heap of gratitude from all Social Studies educators.
Thank you for your consideration and support. Your partnership with the National Board will help impact the teaching world for the better!
Visit http://www.nbpts.org/national-board-field-tests for more information.
The National Board is seeking your help to make 2015 a successful year for the redesigned Early Adolescence: Social Studies certification. At this time, they need Social Studies educators teaching students ages 11-15 to take this 90 minute field test. The results of the field test will help them select only the most high-qualified items for inclusion on the revised assessment. I hope you will consider this opportunity to help them cross the finish line so that candidates will have this certificate as an option next year.
Participating in the field test is one way you can advocate for the Social Studies teaching profession! In return for your time, you will receive a gift card from National Board and be eligible for educational credits—and a heap of gratitude from all Social Studies educators.
Thank you for your consideration and support. Your partnership with the National Board will help impact the teaching world for the better!
Visit http://www.nbpts.org/national-board-field-tests for more information.
The Illinois State Library is again offering its Try It! Illinois statewide database trial. Through this program, we get a chance to try out innumerable library databases in a wide range of subject areas. I would encourage you to check it out. Here's the link to the Try It! page: http://www.finditillinois.org/tryit/. To access the databases, enter the following login information in the boxes at the right side of the screen:
USERNAME: free2use
PASSWORD: illinet
There are all kinds of great sources to be found under the Education heading.
Enjoy!
Mahrya Carncross
Instructional Services Librarian
Western Illinois University Libraries
Phone: 309-298-2785, Ext. 8
Email: m-carncross@wiu.edu
Skype: mahrya.carncross
Start a National History Club Chapter at Your School
The National History Club Inc. (NHC) inspires students and teachers to start History Club chapters at high schools, middle schools, and within other student and community programs. Members of local History Club chapters participate in local and national programs, and create their own projects and activities. The NHC also provides chapters with resources and services that will help them increase the activity and impact of their History Club. To date, 500+ History Club chapters at high schools and middle schools in 44 states have joined the NHC, and there are over 14,000 student members.
When you join the National History Club, you join students and teachers from around the country—and the world—in discovering, learning, reading, writing, teaching, and living history. The NHC's main goal is to bring together students and teachers with a real passion for history, helping them learn from each other's ideas, experiences, and stories, which are distributed through our tri-annual eNewsletter, monthly eUpdates, and other communication methods.
We do not limit the scope of activities that a chapter may participate in—each club is allowed to navigate its own course. This allows for a wide-range of really interesting activities that are displayed in each Newsletter and on our website. Schools are free to decide whether their chapter will be a regular History Club (open to all) or a History Honor Society (with specific requirements for induction). The NHC also co-sponsors multiple award programs to recognize outstanding student members, Advisors, and chapters. For more information on the NHC and to find out how to join, please visit: www.nationalhistoryclub.org
The National History Club Inc. (NHC) inspires students and teachers to start History Club chapters at high schools, middle schools, and within other student and community programs. Members of local History Club chapters participate in local and national programs, and create their own projects and activities. The NHC also provides chapters with resources and services that will help them increase the activity and impact of their History Club. To date, 500+ History Club chapters at high schools and middle schools in 44 states have joined the NHC, and there are over 14,000 student members.
When you join the National History Club, you join students and teachers from around the country—and the world—in discovering, learning, reading, writing, teaching, and living history. The NHC's main goal is to bring together students and teachers with a real passion for history, helping them learn from each other's ideas, experiences, and stories, which are distributed through our tri-annual eNewsletter, monthly eUpdates, and other communication methods.
We do not limit the scope of activities that a chapter may participate in—each club is allowed to navigate its own course. This allows for a wide-range of really interesting activities that are displayed in each Newsletter and on our website. Schools are free to decide whether their chapter will be a regular History Club (open to all) or a History Honor Society (with specific requirements for induction). The NHC also co-sponsors multiple award programs to recognize outstanding student members, Advisors, and chapters. For more information on the NHC and to find out how to join, please visit: www.nationalhistoryclub.org
American Education and Culture Ambassador Program
Teach English in China!
All Majors Welcome
www.ChineseCultureCenter.org
(803) 252-9086
Basic Requirements for Teaching Positions or Paid Summer Internship in China:
a) Standard English Speakers in any major;
b) Strong Leadership, Public Speaking, Social, and Interpersonal Skills.
Benefits for you:
1. Free Round-trip international airfare paid by your host school if you teach at the same school for two semesters.
2. Free furnished-apartment usually on school campus.
3. Well-paid positions with free Chinese lessons and paid holidays.
4. Place your friends and family together
5. Free TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) Training and TESL Certification either at USC or online
6. Deferment of Student's Loan
Required Application documents:
a) Online registration on our website: www.ChineseCultureCenter.org
b) One-page resume emphasizing your teaching related experiences if any.
Chinese Culture Center certified by the China State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) will take care of the tedious and complicated application procedures for you. Please find more program info online: www.ChineseCultureCenter.org
If you don't have a passport yet, please call your local main post office to apply for one ASAP.
Lea Walker, President
(US) Chinese Culture Center
1708 Greene Street
Columbia, SC 29201, USA
(803) 252-9086
www.ChineseCultureCenter.org
usccc@ChineseCultureCenter.org
Teach English in China!
All Majors Welcome
www.ChineseCultureCenter.org
(803) 252-9086
Basic Requirements for Teaching Positions or Paid Summer Internship in China:
a) Standard English Speakers in any major;
b) Strong Leadership, Public Speaking, Social, and Interpersonal Skills.
Benefits for you:
1. Free Round-trip international airfare paid by your host school if you teach at the same school for two semesters.
2. Free furnished-apartment usually on school campus.
3. Well-paid positions with free Chinese lessons and paid holidays.
4. Place your friends and family together
5. Free TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) Training and TESL Certification either at USC or online
6. Deferment of Student's Loan
Required Application documents:
a) Online registration on our website: www.ChineseCultureCenter.org
b) One-page resume emphasizing your teaching related experiences if any.
Chinese Culture Center certified by the China State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) will take care of the tedious and complicated application procedures for you. Please find more program info online: www.ChineseCultureCenter.org
If you don't have a passport yet, please call your local main post office to apply for one ASAP.
Lea Walker, President
(US) Chinese Culture Center
1708 Greene Street
Columbia, SC 29201, USA
(803) 252-9086
www.ChineseCultureCenter.org
usccc@ChineseCultureCenter.org
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As you begin planning your spring lessons: The Illinois Holocaust Museum’s literature-based teaching trunk program provides K – 12 educators with a wide array of resources for classroom units on character education, human rights, the Holocaust and/or genocide. Each trunk allows educators to create meaningful, age/grade appropriate lessons employing award – winning fiction, non-fiction, historical reference materials, as well as DVDs and teaching posters. The focus of each trunk has been carefully developed to address State and National Learning Standards, including Common Core State Standards.
Trunk Themes
Inside the Trunks
*The curriculum framework binder contains an introduction to each trunk; synopses of select books and films with rationale, discussion questions, and activities; additional resources; and professional readings.
Reserve Your Teaching Trunk Today!
Generously supported by: Bank of America; The Jacob J. Fink Charitable Foundation; J.P. Morgan Chase; Kraft Foods; Motorola Foundation; RBC Wealth Management; State Farm; Bruce and Elizabeth White.
Education Services are supported with generous grants from: Dr. Scholl Foundation; Leah Gutman Education Fund; John and Eunice Johnson Education Fund; Harry & Sadie Lasky Foundation; Francis L. Lederer Foundation; Francis L. Lederer Foundation; MetLife Foundation; Charles & M.R. Shapiro Foundation; and an anonymous foundation.
Additional endowment support is provided by: The Mayor Richard M. and Maggie C. Daley Education Fund; The Harvey L. Miller Family Foundation Program Endowment Fund; and Teachers Educational Endowment Fund.
Trunk Themes
- 9th – 12th grade: Investigating Human Behavior
- 7th – 12th grade: On Our Watch: Genocide and Human Rights
Inside the Trunks
- Reference and resources materials
- Classroom sets (30 copies)
- Literature Circle sets
- Read –aloud titles
- DVDs
- Posters
- Curriculum Framework Binder*
*The curriculum framework binder contains an introduction to each trunk; synopses of select books and films with rationale, discussion questions, and activities; additional resources; and professional readings.
Reserve Your Teaching Trunk Today!
Generously supported by: Bank of America; The Jacob J. Fink Charitable Foundation; J.P. Morgan Chase; Kraft Foods; Motorola Foundation; RBC Wealth Management; State Farm; Bruce and Elizabeth White.
Education Services are supported with generous grants from: Dr. Scholl Foundation; Leah Gutman Education Fund; John and Eunice Johnson Education Fund; Harry & Sadie Lasky Foundation; Francis L. Lederer Foundation; Francis L. Lederer Foundation; MetLife Foundation; Charles & M.R. Shapiro Foundation; and an anonymous foundation.
Additional endowment support is provided by: The Mayor Richard M. and Maggie C. Daley Education Fund; The Harvey L. Miller Family Foundation Program Endowment Fund; and Teachers Educational Endowment Fund.
Learning Bird
Teachers get free memberships and with full access to Learning Bird. It can
be used as a classroom resource, a homework facilitator, for flipping
classes and for professional development. Teachers can also earn money when
students rate their lessons as helpful. Best of all, their lessons can reach students across the continent.
We encourage you to check out our site, www.learningbird.com, for general information, and to join if you are interested in participating. You can also follow us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/learningbird> and Twitter<http://twitter.com/learningbird>.
Teachers get free memberships and with full access to Learning Bird. It can
be used as a classroom resource, a homework facilitator, for flipping
classes and for professional development. Teachers can also earn money when
students rate their lessons as helpful. Best of all, their lessons can reach students across the continent.
We encourage you to check out our site, www.learningbird.com, for general information, and to join if you are interested in participating. You can also follow us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/learningbird> and Twitter<http://twitter.com/learningbird>.
Illinois State Bar Association and Illinois Judges Association - Free Materials
The Illinois State Bar Association has Law-Related Resources for Teachers, grades K-12, at http://www.isba.org/teachers. ISBA also publishes a free quarterly on-line newsletter for teachers. Included at the link are:
· High School Mock Trial Information
· Abraham Lincoln in Illinois
· Law Day
· ISBA Public and Law-Related Education Publications
· Law-Related Education (LRE) Newsletter
· ISBA Lesson Plans and Activities
· School Success Stories
· Lawyers in Classrooms
· CARE - Credit Abuse Resistance Education
The Illinois Judges Association welcomes opportunities to be in the classroom, including the 7 Reasons to Leave the Party, discussing the legal effects of drinking, and Courtroom in the Classroom, discussing the law through the use of a search of the locker at school case. Information available at http://www.ija.org.
· High School Mock Trial Information
· Abraham Lincoln in Illinois
· Law Day
· ISBA Public and Law-Related Education Publications
· Law-Related Education (LRE) Newsletter
· ISBA Lesson Plans and Activities
· School Success Stories
· Lawyers in Classrooms
· CARE - Credit Abuse Resistance Education
The Illinois Judges Association welcomes opportunities to be in the classroom, including the 7 Reasons to Leave the Party, discussing the legal effects of drinking, and Courtroom in the Classroom, discussing the law through the use of a search of the locker at school case. Information available at http://www.ija.org.
Education Portal has 4,600 free, online lessons that you can use to supplement and strengthen your instruction and that your students can use for summer study. We have lessons in social science, history, and more. Don't see your subject area? Let us know and we'll add it to our lesson development queue.
Click here to browse all lessons and find your subject area:
http://education-portal.com/academy/course/index.html
Click here to browse all lessons and find your subject area:
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NCSS Award and Grant Selection Committees
NCSS is looking for members to serve on awards selection committees. The selection committees review nominations and select recipients of NCSS awards and grants. Committee members serve a three-year term and most committee work is accomplished online or by telephone. Members are also asked to make a reasonable effort to attend the award winner session, awards presentation, and assist the committee chair when need arises during the review or at the NCSS conference.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis
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Outstanding Elementary, Middle Level, or Secondary Social Studies Teacher of the Year awards recognize social studies teachers who have made outstanding contributions through her exceptional teaching in K-6, 5-8, or 7-12. Committee members evaluate nominations and forward the results to the Committee chair. Communications are through e-mail and/or telephone. Members are asked to make a reasonable effort to attend the award winner session, awards presentation, and assist the Committee chair when need arises during the review or at the NCSS conference.
Eligibility: NCSS members who are current or previous elementary, middle, secondary level social studies teachers, administrators, teacher education faculty, or consultants are eligible to apply for the corresponding grade level committee. Familiarity with the National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies is desirable. Previous recipients of NCSS or state council teacher of the year awards are especially encouraged to apply.
The Award for Global Understanding recognizes a social studies educator or team of educators who have made notable contributions in helping social studies students increase their understanding of the world.
Eligibility: NCSS members who are current or previous elementary, middle, secondary level social studies teachers, administrators, teacher education faculty, and/or consultants with a familiarity with the National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies are eligible to serve on the Award for Global Understanding selection committee. Global/multicultural education practitioners or specialists and previous recipients of the award are encouraged to apply.
Grant for the Enhancement of Geographic Literacy recognizes an exemplary program of geographic education that encourages the integration of geography into the social studies curriculum/classroom and enhances the geographic literacy of students at the classroom, district or state level.
Eligibility: NCSS members who are current or previous social studies educators elementary, administrators, teacher education faculty, or consultants are eligible to serve on this committee. Experience with program, curriculum or teacher evaluation, a background as a geography education practitioner or specialist;and familiarity with National Geography Standards and National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies is desired.
Carter G. Woodson Book Awards recognize elementary, middle level, and secondary outstanding social science books appropriate for young readers and young adult readers which depict race-ethnicity in the U.S. Committee members evaluate all nominated books. Committee members may be asked to assist with award-winning book author presentation sessions, awards presentation, and book signings at the NCSS Annual Conference
Eligibility: NCSS members who are current or previous social studies educators elementary, administrators, teacher education faculty, or consultants who are one or more of the following are eligible to serve on the committee:
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Applications are accepted on a rolling basis
Click here to volunteer
Outstanding Elementary, Middle Level, or Secondary Social Studies Teacher of the Year awards recognize social studies teachers who have made outstanding contributions through her exceptional teaching in K-6, 5-8, or 7-12. Committee members evaluate nominations and forward the results to the Committee chair. Communications are through e-mail and/or telephone. Members are asked to make a reasonable effort to attend the award winner session, awards presentation, and assist the Committee chair when need arises during the review or at the NCSS conference.
Eligibility: NCSS members who are current or previous elementary, middle, secondary level social studies teachers, administrators, teacher education faculty, or consultants are eligible to apply for the corresponding grade level committee. Familiarity with the National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies is desirable. Previous recipients of NCSS or state council teacher of the year awards are especially encouraged to apply.
The Award for Global Understanding recognizes a social studies educator or team of educators who have made notable contributions in helping social studies students increase their understanding of the world.
Eligibility: NCSS members who are current or previous elementary, middle, secondary level social studies teachers, administrators, teacher education faculty, and/or consultants with a familiarity with the National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies are eligible to serve on the Award for Global Understanding selection committee. Global/multicultural education practitioners or specialists and previous recipients of the award are encouraged to apply.
Grant for the Enhancement of Geographic Literacy recognizes an exemplary program of geographic education that encourages the integration of geography into the social studies curriculum/classroom and enhances the geographic literacy of students at the classroom, district or state level.
Eligibility: NCSS members who are current or previous social studies educators elementary, administrators, teacher education faculty, or consultants are eligible to serve on this committee. Experience with program, curriculum or teacher evaluation, a background as a geography education practitioner or specialist;and familiarity with National Geography Standards and National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies is desired.
Carter G. Woodson Book Awards recognize elementary, middle level, and secondary outstanding social science books appropriate for young readers and young adult readers which depict race-ethnicity in the U.S. Committee members evaluate all nominated books. Committee members may be asked to assist with award-winning book author presentation sessions, awards presentation, and book signings at the NCSS Annual Conference
Eligibility: NCSS members who are current or previous social studies educators elementary, administrators, teacher education faculty, or consultants who are one or more of the following are eligible to serve on the committee:
- ethnic studies practitioners or specialists;
- classroom teachers who use children’s/young people’s literature in social studies instruction;
- reviewers of children/young people literature.
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Free Materials To Teach About
The Japanese American Internment
Fred Korematsu is remembered for his courageous fight against the Japanese American Internment which led to the WWII 1944 Supreme Court case, Korematsu v. United States. Fred Korematsu was exonerated almost 40 years later and was eventually awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Clinton.
FREE MATERIALS TO TEACH ABOUT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT AND FRED KOREMATSU
The Korematsu Institute (www.korematsuinstitute) wants to send you a FREE Teaching Kit that helps teachers instruct on the life of Fred Korematsu and the overall Japanese American internment during World War II.
PLEASE SHARE THE WORD ABOUT OUR MATERIALS WITH YOUR TEACHERS
Please inform your teachers about the FREE Teaching Kit. Help us spread the word about this pivotal story in U.S. History.
The Korematsu Institute (www.korematsuinstitute.org) has a wealth of free teaching materials that help students learn about Fred and the Japanese American internment during World War II. Some items include:
* a K-12 teaching guide,
* a Fred Korematsu classroom poster,
* the 24 minute version of the Emmy Award winning video, "Of Civil Wrongs and Rights, the Fred Korematsu Story."
FREE MATERIALS TO TEACH ABOUT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT AND FRED KOREMATSU
The Korematsu Institute (www.korematsuinstitute) wants to send you a FREE Teaching Kit that helps teachers instruct on the life of Fred Korematsu and the overall Japanese American internment during World War II.
PLEASE SHARE THE WORD ABOUT OUR MATERIALS WITH YOUR TEACHERS
Please inform your teachers about the FREE Teaching Kit. Help us spread the word about this pivotal story in U.S. History.
The Korematsu Institute (www.korematsuinstitute.org) has a wealth of free teaching materials that help students learn about Fred and the Japanese American internment during World War II. Some items include:
* a K-12 teaching guide,
* a Fred Korematsu classroom poster,
* the 24 minute version of the Emmy Award winning video, "Of Civil Wrongs and Rights, the Fred Korematsu Story."
Start a Rho Kappa Chapter Today!
RHO KAPPA National Social Studies Honor Society is the only national organization for high school
juniors and seniors that recognizes excellence in the field of social studies. Membership in RHO
KAPPA is an honor bestowed upon students by a local chapter for accomplishments in social studies
and overall academic achievement. Any accredited high school can apply to start a chapter, through
which students will be inducted into the RHO KAPPA Social Studies Honor Society.
juniors and seniors that recognizes excellence in the field of social studies. Membership in RHO
KAPPA is an honor bestowed upon students by a local chapter for accomplishments in social studies
and overall academic achievement. Any accredited high school can apply to start a chapter, through
which students will be inducted into the RHO KAPPA Social Studies Honor Society.
For more information visit rhokappa.socialstudies.org
or call 301-588-1800 x 107
or e-mail at rhokappa@ncss.org.
or call 301-588-1800 x 107
or e-mail at rhokappa@ncss.org.
Preparing Students for College, Career, and Civic Life
Illinois State Board of Education announces the 2013 History Teacher of the Year -
Laura Swink Font
4th Grade Teacher, Madison School in Lombard, District 44
Laura graduated from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor with a degree in elementary urban education and also has a master’s degree in learning disabilities from Wayne State University. Her teaching positions have included: kindergarten, 5th grade, math/science middle school, special education, and twenty years in 4th grade. Font currently teaches 4th grade at Madison School in Lombard, District 44. Font works on the math and social studies curriculum committees at the district level. Font and her students have also recently run fundraisers for the Lombard Historical Museum and VFW so as to purchase headstones for Lombard patriots without headstones in a local cemetery.
Honors have included: grants from a district committee to increase literacy in nonfiction in the classroom, being a presenter at an IL state reading conference and IL state social studies conference, a grant from the Illinois Council for the Social Studies a few years ago for cooking across the USA regions in her classroom, newspaper articles in the Daily Herald and Chicago Tribune about her work with Ellis Island in her classroom, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to attend a summer class at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Colorado to study alongside archaeologists in the field. Laura is married to Mike Font and has two children- Maureen, a test developer at the American Institute of Research, and Mark, a senior at UIC.
Honors have included: grants from a district committee to increase literacy in nonfiction in the classroom, being a presenter at an IL state reading conference and IL state social studies conference, a grant from the Illinois Council for the Social Studies a few years ago for cooking across the USA regions in her classroom, newspaper articles in the Daily Herald and Chicago Tribune about her work with Ellis Island in her classroom, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to attend a summer class at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Colorado to study alongside archaeologists in the field. Laura is married to Mike Font and has two children- Maureen, a test developer at the American Institute of Research, and Mark, a senior at UIC.
Become a Gilder Lehrman Affiliate in 15-20 minutes
Step One –go to http://www.gilderlehrman.org/programs-exhibitions/affiliate-school-program-application
Step Two- go to create an account and click on register to get the application
Step 3- the application is online and the first 2 pages are administrative: teacher’s name, school name, principal’s name, grade level of school, school affiliation with TAH,NAIS,church (if applicable or just N/A),school webpage-This should take about 5-10 minutes
Last step- there are 2 blocks to fill out. One is demographic information that is either on the school district web page or easily retrieved from the guidance department: how many students in each grade/what is the ethnic / racial % of the school. Just paste that in once you get that information
The last block asks why you want to be an affiliate. Teachers can rephrase 3-4 sentences from the following and paste the response in to the last block:
We want to become an affiliate so that our teachers
Will have access to the numerous resources on American History
Would like to participate in professional development opportunities
Would also appreciate access to the web portal with his lesson plans, teachable documents, videos, podcasts, toolkits
Availability of classroom materials, posters, multimedia kits, resource boxes and traveling exhibitions will increase our teacher’s ability to bring history alive for our students in our classrooms.
Access to the Gilder Lehrman Collection which will assist our teachers in providing document-based history education to our students
Eligibility for national history prizes and essay contests for our students
Would like to start a history club at our school
Step Two- go to create an account and click on register to get the application
Step 3- the application is online and the first 2 pages are administrative: teacher’s name, school name, principal’s name, grade level of school, school affiliation with TAH,NAIS,church (if applicable or just N/A),school webpage-This should take about 5-10 minutes
Last step- there are 2 blocks to fill out. One is demographic information that is either on the school district web page or easily retrieved from the guidance department: how many students in each grade/what is the ethnic / racial % of the school. Just paste that in once you get that information
The last block asks why you want to be an affiliate. Teachers can rephrase 3-4 sentences from the following and paste the response in to the last block:
We want to become an affiliate so that our teachers
Will have access to the numerous resources on American History
Would like to participate in professional development opportunities
Would also appreciate access to the web portal with his lesson plans, teachable documents, videos, podcasts, toolkits
Availability of classroom materials, posters, multimedia kits, resource boxes and traveling exhibitions will increase our teacher’s ability to bring history alive for our students in our classrooms.
Access to the Gilder Lehrman Collection which will assist our teachers in providing document-based history education to our students
Eligibility for national history prizes and essay contests for our students
Would like to start a history club at our school
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