 Events!
Fall NHCSS
Conference!
The NHCSS
fall conference will be held on October 30, 2008 at the Center of NH
in Manchester.
Almost 400
teachers of Social Studies and supporters of social studies education attended
the Conference in 2007 and the Council is hoping for another successful
event.
Are you a teacher,
organization, or individual looking to present at the conference?
Download the Workshop Proposal Form
Special call for Interdisciplinary
Sessions
Are you a profit or
non-profit organization looking to exhibit at the conference?
Download the Exhibitor
Informational Letter.
Download the Exhibitor
Registration Form.
For more information, please contact:
Patrick
May
President
NHCSS
pmay@plymouth.edu
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JAMES MADISON AND
CONSTITUTIONAL CITIZENSHIP
The NEH Landmarks of American History Landmarks Workshop, “James Madison
and Constitutional Citizenship,” takes place on the grounds of Montpelier,
a 2,700 acre estate located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains. Fifty teachers from across the country will be selected to
participate in one of the two sessions, offered June 14-21, 2008, and June
22-29, 2008. A variety of constitutional scholars and historians will
lead discussions throughout the week focusing on Madison's role in the
creation, development, and maintenance of the new constitutional
enterprise. Each afternoon, Montpelier's professional staff will lead
tours of James Madison's home and plantation. Participants will be
housed in the Constitutional Village at Montpelier and at hotels or B &
B's in the town of Orange. The stipend provided by NEH will be used
to pay for meals and accommodations for each participant. Additional
costs not covered by the stipend will be paid with other grants available
to the Center. A limited travel allowance will also be available for
each participant. For more information, please visit the website and
click on “NEH Landmarks Workshops” at www.montpelier.org
COURSE: UNDERSTANDING THE
CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST
This course focuses on the history and culture of the Middle East as a
region with particular emphasis on preparing to teach related subjects at
the Middle and High School level. We
construct a better understanding of the contemporary Middle East and recent
American involvement in the region by taking what Antonio Gramsci refers to
as an inventory of traces that have not left an inventory. Students take an
interdisciplinary approach to the subject,
gathering perspective from geography, history, theology, politics,
economics, and culture to formulate clearer perceptions of a part of the
world that citizens need to understand in
order to make more intelligent decisions and form more constructive global
relationships. This course supports teachers in their efforts to
achieve History and Social Sciences Standards for Grades K-12: inquiry;
history; physical and cultural geography; civics, government and society;
and economics.
Instructor: Philip D. Crossman, Assistant Professor at Champlain College
Date: July 21 - 25, 2008 with one Fall follow-up
to be determined
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00p.m.
Location: TBD
Cost: Members $850 (Chittenden, grand Isle &
Franklin County teachers); Non-members $900 (Includes
book: Understanding the Contemporary Middle East)
Credits: 3 St. Michael's College Graduate credits
Questions: Please contact Phil Crossman via e-mail vtpanther@comcast.net or
phone 802-558-6872 or Darlene Worth worth@champlain.edu
For
full details on this course go to http://cvedc.champlain.edu
ONLINE PBS PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Summer session begins June 25th.
PBS TeacherLine's high quality, standards-based graduate-level courses
offer teachers the professional development opportunities they need in an
accessible online format that makes learning fun, flexible and
collaborative. You can earn graduate credit or relicensure credits (subject
to approval of the educators local or regional standards board), while
gaining strategies and resources to bring directly to your classroom.
Subject areas include Instructional Technology, Science, Math, Reading and
Language Arts and Instructional Strategies. Average course runs 6-weeks and
costs $199 using the promo code ZP8WGBY.
Contact Kristin Kicza at kkicza@wgby.org or
(413) 781-2801 x292 OR register at www.pbs.org/teacherline
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