The Gilder Lehrman Summer Seminars are designed to strengthen participants' commitment to high quality history teaching. Public, parochial, independent school teachers, and National Park Service rangers are eligible. These week-long seminars provide intellectual stimulation and a collaborative context for developing practical resources and strategies to take back to the classroom.
Designed for elementary social studies teachers who teach United States history and government, this intensive week-long workshop will immerse participants in early American history "on location" in Williamsburg, the restored capital city of 18th-century Virginia, and nearby Jamestown and Yorktown. 25 teachers and a returning mentor teacher will be selected for each session. Participants will be involved in an interdisciplinary approach to teaching social studies with colonial American history as the focus. Teachers will have the opportunity to exchange ideas with noted historians, meet character interpreters, and take part in reenactments of 18th-century events. They will review various interactive teaching techniques with a mentor teacher and with each other. Instructional materials in a variety of media will be provided to participants to use in their classrooms. Together with Colonial Williamsburg staff, teachers will prepare new instructional materials for use in their own classrooms.
Designed for elementary social studies teachers who teach United States history and government, this intensive week-long workshop will immerse participants in early American history "on location" in Williamsburg, the restored capital city of 18th-century Virginia, and nearby Jamestown and Yorktown. 25 teachers and a returning mentor teacher will be selected for each session. Participants will be involved in an interdisciplinary approach to teaching social studies with colonial American history as the focus. Teachers will have the opportunity to exchange ideas with noted historians, meet character interpreters, and take part in reenactments of 18th-century events. They will review various interactive teaching techniques with a mentor teacher and with each other. Instructional materials in a variety of media will be provided to participants to use in their classrooms. Together with Colonial Williamsburg staff, teachers will prepare new instructional materials for use in their own classrooms.
From the Indiana Council for the Social Studies website:
"This honor will be given to two educators who have demonstrated exceptional teaching abilities in the field of social studies, elementary or secondary. Each honoree will be awarded a plaque, $100, and another Social Studies related prize."
Sponsoring Organization
Indiana Council for the Social Studies
Eligibility Requirements
"1.The nominee must be a full-time teacher in Indiana. The nominee must be a member of the Indiana Council for the Social Studies.
2. The nominee must submit the required forms and supporting documents postmarked by May 15.
3. The nominee must have a current teaching license and be teaching that licensure area
4. In 250 words or less, the nominee must submit a reflective statement about his/her teaching experience.
5. Letters of recommendation from colleagues, supervisors, parents, or students should be submitted with the nominee's application."
From the Indiana Council for the Social Studies website:
"The Indiana Council for the Social Studies (ICSS) will fund one grant of $300 for use as seed money for teacher created or teacher developed classroom projects or research in the social studies."
Sponsoring Organization
Indiana Council for the Social Studies
Eligibility Requirements
"To be considered for the teacher grants, individuals must:
1. Be a member of the Indiana Council for the Social Studies
2. Be present at the ICSS convention to accept the award.
3. Provide tangible output to the ICSS Awards and Grants committee
within one year of receipt of the grant.
4. Complete the Teacher Grant Application form, and
5. Submit a brief letter of support form the applicant's supervisor,
principal, or department chairperson."
"The Annual WSCSS Lake Chelan Leadership Retreat will deepen your knowledge and broaden your outlook on social studies, in addition to providing you with a few lessons to teach on Monday morning. This three-day retreat held on lovely Lake Chelan is designed to help social studies educators."
From the California History-Social Science Project website:
"A new interactive online exhibit from the California Council for the Humanities (CCH) – We Are California – will explore the history and stories of those who have immigrated or migrated to California. A new partnership between the Council and the California History-Social Science Project (CHSSP) will help to bring this exciting resource to the classroom.
The topics of the workshops will be 'The Sikhs of Yuba City' and 'Sam Brannan and the Mormon Settlements of California.' Both presentations will include classroom ready materials aligned with the California History-Social Science Standards."
This PhilaPlace project workshop will suggest approaches for developing local history mapping lessons and discuss ways to incorporate immigration and oral history into such projects.
All participants in this Montpelier-sponsored program will receive a free set of We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution textbooks; a lecture by Constitutional Scholar Stephen Frantzich and a signed copy of his book; lesson demonstrations by teachers at the elementary, middle, and high school levels; Representative Democracy of America free resources and training (DVDs and books); elementary, middle, and high school resources for the teaching of Constitution Day; and Project Citizen sessions for middle and high school teachers with free textbooks.
The workshop is open to teachers in Northern Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Prince George County, Maryland.