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2019-2020 We the Students Essay
BOOK YOUR SUMMER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
OUR SUMMER CALENDAR IS FILLING UP!
NEH Summer Institute for Teachers
A two week stipend-supported Summer Institute integrating technology and history!
July 20-July 31, 2020
Apply to join history, science and technology teachers from across the United States for a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers: The Cold War Through the Collections of the Intrepid Museum! The Summer Institute will immerse participating teachers in scholarly research as well as the artifacts and oral histories in the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum’s collection that embodies the Cold War era. Integrating content exploring the historical context of technological innovation, the Institute will serve a national group of 25 teachers in order to deepen their understanding and increase confidence in their ability to explore the subject thoroughly, critically and engagingly with their students.
These projects are designed principally for full-time or part-time teachers and librarians in public, charter, independent, and religiously affiliated schools, as well as homeschooling parents. Museum educators and other K-12 school system personnel—such as administrators, substitute teachers, and curriculum developers—are also eligible to participate. Applicants must be United States citizens, residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who have been residing in the United States or its territories for at least three years immediately preceding the application deadline.
Each participant receives a stipend of $2,100 for the two-week institute.
For more information and application instructions - https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/cold-war-collections
July 20-July 31, 2020
Apply to join history, science and technology teachers from across the United States for a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers: The Cold War Through the Collections of the Intrepid Museum! The Summer Institute will immerse participating teachers in scholarly research as well as the artifacts and oral histories in the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum’s collection that embodies the Cold War era. Integrating content exploring the historical context of technological innovation, the Institute will serve a national group of 25 teachers in order to deepen their understanding and increase confidence in their ability to explore the subject thoroughly, critically and engagingly with their students.
These projects are designed principally for full-time or part-time teachers and librarians in public, charter, independent, and religiously affiliated schools, as well as homeschooling parents. Museum educators and other K-12 school system personnel—such as administrators, substitute teachers, and curriculum developers—are also eligible to participate. Applicants must be United States citizens, residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who have been residing in the United States or its territories for at least three years immediately preceding the application deadline.
Each participant receives a stipend of $2,100 for the two-week institute.
For more information and application instructions - https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/cold-war-collections
MEGA Conference
Date:
July 13-17, 2020
Location:
Mobile Convention Center
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Early Bird Registration $165 - Deadline April 3, 2020
Pre-Registration $175 - Deadline June 12, 2020
Late/Onsite $185
Register NOW for best rate!
For Conference, Registration and Hotel Information please Click Here
MEGA Conference Registration
1401 Maclay Commerce Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32312
July 13-17, 2020
Location:
Mobile Convention Center
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Early Bird Registration $165 - Deadline April 3, 2020
Pre-Registration $175 - Deadline June 12, 2020
Late/Onsite $185
Register NOW for best rate!
For Conference, Registration and Hotel Information please Click Here
MEGA Conference Registration
1401 Maclay Commerce Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32312
2019 NCGE CONFERENCE
CALL FOR PROPOSALS!
NCGE 105th Annual Conference
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC, Dec. 4-6, 2020
2020 conference proposals are being accepted for the 2020 NCGE Annual Conference, December 4-6, 2020, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
Following-up on the success of the 2019 Austin Conference, the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) is co-locating our 2020 annual conference once again with the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS). We are expecting a record number of attendees and exhibitors this year, so submit your proposal to present at the conference today!
This year NCGE is focusing on the integration of geographic tools and approaches in the teaching of other social studies disciplines.
SUBMIT a proposal today to present either individually or with colleagues at the conference!
SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS FEB 10!
More information on the submission process can be found here
Email conference@ncge.org directly with any questions.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS!
NCGE 105th Annual Conference
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC, Dec. 4-6, 2020
2020 conference proposals are being accepted for the 2020 NCGE Annual Conference, December 4-6, 2020, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
Following-up on the success of the 2019 Austin Conference, the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) is co-locating our 2020 annual conference once again with the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS). We are expecting a record number of attendees and exhibitors this year, so submit your proposal to present at the conference today!
This year NCGE is focusing on the integration of geographic tools and approaches in the teaching of other social studies disciplines.
SUBMIT a proposal today to present either individually or with colleagues at the conference!
SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS FEB 10!
More information on the submission process can be found here
Email conference@ncge.org directly with any questions.
ABOUT NCGE:
The National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) is a non-profit organization, chartered in 1915, to enhance the status and quality of geography teaching and learning.
NCGE promotes geographic teaching by providing professional development opportunities, producing journals and other geography publications, developing and distributing content and resources, honoring teachers, mentors and researchers; advocating for geography in schools; and organizing an annual conference and other forums for educators. NCGE promotes the greater sharing of ideas, information, best practices and innovative processes.
NCGE is committed to ensuring that all students graduate to with the knowledge, perspectives and skills to make informed decisions as they go through life. We strive to support all educators in their desire to create engaging, authentic, inquiry-based learning experiences for students at all levels.
Join NCGE Today!
National Council For Geographic Education
8555 16th Street, Suite 500 Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (833) 465-NCGE | Fax: (202) 618-6249 | Email: info@ncge.org
www.ncge.org
Copyright National Council for Geographic Education 2019
The National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) is a non-profit organization, chartered in 1915, to enhance the status and quality of geography teaching and learning.
NCGE promotes geographic teaching by providing professional development opportunities, producing journals and other geography publications, developing and distributing content and resources, honoring teachers, mentors and researchers; advocating for geography in schools; and organizing an annual conference and other forums for educators. NCGE promotes the greater sharing of ideas, information, best practices and innovative processes.
NCGE is committed to ensuring that all students graduate to with the knowledge, perspectives and skills to make informed decisions as they go through life. We strive to support all educators in their desire to create engaging, authentic, inquiry-based learning experiences for students at all levels.
Join NCGE Today!
National Council For Geographic Education
8555 16th Street, Suite 500 Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (833) 465-NCGE | Fax: (202) 618-6249 | Email: info@ncge.org
www.ncge.org
Copyright National Council for Geographic Education 2019
Join us for this special performance of the Broadway musical Cabaret
-Benefiting the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center-
February 8, 2020
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Virginia Samford Theatre
Tickets are $100 and are General Admission
*All tickets must be purchased here:
https://tickets.vendini.com
Cabaret takes place from 1929-1930, a time in Berlin at the beginnings of the rise of the Nazi Party. Into this world enters Clifford Bradshaw, a struggling American writer. On his first night in Berlin, Cliff wanders into the Kit Kat Klub, a seedy nightclub overseen by the strange Master of Ceremonies, “the Emcee.” Here, Cliff meets Sally Bowles, a vivacious, talented cabaret performer, and an utterly lost soul. Sally and Cliff begin a relationship, which blossoms unexpectedly into a dream-like romance. As time passes, however, the situation in Berlin changes from exciting and vital to ominous and violent. With a score featuring songs that have become classics of the American Musical Theatre, Cabaret is a fierce, meaty musical that pushes the boundaries of the form and literally holds ”the mirror up to nature.”
Venue
Virginia Samford Theatre
1116 26th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35205 United States
2020 NEH Institute on the Grassroots History of the Civil Rights Movement
July 6 – 24, 2020 at Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
The Center for Documentary Studies is proud to partner with a team of scholars, SNCC veterans, and Teaching for Change, and the SNCC Legacy Project on a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Teacher Institute, The Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Perspectives (1940–1980), in the summer of 2020.
Participants (classroom teachers and school librarians in grades 7-12) will learn the bottom-up history of the Civil Rights Movement and receive resources and strategies to bring it home to their students. They will have the unique opportunity to learn from the people who made the Civil Rights Movement happen, and from the leading scholars of the era. The following narratives will serve as the focus of the institute:
In addition to the scholars and veterans, we will be joined by Zinn Education Project curriculum writer and teacher organizer Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. Ursula has written lessons on COINTELPRO, redlining, reparations, the Depression era deportations of Mexican Americans, Standing Rock, and more. Ursula will work with the participants both during and after the institute to develop lessons based on the institute themes for their respective grade level and subjects.
LEARN MORE & APPLY
July 6 – 24, 2020 at Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
The Center for Documentary Studies is proud to partner with a team of scholars, SNCC veterans, and Teaching for Change, and the SNCC Legacy Project on a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Teacher Institute, The Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Perspectives (1940–1980), in the summer of 2020.
Participants (classroom teachers and school librarians in grades 7-12) will learn the bottom-up history of the Civil Rights Movement and receive resources and strategies to bring it home to their students. They will have the unique opportunity to learn from the people who made the Civil Rights Movement happen, and from the leading scholars of the era. The following narratives will serve as the focus of the institute:
- The Civil Rights Movement was a primary force for the expansion of democracy for all.
- The Movement was based on the work of thousands of local “ordinary” people who both organized and sustained it.
- Women and youth were a fundamental part of the leadership and the troops of the Movement.
- The tradition of protest grew out of a long history of activism and resistance in the Black community.
- And more.
In addition to the scholars and veterans, we will be joined by Zinn Education Project curriculum writer and teacher organizer Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. Ursula has written lessons on COINTELPRO, redlining, reparations, the Depression era deportations of Mexican Americans, Standing Rock, and more. Ursula will work with the participants both during and after the institute to develop lessons based on the institute themes for their respective grade level and subjects.
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In 2018, we organized the first NEH Institute on Grassroots Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement. Thirty teachers came to learn from people who were active in the Civil Rights Movement and from leading scholars of the movement, including: William Chafe, Charles Cobb Jr., Courtland Cox, Emilye Crosby, Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Charles Payne, Barbara Ransby, Judy Richardson, and more. The institute was held in the Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University. Read more.
The institute was highlighted in an Edutopia article by Melinda Anderson, “A Better Way to Teach the Civil Rights Movement.”
In their evaluations, teachers commented on how the institute changed them personally and how it will change their teaching. Here are just a few of their reflections:
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The institute was highlighted in an Edutopia article by Melinda Anderson, “A Better Way to Teach the Civil Rights Movement.”
In their evaluations, teachers commented on how the institute changed them personally and how it will change their teaching. Here are just a few of their reflections:
- The institute grew me. I have stepped out of everything that I thought I knew and I have been expanded. I feel more confident in teaching a narrative based on real people and their stories and not the mythical characterizations of history that focus on a protagonist and an antagonist. I have changed because I now see my classroom as a platform for change.
- This institute has completely transformed how I think about the Civil Rights Movement and ultimately how I am going to teach it in the classroom. I have received so many resources to use for teaching this hard history. I am a part of the movement that will change the way history is being taught and preserved. We are making history. I am making history. Words cannot express how happy and powerful this program has made me feel. My life has changed.
- I learned lessons about education, community-based engagement, and processes of social transformation that placed women front and center, and my mind soared throughout those talks — at times I felt lifted out of myself.
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You are receiving this email as a valued member of the CDS community.
Our mailing address is:
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1317 W. Pettigrew St.
Durham, NC 27705
Regional Groups
This year we will develop four regional groups. Each group will be comprised of teachers from that region. In each region, teachers will be able to share their voices and participate in professional development pertaining to social studies. Keep your eyes open for further details. If you are interested contact your regional director: North- Dr. Adam NeSmith ; South- Ms. Andrea Kohutek ; East- Dr. Linda Mitchell ; West- Dr. Wanda Ward