ANOTHER NATIONAL HISTORY DAY OPPORTUNITY – GRANT FROM THE NEH

“Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressivisms:

Race, Capitalism, and Democracy, 1877 to 1920”

A Summer Institute for Current and Future K-12 Teachers

June 26– July 22, 2016

Chicago, Illinois

www.gildedandprogressive.org

The Chicago Metro History Education Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Loyola University Chicago invite K-12 teachers to apply for “Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressivisms: Race, Capitalism, and Democracy, 1877 to 1920.” Participants in this National Endowment for the Humanities-sponsored program will spend four weeks in Chicago, a center of Progressive Era reform, engaging in vigorous discussions about this critical time period in American history and creating materials to use in their classrooms. Award-winning historian Robert Johnston (University of Illinois at Chicago) will guide the institute’s academic content, with the help of renowned experts in history, art, and architecture. Charles Tocci (Loyola University Chicago) will direct teaching application discussions, along with master teacher Michael Biondo (Maine South High School). For more information, contact Rachel Allmen, CMHEC, rallmen@chicagohistoryfair.org.

Benefits include:

Stimulating readings and discussions with scholars and peers

Time to explore and create practical applications for your classroom

A $3,300 stipend to defray travel, lodging, and study expenses

A chance to personally experience Chicago’s Gilded Age and Progressive Era history and culture

For full details, visit www.gildedandprogressive.org

Applications are due March 1, 2016.

Lisa Oppenheim

Director, Chicago Metro History Fair

Chicago Metro History Education Center

60 West Walton, Chicago IL, 60610

GNL PH: 312.255.3661

MOBILE PH: 312.636.2031

www.chicagohistoryfair.org

— ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY —

Good morning,

We are looking for summer interns for the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest and we’re hoping you might know a few potential applicants. Please share this with any former participants (at any level) who may be interested.

   Contest interns receive housing and a stipend and also get to work behind the scenes at the National Contest! 

More information: http://nhd.org/about-us/employment/ 

Download an application here: http://www.nhd.org/wp-content/uploads/internapplication2-21.doc

Contest Intern Criteria:
1. Applicant must be a past NHD participant (at any level).
2. Applicant must be enrolled in college and have completed at least two years.
3. Applicant must be at least 18 years old.
4. Any major can apply.
5. Applicant must be able to join the national office by June 1st at the latest and stay through the end of the month.

Gary Pettit

Director of Communications

National History Day®

4511 Knox Road, Suite 205

College Park, MD 20740

Gary@nhd.org

301-405-0536

— ON BEHALF OF THE INSPIREUS-WV.ORG —

— ON BEHALF OF THE WV GEOGRAPHIC ALLIANCE —

Please share the following information about our TEA-NCTA summer institute Korea with West Virginia social studies teachers via your newsletter, listserve, and/or website throughout March and April. Applications will be accepted on a rolling-admission basis until April 30, 2016. Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Catherine Higbee Ishida

NCTA Staff Associate &  Japan and Korea Projects Coordinator

Program for Teaching East Asia

University of Colorado at Boulder

UCB 595

Boulder, CO 80309

http://www.colorado.edu/cas/tea

303-735-5115

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The Program for Teaching East Asia, the NCTA National Coordinating Site at the University of Colorado, is accepting applications on rolling-admission basis for its 2016 summer institute on Korea.

Korea’s Journey into the 21st Century: Historical Contexts, Contemporary Issues. July 24-28, 2016. Rolling Admissions. Final application deadline: April 30, 2016. In this four-day residential summer institute on the University of Colorado Campus, secondary teachers will consider modern and contemporary South Korea’s distinct history, geography, intra-peninsular and international relations, and transnational cultural transmissions (e.g., K-pop, film, and design). Participants will work with specialists to learn about the Korean peninsula beyond the media coverage, drawing on Korean narratives and texts to enrich their teaching about contemporary South Korea in the classroom. Participants will receive travel allowance, room and board, materials, and stipend.

http://www.colorado.edu/cas/tea/ncta/downloads/KSI2016App.pdf

Please visit www.wvcpd.org to register.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have.

Jenna Green

Advanced Placement Program Coordinator

West Virginia Center for Professional Development

208 Hale Street

Charleston, WV  25301

O:  (304) 558-0539  F:  (304) 558-0989

ON BEHALF OF ART21

ART21 Educators is a year-long professional development program designed to support K-12 educators in any subject area who are interested in bringing contemporary art, artists and themes into classroom learning and teaching.

ART21 has established itself as the preeminent chronicler of contemporary art and artists through its Peabody Award-winning, PBS-broadcast television series, ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century, available for FREE online.  ART21 Education Programs engage audiences in dialogue about contemporary art and the artists featured in ART21 films.  Please visit our website to learn about the variety of ways ART21 resources can be used to enhance Social Studies curriculum.   

The application deadline is April 3, 2016.  A flyer and e-blast on the program are attached, and applicants can find more information by visiting the ART21 Educators page.

Please contact Ms. Noyes if you have questions.

Pauline Noyes

Coordinator, Education Initiatives ART21

646 747 9782

As most of you know Policy 2510 is currently out on comment.  One change is to Social Studies, many stakeholders actually requested that the social studies requirement be reduced from 4 credits to 3 like Science, however with allowing some flexibility you will notice that the proposed version of Policy 2510 retains 4 credits for social studies.  Below is the charts of the current social studies requirements along with the new proposed charts.  Below the charts I will clarify a few misconceptions that seem to be floating around out there.  I know Allegra is now the Social Studies contact however, when I see incorrect information being shared from the field I have to stop and go back to my social studies roots.  Let’ all keep in mind I am a social studies person so believe me when I say there was a lot of time and thought put into this policy to protect the integrity of our programs while offering students the courses that will most benefit them.

You will notice that there are still 4 required credits for social studies.  You will also notice that counties may choose to offer World Studies or Geography, the option for an AP® course here has not changed at all.  The big change is for United States Studies in the current policy you will notice it says or an AP® Social Studies course, for years this has allowed student who take AP® to get around taking U.S. Studies or AP® US History.  The new proposed version of Policy 2510 will require every student to take either US Studies, AP® US History , or US Studies Comprehensive (which is a course that will cover US History from its inception to today, standards will be created if this is approved, along with standards for Psychology and Sociology). This change will require every students to have a US History/Studies Course before graduation.  There are no changes to Civics or AP® Government and Politics this is in state code.  Finally for the 4^th credit, which we were able to retain, we will be able to allow students to personalize the type of social studies course they want to take to align with their interests or post-secondary education plans.

So to clarify the information that is being circulated around that this will eliminate students from taking US History, that is totally wrong, this policy will actually require it unlike the current policy.  Secondly, when you look up the definition of Geography you will notice that it is defined as the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.  Is this not something that goes along with world history and would benefit our students?  Keep in mind we are still teaching World History in Grade 7.  Lastly I want to say that there is nothing in this Policy, other than requiring every student to take a US History Course, that will stop counties from doing exactly what they are doing now if they so choose.

If you have concerns or like the proposed changes please comment on the policy.  Also please feel free to ask Allegra or myself and further questions, we will be glad to respond with the correct information.

Joey

Robert “Joey” Wiseman Jr.

Executive Director

WVDE Office of Middle/Secondary Learning

http://wvde.state.wv.us/instruction/

Building 6 Room 603

1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East

Charleston, WV 25305-0330

304.558.5325 P

304.558.1834 F

wvde.state.wv.us

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Good Afternoon Everyone,

I am so glad my email sparked lots of great conversations today, I want to think you all for your dedication to your field.  I just wanted to share a chart that was created as these conversations began.  Below you will see the Social Studies Requirements from other states.  The info is almost 2 years old and some may have changed slightly but good food for thought.  I have also included the link the bigfuture College Board has for the number of high school courses most colleges look for https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-in/your-high-school-record/high-school-classes-colleges-look-for .    Please continue to comment on the policy.

Joey

Robert “Joey” Wiseman Jr.

Executive Director

WVDE Office of Middle/Secondary Learning

http://wvde.state.wv.us/instruction/

Building 6 Room 603

1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East

Charleston, WV 25305-0330

304.558.5325 P

304.558.1834 F

wvde.state.wv.us

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