National Park Trust's annual Kids to Parks Day National School Contest empowers students to plan their own educational park experience. Open to all Title I students in grades preK through 12, this contest provides grants up to $1,000 to cover transportation, park-related fees, stewardship supplies, or anything else students believe would enhance their experience. The deadline to apply is February 14, 2019. Details can be found at http://bit.ly/KTPsc_SO
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Courageous Conversations about Race and Identity
June 26 - 29, 2018 Grafton, Vermont This institute will explore ways we can use history to prompt meaningful discussions about race and identity with students. The institute takes place in Grafton, VT. Alec Turner, born as a slave on a Virginia plantation, escaped and made his way to Grafton after the Civil War. We will use inquiry methods to explore primary sources, songs, and stories from his family as part of the institute. We will also work carefully with reading and discussion protocols to illuminate approaches to building an anti-bias classroom. Residential and commuter options; graduate credit available. Find out more at: flowofhistory.blogspot.com or by emailing Sarah Rooker at [email protected] The Leo Baeck Institute– New York | Berlin (LBI) has developed the 1938Projekt, a daily calendar that chronicles the events of 1938 in Germany, Austria, and around the world. LBI invites educators to use the calendar and related materials in their teaching materials (assignments, lesson plans, short educational research projects, syllabi of courses, etc.). We will share the submissions on the 1938Projektwebsite pedagogical approaches based on the project.
In 1938, the National Socialists expanded their grip on Central Europe and launched a campaign of mass violence against Jews in a series of events that together constitute a threshold year in Jewish history and world history. Eighty years later, Leo Baeck Institute is commemorating the experiences of German-speaking Jews that year by publishing a prime source document for each day of 1938 in an online calendar. The 1938Projekt focuses on personal stories by presenting documents from LBI’s own archives and those of numerous partner institutions. Every day, a new document—a letter, a transit visa application, medical record, a diary entry, a photograph, press clipping—is published at www.1938projekt.org and broadcast via social media. Each document reflects the experiences and private impressions of its former owner as they grappled with the loss of their rights, their livelihoods, their homes, and their personal security. In the shadow of major events: the Anschluss, the Evian Conference, the Treaty of Munich, the invasion of the Sudetenland, the Kristallnacht, and the Kindertransport—these documents tell hundreds of personal stories that bring us closer to the fears, hopes, and choices made in the face of the approaching disaster. The 1938Projekt is a unique collection of primary sources, often made available for the first time, that may serve as a prolific educational resource, opening up many directions and methods for investigating archival documents. The project lends itself to explore critical issues, such as the study of minorities, ethnic persecution, hate speech, but also to investigate media coverage and propaganda in turbulent times— bringing historical contexts and new understandings to the timely matters of the world today. We are collecting submissions (PDF documents) in two age categories: high school and college students. The format of submissions is open, but should include: age category/type of school, discipline, intended learning outcomes, and ready-to-use description of activities, and a 50-word bio. We welcome submissions already tested in classroom setting, with comments on students’ responses. The first deadline for submissions is June 30. PDF documents should be sent to [email protected] . All the submissions will be published on the 1938Projekt website, www.1938projekt.org Please subscribe our newsletter to receive weekly updates on the project: www.1938projekt.org/signup and follow the project on social media. About Leo Baeck Institute Leo Baeck Institute was founded in 1955 by a circle of émigré Jewish intellectuals who resolved to document the vibrant German-speaking Jewish culture that had been nearly extinguished in the Holocaust. In the decades since, LBI has worked to fulfill that mission by building a world-class research collection. With an 80,000 volume library, millions of pages of archival documents, 25,000 photographs, 8,000 art objects, 2,000 memoirs, and hundreds of oral histories, our collections document centuries of Jewish life in central Europe. There is a compelling teacher professional development opportunity at Harvard this summer for content related to global studies. They just opened up the application. Here is the link to the opportunity:
https://globalstudiesoutreach.harvard.edu/internet-tangled-webs-global-promise Participants have the option to earn graduate credit. The cost of this workshop is $75. The NHCSS Teacher of the Year Award Deadline is coming up in January. Do you know a special teacher who deserves this recognition? Please direct them to our website for application information. There are also several other grants and awards with upcoming deadlines.
Apply Here NHCSS Teacher of the Year Award: $1,000The New Hampshire Council for the Social Studies (NHCSS) strives to promote social studies education in New Hampshire. Teacher support and recognition are a large part of this mission. To that end, NHCSS has established the annual Teacher of the Year Award. Nominations for the NHCSS Teacher of the Year are sought in the fall and winter. The deadline for nominations is January 15 of each year. The NHCSS Teacher of the Year will be honored at the New Hampshire "Excellence in Education Program" (known as the "EDies") in June and will have a table for them and their family at the event. In addition, the recipient will be awarded a year's membership in NHCSS, will be recognized at the NHCSS Annual Conference in the fall, and will receive a cash award. Nominees for the NHCSS Teacher of the Year should…
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You Can Help Make the NCSS Annual Conference Your Conference!
Deadline: February 26, 2017 NCSS invites you to submit a proposal to present a session and to review presentation proposals for selection by the program planning committee. Submit a Proposal Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow: Building the Future of Social Studies Who we teach, what we teach, and how we teach are the bedrock issues of social studies education. Thoughtful discussion and collegial exchange devoted to these issues can only make the profession stronger. The National WWII Museum in New Orleans just opened up applications for its third annual Summer Teacher Institute. Participants spend a week here at the Museum learning from top WW2 scholars, analyzing artifacts in our vault, reviewing innovative curriculum resources, and practicing strategies for making World War II more relatable and interesting for today’s students. Participants also earn six hours of graduate credit and have the opportunity to travel to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for an extended look at WWII sites on Oahu. Perhaps best of all, the program (including travel) is free for the thirty or so teachers we accept each year. Full details and the application itself are located at nationalww2museum.org/institute Also Sign up for our monthly Calling All Teachers e-newsletter at www.nationalww2museum.org/catand follow on Twitter @WWIIEducation. Human and Physical Geography of East Asia “A View of the Past and Contemporary Issues”Hosted by the Geography Department, Keene State College Facilitated by Arlene Kowal Session dates and times: Saturdays—1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 3/3, (3/10 snow date) 2018, 9:00am-3:00pm Location: Putnam Science Center Room 275, Keene State College, Keene, NH This thirty-hour seminar is open to teachers of history, geography, social studies, English/language arts, art, music, technology, and other teachers who desire to incorporate teaching about East Asia into their curriculum. School librarians and administrators are also encouraged to apply. It provides content and resources for teaching about China, Japan, and Korea. Benefits:
To view last year’s syllabus, speak with previous participants, or for further information, contact Arlene Kowal at [email protected]
Two years ago, the National Literacy Project began a collaboration with several school districts in Florida and the Literacy Design Collaborative to develop a set of modules that addressed all of the K-6 civics benchmarks within a literacy-rich framework. Although this collection was written with Florida students in mind, the modules can easily be adapted to meet the needs of students in other states. This collection was field-tested during January-May 2017 by 100+ teachers in four Florida districts. These 19 modules are now published and ready for your use! Attached is a flyer with the entire collection listed with access information. You can access any or all modules at two places: the NLP website (www.nlproject.org/resources/#florida) and the LDC Core Tools website (coretools.ldc.org/curriculumLibrary – then search for the NLP Civics Collection). These modules are open source, you may modify them, post them, share them, or copy them. The National Literacy Project is a non-profit organization formed in 2002; we work with schools and districts across the country to improve literacy and learning through a literacy action planning process.
The New Hampshire Board of Education (BoE) is hosting a Constitution Day Celebration and all New Hampshire students are invited to participate by submitting questions!
The BoE is holding a Free Speech Forum on Friday, September 15 from 9:50-10:50 at the Concord High School auditorium Moderated by the Chairman of the New Hampshire Board of Education, Drew Cline, panelists Gilles Bissonnette of the ACLU and Prof. John Greabe from UNH Law will be discussing the rights and implications of the exercise of free speech in today’s society and students from every part of the state are encouraged to participate in this event. We are asking social studies teachers to have their students submit questions regarding this topic, the exercise of free speech in today’s society, and submit them by the end of the day on Thursday, September 14. All questions should be emailed directly to [email protected]. We are hoping to live-stream this event, but will certainly have it taped for all students to view at a later time. Thank you for your support of this important event! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diana E. Fenton, Esq. New Hampshire Department of Education Office of the Commissioner 101 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301 [email protected] (603) 271-3189 |
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