Teaching About Global Child Labor and Human Trafficking Conference

Description

The conference, which is geared towards secondary Social Studies, English and Spanish teachers, offers educators the opportunity to meet and interview former child laborers and trafficking victims, and attend a film festival and lectures by top scholars and human rights activists working in the field. The conference will provide the first forum in the United States for intensive training in the internationally acclaimed, interdisciplinary SCREAM—Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, the Arts and Media— program, developed by the International Labour Organization, International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO/IPEC). SCREAM offers cutting edge pedagogy, ideal for adapting and differentiating instruction to accommodate students' different learning needs and styles.

The highlight of the program will be the forum where former child laborers from South America and victims of trafficking within the US will share their stories. These stories will be videotaped for classroom use and conference participants will develop teaching ideas to accompany these narratives which will be published for use in the schools.

12.5 Professional Development Hours (1.25 CEUs) available.

Sponsoring Organization
Drew University, International Center on Child Labor and Education
Contact email
lswerdlo@drew.edu
Location
Madison, NJ
Contact name
Swerlow, Linda
Phone number
1 973-408-3046
Start Date
End Date

NCSS Defense of Academic Freedom Award

Description

The NCSS Defense of Academic Freedom Award is given annually to recognize and honor those who have distinguished themselves in defending the principles of academic freedom in specific controversies, in fostering academic freedom through advocacy, and in defending or advocating the freedom to teach and learn.

Sponsoring Organization
National Council for the Social Studies
Eligibility Requirements

* Classroom teachers, professionals in other areas of education, students, parents, community groups, and members of other organizations. (Preference will be given to social studies educators).
* Must be or have been engaged in activities that support academic freedom in the face of personal challenge or promote awareness of and support for academic freedom.
* The defense or advocacy of academic freedom must have been related to the teaching of social studies.
* Personal involvement in a particular controversy: the use of controversial issues or materials; defense of the presentation of divergent materials and views; and/or the preparation of materials involving controversy and divergent views.
* Personal involvement in activities that highlight issues surrounding censorship and academic freedom through writings, speeches, or other advocacy.
* The activities of the person considered for the award must be verifiable and must accompany the nomination.

Application Deadline
Award Amount
$1,500
Website
http://www.socialstudies.org/awards/academicfreedom/

NCSS Award for Global Understanding

Description

This award recognizes annually a social studies educator (or a team of educators) who has made notable contributions in helping social studies students increase their understanding of the world.

Sponsoring Organization
National Council for the Social Studies
Eligibility Requirements

* Anyone may nominate.
* NCSS membership is required.
* Nominees must be social studies educators who are affecting the global understanding of P-12 students.
* Nominees must address several elements of global education as described in the criteria below.

Application Deadline
Award Amount
$2,000
Website
http://www.socialstudies.org/awards/globalunderstanding

Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the Year Awards

Description

These awards recognize exceptional classroom social studies teachers for grades K-6, 5-8, and 7-12 who teach social studies regularly and systematically in elementary school settings, and at least half-time in middle or junior high and high school settings.

Sponsoring Organization
National Council for the Social Studies
Eligibility Requirements

* Anyone may nominate. Self nominations will be accepted.
* NCSS Membership is required.
* Social studies teachers for grades K-6, 5-8, and 7-12 who teach social studies regularly and systematically in elementary school settings, and at least half time in middle/junior high and high school settings.

* Nominees cannot be nominated for the award in more than one category (i.e., junior high/middle school teachers are ineligible for the secondary award).
* Demonstrated exceptional abilities in at least six of the seven categories listed below:
1. Develop or use instructional materials creatively and effectively.
2. Incorporate innovative and verified effective instructional strategies and techniques.
3. Utilize new scholarship from history, the social sciences, or other appropriate fields.
4. Utilize the ten interrelated themes identified in NCSS curriculum standards: culture; time, continuity, and change; people, places, and environment; individual development and identity; individuals, groups, and institutions; power, authority, and governance; production, distribution, and consumption; science, technology, and society; global connections; and civic ideals and practices.
5. Demonstrated ability to foster a spirit of inquiry and the development of skills related to acquiring, organizing, processing, and using information and making decisions related to both domestic and international matters.
6. Demonstrated ability to foster the development of democratic beliefs and values, and the skills needed for citizen participation appropriate to students' grade level in classroom, school, and community settings.
7. Evidence of professional involvement in activities such as workshops, curriculum development, committees, and other association activities, etc.

Application Deadline
Award Amount
$2,500
Website
http://www.socialstudies.org/awards/teaching/

Teaching with Documents and Works of Art: An Integrated Approach

Description

This two-and-a-half day workshop will provide a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, collaborative work, and analysis of documents and works of art to introduce teachers to the holdings of the National Archives and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Workshop attendees will participate in and develop classroom activities that utilize both visual images and primary source documents as teaching tools in ways that sharpen students’ skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. The content focus will be on Westward Expansion and the Civil War.

Contact name
Potter, Lee Ann
Contact email
leeann.potter@nara.gov
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Council for the Social Studies, Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Archives and Records Administration
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$200
Contact Title
Head of Education and Volunteer Programs at the National Archives and Records Administration
Duration
Three days
End Date
Website
http://www.socialstudies.org/workshops/

Powerful and Authentic Social Studies (PASS): A Teacher Training Institute

Description

Powerful and Authentic Social Studies (PASS) is a professional development program that trains social studies teachers in curriculum design, assessment, and instruction in a standards-based environment. This institute will provide participants with the materials and expertise necessary to lead their own PASS training workshops in their schools and school districts.

Contact name
Braun, Jr., Joseph A.
Contact email
jabraun@ilstu.edu
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Council for the Social Studies
Phone number
1 831-869-9865
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$675
Course Credit
Cost includes continuing education credit
Duration
Five days
End Date
Website
http://www.socialstudies.org/workshops/

Reading Strategies to Unlock the Social Studies

Description

This practical, hands-on workshop for secondary-level educators will focus on strategies and approaches that help students with nonfiction reading in the social studies. Eight organizational patterns of text structure will be examined, including description, cause and effect, compare / contrast, problem/solution, concept definition, sequence, proposition / support, and goal / action / outcome. Participants will identify and find examples of each in social studies texts, acquire and apply reading strategies appropriate for each type of text structure, and determine ways of using strategies in both instruction and assessment. In addition, participants will acquire and apply other strategies that help students unlock social studies content in the secondary classroom, including vocabulary strategies, anticipation guides, summarizing, synthesizing and evaluating information, making inferences, and making predictions. Participants are asked to bring a grade-level text to use during the workshop.

Contact name
Altoff, Peggy
Contact email
altoffmm@d11.org
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Council for the Social Studies
Target Audience
Secondary
Start Date
Cost
$675
Course Credit
Two graduate credits are available for an additional $200.
Duration
Three days
End Date
Website
http://www.socialstudies.org/workshops/

North Carolina at Home and in Battle during World War II

Description

Learn how World War II affected North Carolinians and how the state’s men, women, and children contributed to the war effort at home and abroad.

Contact name
Jessica Humphries
Contact email
jessica.humphries@ncmail.net
Sponsoring Organization
North Carolina Museum of History
Phone number
1 919-807-7971
Start Date
Cost
$35
Course Credit
Four CEUs
Duration
Seven weeks
End Date
Website
http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/edu/ProfDev.html

Documenting North Carolina's Past: Learning from Primary Sources

Description

Join us and learn about significant events in United States history from a North Carolina perspective. Examine original documents, artifacts, and historic buildings that help to tell North Carolina’s story as a state. Take back to your classroom a wealth of resources, including the latest historical research by well-known scholars. This four-day program in Raleigh and Historic Halifax will feature speakers, discussions, activities, and field trips.

Contact name
Charlotte Sullivan
Contact email
charlotte.sullivan@ncmail.net.
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
North Carolina Museum of History
Phone number
1 919-807-7995
Target Audience
For all grade levels; particularly relevant to elementary and middle grades social studies
Start Date
Cost
$40
Course Credit
The workshop provides up to four CEU credits (40 contact hours).
Duration
Four days
End Date
Website
http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/edu/ProfDev.html

Library of Congress Teaching With Primary Sources: Eastern Regional Partnership

Description

The Eastern Regional Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Program is currently accepting proposals for the integration of primary sources in K-12 education, existing pre-service and graduate-level education curriculum, and teacher professional development programs. Additionally, cultural institutions and other community organizations may be partners within these programs.

Proposals from $5,000 to $15,000 will be considered and are accepted on a rolling basis. Preference will be given to proposals that have the most potential for being integrated into K-12 classrooms for the long-term.

Apply online: http://iqweb.waynesburg.edu/aam/WU_Eastern_Regional_RFP.html

Sponsoring Organization
Library of Contress Eastern Regional Teaching with Primary Sources Program
Eligibility Requirements

K-12 classroom

Award Amount
$5,000-$15,000
Website
http://tps.waynesburg.edu/eregion/index.html
Location
Eastern United States
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