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Webinar: The Vietnam War: Origins, History, and LegacyJoin the Choices Program at Brown University to explore the readings, lessons, and videos in our award-winning curriculum unit The Vietnam War: Origins, History, and Legacies. Examine the “long history” approach of the unit, which incorporates diverse viewpoints from Vietnamese civilians, North and South Vietnam service members, and U.S. women, Black, Latino, and Indigenous soldiers and resistors.
Co-sponsored by the New Hampshire Council for the Social Studies FREE WHAT'S INCLUDED All who attend will receive a one-year Digital Editions license to the Choice’s Vietnam War curriculum unit. |
April 3, 2025 7pm
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Thursday,
February 20, 2025
7PM ET
February 20, 2025
7PM ET
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Renewed concerns about nuclear weapons and security policy underscore the need to educate students on these critical issues, fostering informed, responsible global citizens. In this webinar, we will focus on content and strategies to engage students with nuclear weapon development and security policy issues. Moving beyond the Cold War and post-Cold War eras, this session will focus on the current landscape, how we got here, and how students can engage knowledgeably with these issues.
We will highlight resources from the new Nuclear Weapons and Security Policy: Past and Present collection of digital learning resources for grades 6-12, produced by GBH Education and available free on PBS LearningMedia. These video and interactive resources with support materials were designed to increase student understanding of nuclear policy history, the current status of world nuclear forces, and international efforts to control nuclear weapons. Educators will walk through some of the interactives and essential questions. |
Podcasting can produce positive results when incorporated well into humanities classrooms. Join Eric Salmonsen, New Hampshire social studies teacher and host of the Everything is a Primary Source Podcast, to learn the benefits of audio production for you and your students, as well as ways you can integrate it into your classes right away.
The second part of the webinar is interactive! Take part in building an innovative, open-source digital resource by being a drop-in guest with YOUR History Through Pop Culture, aka "Podcast Karaoke." Simply locate a pop culture artifact from your collection (movie, tv show, record, toy, game, gadget, etc.) and be ready to discuss what it means to you and to history.
Go to everything-history.com for more information.
Eric P. Salmonsen has been teaching social studies in public high schools for the last 16 years and has encountered, addressed and resolved the many challenges the profession presents. After several school years teaching a wide scope of courses at Dover High School, Eric has innovated and refined a method of teaching called Everything is a Primary Source, or EPS for short. This inquiry-based style of social studies education calls for teachers and students to partner in investigating history while simultaneously reflecting on the process. As the name indicates, emphasis is placed on dissecting not only traditional primary sources that are obtained through the usual means of a social studies classroom, but identifying and scrutinizing items not usually considered as documents of the past, too.
Eric started The Everything is a Primary Source Podcast as an extension of the classroom where he and a long list of guests use the EPS method of primary source analysis to learn about history through popular culture. Many of the 100+ episodes were recorded live with guests pulled directly from the audience during "Podcast Karaoke" events at festivals, restaurants, museums and other venues. As the founder and advisor for his school's Podcasting Club, Eric has helped students create their own podcast by guiding them through the process of recording, publishing and distributing media in a streamlined way. These methods are currently evolving and merging to create a living digital archive and educational resource called The Everything is a Primary Source Project.
The second part of the webinar is interactive! Take part in building an innovative, open-source digital resource by being a drop-in guest with YOUR History Through Pop Culture, aka "Podcast Karaoke." Simply locate a pop culture artifact from your collection (movie, tv show, record, toy, game, gadget, etc.) and be ready to discuss what it means to you and to history.
Go to everything-history.com for more information.
Eric P. Salmonsen has been teaching social studies in public high schools for the last 16 years and has encountered, addressed and resolved the many challenges the profession presents. After several school years teaching a wide scope of courses at Dover High School, Eric has innovated and refined a method of teaching called Everything is a Primary Source, or EPS for short. This inquiry-based style of social studies education calls for teachers and students to partner in investigating history while simultaneously reflecting on the process. As the name indicates, emphasis is placed on dissecting not only traditional primary sources that are obtained through the usual means of a social studies classroom, but identifying and scrutinizing items not usually considered as documents of the past, too.
Eric started The Everything is a Primary Source Podcast as an extension of the classroom where he and a long list of guests use the EPS method of primary source analysis to learn about history through popular culture. Many of the 100+ episodes were recorded live with guests pulled directly from the audience during "Podcast Karaoke" events at festivals, restaurants, museums and other venues. As the founder and advisor for his school's Podcasting Club, Eric has helped students create their own podcast by guiding them through the process of recording, publishing and distributing media in a streamlined way. These methods are currently evolving and merging to create a living digital archive and educational resource called The Everything is a Primary Source Project.
Americans today are immersed in a world of social media that distorts truth and blurs the lines of reality. Add to that the emergence of artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, and the stage is set for our children to get confused and lost when navigating this modern world. This webinar will provide participants with strategies for helping students understand and assess information presented on the internet with the goal of developing them into strong critical thinkers and good digital citizens.
How can we teach about racial slavery in the U.S. and World History classroom in a comprehensive manner? What are the legacies of slavery today? Join the Choices Program as we explore the student readings, lessons, and videos in our Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies curriculum unit.
Fill out the form below to register for the free webinar and to receive professional development hours.
Fill out the form below to register for the free webinar and to receive professional development hours.