The Franklin Heritage Museum presents the local history of Franklin, NJ via historical photographs and artifacts. The museum is housed within structures which once belonged to the Franklin Mine's New Jersey Zinc Company.
The museum offers exhibits.
From the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History:
"To many, the Great Plains are part of the 'Great Flyover,' whose landscape and history alike are flat and featureless. But in this region in the middle of the nation, cultures have mingled and clashed for thousands of years. We will focus on the nineteenth century, though we will also examine the first peoples and the continuing cultural exchanges of the twentieth century. We will begin with the physical setting, plants, and animals, and consider early humans in both Native American traditions and anthropological/archeological studies. Europeans arriving in the sixteenth century accelerated the long history of change and evolution, initiating more than three centuries of converging peoples and cultures, new centers of power, flourishing trade, calamitous epidemics, and cultural and material intrusions from around the planet. We will visit Bent's Fort to see a cultural crossroads illustrated through one family. We will also examine cattle ranching, homesteading, scientific explorations, and the depiction of the Plains in art."
From the Facing History and Ourselves website:
"Educators are invited to join this free online workshop designed to introduce new materials exploring migration and identity. There are over 192 million migrants living outside of the land of their birth. Millions of second and third generation migrants are changing the makeup of the local population as well as the identities of the communities where they live. Publicly funded schools are on the frontline of these changes.
Through facilitated online activities and conversations, the workshop will consider how schools negotiate both the needs of diverse student populations and the national need to form community cohesion. To explore these ideas we will feature two new publications from Facing History and Ourselves: Stories of Identity: Religion, Migration, and Belonging and What Do We Do with a Difference: France and the Debate Over Headscarves in Schools. Our discussion will be enriched by a variety of resources ranging from scholarly reflection to classroom materials."
The Oregon Council for the Social Studies is offering classroom incentive grants to give teachers the opportunity to try a new idea or project within the classroom when there is not funding to support these creative ideas. These grants are intended for actual instruction. It is suggested that these grants
could be used to develop student created projects like a website or a multimedia production—like a documentary, xommunity forum, mini-classes, Chautauqua, or community service project. Classroom materials to support these student projects would probably meet the criteria.
Must be an OCSS member in good standing; a full time K-12 teacher; and responsible for teaching two or more social studies disciplines in the teaching
assignment.
Through Best Buy Teach Awards, Best Buy provides gift cards to schools to enable them to purchase more technology for their students to use and learn.
This program supports professional development for U.S. history teachers. It is designed to raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge and understanding of and appreciation for traditional U.S. history. Grant awards will assist local educational agencies, in partnership with entities that have content expertise, to develop, document, evaluate, and disseminate innovative and cohesive models of professional development. By helping teachers to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of U.S. history as a separate subject matter within the core curriculum, these programs will improve instruction and raise student achievement.
Local Educational Agencies must apply in partnership with one or more of the following: institutions of higher education (IHEs), nonprofit history or humanities organizations, libraries, or museums.
This annual award goes to a Nebraska teacher who epitomizes the best Nebraska educators have to offer in engaging, inspiring, and guiding their students to discover, enjoy, and learn from the fascinating and important histories state residents share. The award, consisting of a plaque and a lifetime membership with the Nebraska State Historical Society, is limited to K-12 teachers who encourage and support their students in endeavors such as History Day; who use documents, oral history, or place in classroom projects; or who employ other imaginative or innovative methods to make Nebraska history come alive for their students. A committee drawn from the current NSHS Board of Trustees, the NSHS Emeritus Trustees, and the NSHS staff nominates/selects the recipient.
K-12 Nebraska educator.
Funds individual "participation in high-quality professional development experiences, such as summer institutes or action research."
Must be a practicing U.S. public school K-12 teacher, public school education support professional, or faculty and staff at public higher education institutions | Must NOT be an employee or board of director member of the NEA Foundation, or an immediate family member of said staff or board
Applications may be submitted at any time. For notification on June 15, must be submitted by Feb. 1, for notification on Nov. 15, by June 1, for notification on Mar. 15, by Oct. 15.
Provides funds for materials and educational experiences intended to improve the academic achievement of students in U.S. public schools and public higher education institutions in any subject area(s). The proposed work should engage students in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen their knowledge of standards-based subject matter. The work should also improve students' habits of inquiry, self-directed learning, and critical reflection.
Must be a practicing U.S. public school K-12 teacher, public school education support professional, or faculty and staff at public higher education institutions | Must NOT be an employee or board of director member of the NEA Foundation, or an immediate family member of said staff or board
Applications may be submitted at any time. For notification on June 15, must be submitted by Feb. 1, for notification on Nov. 15, by June 1, for notification on Mar. 15, by Oct. 15.
The theme of this conference is "American Culture, American Democracy."