Social Studies Council of Alabama Conference
The conference's them is "Chart a New Course for Social Studies," and it will be followed by an additional Teaching American History Grant Symposium.
The conference's them is "Chart a New Course for Social Studies," and it will be followed by an additional Teaching American History Grant Symposium.
The Iowa Council for the Social Studies will give a $100 cash award to a K-12 teacher/teachers for submitting an exemplary lesson plan that they have created. This lesson plan must reflect current trends in social studies education and be an original approach to the teaching of any social studies discipline. A cover page must also be included with the lesson plan. Winner(s) of this award must present their lesson plan at the fall meeting of the Iowa Council for the Social Studies.
K-12 Iowa teacher or teachers.
The Clair Keller Development Instructional Project Grant applicant must submit a Project Proposal Outline, including the main purpose of the project, objectives, and schedule for completion, with a cover page. The Clair Keller Development Instructional Project Grant winners receive a grant of $250. The winner must also present at the next Iowa Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference.
Recipients of the Iowa Social Studies Teacher of the Year award will be recognized with a plaque and a one-year paid membership to the National Council for the Social Studies and the Iowa Council for the Social Studies. Winners also have the option to be nominated for the NCSS Teacher of the Year Award. Categories include elementary, middle, and high school teacher of the year.
The applicant must be a member of the NCSS and the ICSS with five or more years of experience and currently under contract within the State of Iowa.
The We the People Bookshelf, a collection of classic books for young readers, is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities' "We the People" program, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office. Each year, NEH identifies a theme important to the nation's heritage and selects books that embody that theme to build the We the People Bookshelf. The theme for the 20082009 Bookshelf is "Picturing America."
All public libraries and school libraries (K–12) in the United States and its territories are eligible to apply. School libraries (K–12) include public, private, parochial, charter schools, and home school consortia. Libraries with collections that circulate to the general public and offer reading–based programs for the general public are eligible to apply. Libraries may also collaborate with other (non–library) organizations to develop and deliver programs; however, the Bookshelves must be housed in the libraries to which they are awarded.
Individuals, organizations other than libraries, and schools and libraries operated by Federal entities, such as the Department of Defense, are not eligible to apply.
Attendees can tour the new Facing History office and reconnect with and meet new program staff and educators from around Cleveland. New resources, video, and print materials will be available for preview.
This event will provide an examination of two Facing History resources that explore the critical role that race has played in U.S. history as it relates to immigration policy: Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement and Becoming American: The Chinese Experience.
This workshop will explore the Facing History and Ourselves resource book, Choices in Little Rock—a collection of teaching suggestions, activities, and primary sources that focus on the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. These efforts led to a crisis that historian Taylor Branch once described as "the most severe test of the Constitution since the Civil War." These resources explore a range of civic choices—the decisions people make as citizens in a democracy. Those decisions, both then and now, reveal that democracy is not a product but a work in progress, a work that is shaped in every generation by the choices that people make about themselves and others. In this workshop, participants will consider ways to engage students in the issues raised by this history and its civic implications for their lives today. Choices in Little Rock can be used not only to teach history but also to deepen and enrich a study of civics, government, and literature. Participants will receive the Choices in Little Rock teaching guide, which contains suggestions for lesson plans, reproducible readings, and copies of documents for students to analyze. Attending this workshop will also make teachers part of the Facing History and Ourselves Educator Network. This entitles them to free borrowing from FH's extensive Lending Library, full access to all of FH's Educator Resources, including lessons, teaching strategies, online modules, discussion forums, and more, as well as ongoing personalized curricular support from a Facing History staff member.
Bill Moyers's documentary, Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, explores the challenges faced by Chinese Americans from the 1800s to the present and raises questions about the tensions between race, democracy, and citizenship. Participants view excerpts and explore parallels between the Chinese experience and those of other newcomers to the U.S.—what it means to "become American" today.
This workshop will introduce two Holocaust related books: Anton the Dove Fancier and Parallel Journeys. In addition to connecting the content of these books to the Facing History themes of identity, membership, and conformity, facilitators will demonstrate concrete literacy strategies which teachers can implement in their classrooms.