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This update contains the latest announcements and current news impacting K-12 Social Studies in North Carolina public schools. As always, we encourage those of you who receive the updates to please share this issue with others who are not currently subscribed to our listserv. To receive Social Studies Updates please sign up using the following link: Social Studies Listerv Update and Remind or follow us on Facebook and Twitter .
If you would like to share any upcoming events, professional learning opportunities, instructional resources, or award/grant opportunities with the NCDPI Social Studies Listserv, please send a brief explanation or description, image, and any pertinent additional information by the 4th of each month to
Phylisha.Sanders@dpi.nc.gov
Update includes:
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- NCCSS Social Studies Conference: NCDPI K-12 Social Studies Sessions
- 2nd Grade Teacher Focus Group
- World View: Global Education Professional Development Opportunities
- Survey: Beginning Teachers Webinar Series
- Study the Civil Rights Movement
- Social Studies and Global Education Webinar
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
- The Heritage Calendar 2018: Celebrating the NC African-American Experience
- The Walking Classroom
- Reading Across Cultures
- Youth Financial Education Opportunity
- NCSS Smart Brief Resources
AWARDS AND GRANTS
- The Wells Fargo Academic Leaders Fellowship Program
- The American Lawyers Alliance
- NC Bar Foundation: Law Week 2018
- Additional Grant Opportunities
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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
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NCCSS Social Studies Conference: NCDPI Presentations
The 48th Annual Social Studies Conference will be taking place on Thursday, February 8th thru Friday, February 9th in Greensboro. The Theme for the conference is "Expanding Visions Bridging Transitions".
This year, each member of the NCDPI K-12 Social Studies Team will be presenting. In addition, there will be a "What's New at NCDPI" session to provide updates.
For specific information about each presentation from NCDPI Social Studies and the Conference itself, please see below.
Social Studies Conference Details
Location: Koury Convention Center
Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel
Greensboro, NC
February 8-9 , 2018
Conference Website
Conference Program
Register to attend the 2018 NCCSS Conference
Thursday,
February 8, 2018 Sessions
Session 5:
3:10 pm – 4:10 pm
Integrating
Social Studies: It’s Elementary!
Presenter:
Phylisha Sanders
Level:
Upper Elementary 3-5
Location:
Colony C
Session 6:
4:20 pm – 5:20 pm
Using the
Choices Approach to Foster Deliberation and Civility in Your Social Studies
Classroom
Learn to use
the Choices “Options Role Play” to create a classroom environment where
students learn to research, listen, evaluate, and effectively communicate about
historical and contemporary issues.
Presenter:
Justyn Knox
Level:
High School 9-12
Location:
Colony C
Friday,
February 9, 2018 Sessions
Session 7:
8:00 am – 9:00 am
What Story
Does your Data Tell?
Do you ever
long for the days of the EOC when you used to get goal specific data for your
courses? Come see what you can learn by looking at NCFE and EVAAS data to
help improve your instruction.
Presenter:
Tom Daugherty
Level:
Middle School 6-8, High School 9-12, Administrator/Supervisor
Location:
Colony C
Session 8:
9:10 – 10:10
DLITE Yourself
in Disciplinary Literacy
This session
will engage you in proven strategies designed to make disciplinary thinking
visible and teach you how to make DLITE Boxes/Kits that help teach SS topics
through disciplinary lenses/
Presenter:
Michelle McLaughlin
Level:
Middle School 6-8, High School 9-12
Location:
Colony C
Session 9:
10:20 – 11:20
Geography in
Action!
Do you want
your students to think like geographers? This session will show you how
to use the NatGeoEd Geo-Inquiry process to do just that. Sample inquires
will be shared.
Presenter:
Fay Gore
Level:
General PreK-12
Location:
Colony C
Session 10:
11:30 – 12:30
What’s New At
NCDPI?
The K-12
Social Studies Team will provide updates on the work of the NC Department of
Public Instruction and engage in a Q&A.
Presenters:
K-12 Social Studies Team
Level:
Administrator/Supervisor, College, General PreK-12
Location:
Colony C
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2nd Grade Teacher Focus Group
Are you a 2nd grade teacher or know a 2nd grade teacher who
may be interested in participating in a Social Studies focus group during the
Spring of 2018?
This focus
group is designed to collect your feedback on new instructional materials that
support the NC Standard Course of Study for Social Studies. To be
considered for this focus group you should be a 2nd grade teacher in NC with
experience in teaching Social Studies for at least 3 years.
If you are
interested in being a part of this focus group please contact Justyn Knox Justyn.Knox@dpi.nc.gov or
call 919-807-3835 for more information.
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 World View: Global Education Professional Development Opportunities
World View offers valuable professional development in global education for K-12 and community college educators. The following are some exciting programs to explore:
Building
Stronger Bridges: Cultural Respect and Equity in the Classroom
A Seminar for K-12 and Community College
Educators
March 20-21, 2018
The Friday Conference Center, Chapel Hill, NC
How can North Carolina educators build stronger bridges in their classrooms and
communities to support diverse populations of learners? Through plenary talks
and small group breakout sessions, K-12 and community college educators at
World View’s spring seminar will explore issues of cultural respect and equity,
learning what barriers need to be removed and what strategies can be
implemented to recognize the potential for all learners.
1.5 CEU / 15 PDCH offered. Check out the website for more
information or register here.
East Asia: Traditions, Trends and Transformations
A Seminar for K-12 and Community College
Educators
March 21-22, 2018
The Friday Conference Center, Chapel Hill, NC
East
Asia is extraordinarily diverse and complex: culturally, ethnically,
geographically and economically. In spite of rapid transitions due to
globalization and geopolitical forces, East Asia maintains some of the world’s
oldest cultural traditions. East Asia’s complexity, diversity and shifting role
in global affairs present numerous opportunities for learning. Through plenary
talks and small group sessions, K-12 and community college educators will
explore East Asia’s history, culture, diversity, contemporary affairs and
changing role in the world. Participants will discover and experience
strategies and resources for integrating these issues and topics into the
classroom or learning environment.
1.5 CEU/15 PDCH offered. Check out the website for more information or register here.
Creating a Global Media Center
A Workshop for School Library Media Coordinators
April 26-27, 2018
Chapel Hill, NC
This workshop surveys emerging technologies and media content
used to bring the world to North Carolina’s schools. The program is designed to
help K-12 media coordinators better understand our interconnected world by
learning with and through technology. The workshop also offers resources and
hands-on strategies to increase and improve content, collection and integration
of global themes in the library. 1.5
CEU offered. More information coming soon. Register here.
Scholarships available! Apply for a World View scholarship to attend a March seminar
World
View is committed to ensuring accessibility to our programs for all North
Carolina educators. We are pleased to provide an annual scholarship for a
select educator to attend the seminar of their choice in honor of former World
View Advisory Board Chair, Dr. James L. Peacock, as well as two additional
seminar scholarships.Read more about the application
process here.
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 Beginning Teacher Webinar Series: Survey
The NCDPI K-12 Social Studies Team would like to thank all of the beginning teachers and other social studies educators for participating in the 2017-2018 BT Webinar Series. We hope that the webinar series has been meaningful and beneficial to your needs. If you missed the webinar or would like to share it with a colleague, you may access it and previous webinars by clicking HERE.
The five-part webinar series was a way for us to continue to provide support on effective implementation of the Standard Course of Study for social studies teachers. The webinars have featured strategies to assist teachers with planning social studies lessons and/or units in a way that would not only help students gain a deeper understanding of the content, but also help teachers in the transition to conceptual teaching.
In order to better support you, we would like to receive feedback on the Webinar Series. Please take a few moments to complete a survey. Your feedback will better inform us of your needs as a beginning teacher.
Access previous webinars here.
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 Study the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Perspectives from
1940-1980
Middle
and high school teachers are invited to apply for a unique opportunity to study
the bottom-up history of the Civil Rights Movement. Participants will learn
from people who made the Civil Rights Movement happen and from leading scholars
of the era including William Chafe, Courtland Cox, Emilye Crosby, Hasan Kwame
Jeffries, Charles Payne, Barbara Ransby, Judy Richardson, and more. There will be a field experience each week.
Three
key narratives will serve as the focus of this institute.
1. The movement thrust
forward its leaders, not the other way around.
2. The tradition of protest
grew out of a long history of activism in the Black community.
3. Grassroots activism was
the major engine that led to legislative reforms.
The
institute has been planned by Duke University, the SNCC Legacy Project,
Teaching for Change, and Tougaloo College.
Dates: July 9 – 27, 2018 (3 weeks)
Location: Duke University, Durham, NC
Application
Deadline: March 1, 2018
(notification date: March 28, 2018)
Stipend: $2,700
Learn
more and apply here: https://sites.duke.edu/dukecrmsummerinstitute/
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 To Register Click on the image or visit: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2212973144650733825
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INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
The Heritage Calendar 2018: Celebrating the NC African-American Experience
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is proud to have partnered with AT&T to provide educational resources for The Heritage Calendar 2018: Celebrating the NC African-American Experience.
The Heritage Calendar is a project sponsored and created by AT&T (since 2013) in an effort to recognize and honor a diverse group of individuals who have made significant contributions to the lives, causes, and experiences of African Americans in North Carolina. The 2018 Edition of the Calendar features outstanding and remarkable individuals who have made achievements in a variety of fields including education, business, the performing arts, athletics, community service, law, and STEM. Each honoree is considered to be a “role model through their integrity, vision, and dedication to excellence”.
We are excited to announce that twenty-eight of the 2018 Heritage Calendar Lesson Plans are now available in Schoolnet. Educators across the state can search for the term "Heritage Calendar" on the "Find Materials" page on the Instructional Materials section of Schoolnet. The lesson plans cover a variety of grade levels and subject areas and have been vetted by our content specialists.
If you have a question or would like to nominate someone for a future calendar, visit the Contact Us Page on The Heritage Calendar website.
To learn more, click the links to access and download past or current The Heritage Calendars or learn about the honorees.
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 THE WALKING CLASSROOM
The Walking Classroom is a national award-winning education program that provides students with an innovative way to get exercise without sacrificing instructional time.
The nonprofit program’s “Walk, Listen and Learn” methodology capitalizes on the favorable link between exercise and cognitive function. Each student in a classroom gets a special purpose audio device that comes preloaded with over 100 educational podcasts.
Students take brisk 20 minute walks while listening to custom-written, kid-friendly podcasts that begin with a brief health literacy message and transition to topics on social studies, science and English language arts. The content directly aligns with either the 4th grade or 5th grade standards, but the topics are appropriate for students in grades 3 – 8 and are often incorporated across grade levels.
The Teacher’s Guide, complete with an extensive lesson plan and comprehension quiz for each podcast, is also a great resource for overburdened teachers. Included in each lesson plan are questions about a character value that is incorporated in each podcast. Students return to the classroom in better moods, more focused, and more likely to engage in post-walk discussions. Teachers regularly report that after implementing The Walking Classroom, students retain the information better, exhibit better behavior and engagement in the classroom, and demonstrate better understanding of healthy habits.
For information about the program, go to www.TheWalkingClassroom.org
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Reading Across Cultures
Diverse Social Justice Books for the 6 – 12 grade Classroom
REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR SERIES HERE.
Once a month, the World Area Book Awards will sponsor a 60 minute webinar on a book recognized by one of the awards and facilitate a discussion with the author on how to incorporate the book into the classroom. The spring webinar series focuses on social justice. Click here for more information about the books and authors!
We encourage you to read the books with your colleagues, students, and community, and then join us to hear more from the author. The books are appropriate for students in grades 8-12. If participating in all webinar sessions, participants will receive a certificate of completion. Be sure to join the conversation with our webinar hashtag #2018ReadingAcrossCultures. All sessions are free and open to the public. All times listed refer to Central Standard Time (CST).
Sponsored by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs, the South Asia National Outreach Consortium, the Middle East Outreach Council, and Africa Access. For more information, click here.
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Youth Financial Education Opportunity
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) needs Pre-K to 12
educators who are willing to provide feedback on its Money Smart for Young
People (MSYP) financial education curriculum. Please pass information
about this opportunity on to any schools or educators that are interested in
financial education. Anyone that is interested should contact me
at educationstudy@icf.com or 301-572-0413 for
more information.
Participating educators will use the FDIC’s free MSYP resources
with students, and then provide some input on what works well with the
curriculum, including instructional approaches that work well to teach the
curriculum, and what could be improved. Participants will receive a monetary
stipend, as well as training on using the curriculum.
Participants will be asked to provide their feedback between
February and June, to inform enhancements to the curriculum that the FDIC will
make later this year.
Money Smart for Young People includes an Educator’s Guide, Student
Guide (for grades 3-12), and a Parent/Caregiver Guide for use at home, all of
which can be downloaded through the FDIC’s Teacher Online Resource Center, https://www.fdic.gov/consumers/education/torc/. The curriculum can be easily incorporated
into a range of subjects such as English language arts, mathematics, and social
studies.
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National Council for the Social Studies
Check out the latest news and resources from the NCSS Smartbrief:
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AWARDS AND GRANTS
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The Wells Fargo Academic Leaders Fellowship Program
The
Wells Fargo Academic Leaders Fellowship Program is a selective, full
scholarship for Pell-eligible high school seniors. The fellowship will be
awarded to 20 student leaders in 2018 with the intent of promoting their
academic excellence and leadership development, through college
graduation. The
Wells Fargo Academic Leaders Fellowship Program will only be awarded in
2018. Selected Fellows will be eligible for up to five years of funding to
complete their bachelor’s program.
AWARD
Fellows
will receive funding for the full cost of attendance* that is not
already covered by other financial aid, as determined by the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Application Deadline: February 28, 2018
For details and eligibility requirements: CLICK HERE
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The American Lawyers Alliance
The American Lawyers Alliance is a charitable, educational
and nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote understanding and
respect for the American legal system. Recognizing the vital role that
teachers play in preparing the youth of our country to be well-informed citizens,
the ALA is proud to sponsor the “2018 Law-Related Education Teacher of
the Year” contest. There are many wonderful
teachers who are making a difference in their students’ lives, and we want to
recognize them and reward them for their efforts.
As a state social
studies coordinator, we would appreciate it if you would e-mail information
about the contest and encourage your Middle School and High School teachers to
apply for the prestigious Alice Carr Scholarship Award. A teacher might
be reluctant to apply for the award, but if a parent or one of their students
were to encourage them, the teacher might feel more comfortable about
submitting an application.
The attached brochure
explains the purpose of the contest, the application process and the
application form. One Middle School teacher and two High School
teachers will be chosen as the ALA LRE 2018 Teachers of the
Year. Each winner will be presented a $1500 award at
the Annual Meeting of the American Lawyers Alliance in Chicago on
August 3, 2018. An additional $500 for hotel and travel expenses will
be given to each recipient who attends the Awards ceremony.
The Application
Deadline is March 15, 2018. Please visit the
ALA website atwww.americanlawyersalliance.org/annual-awards for
information about the ALA Teacher of the Year Award. Click on “Award
Winners” for information about previous winners. Last year’ winners were
Middle School Teacher: Cherese Smith, Ozark Junior High School, Ozark,
Arkansas; High School Teacher: Fred Cole, Marquette Senior High School,
Marquette, Michigan and High School Teacher: David Alcox, Milford High
School, Milford, New Hampshire.
If you have any
questions or would like further information, please feel free to contact either
Kitty O’Reilley at kitty.oreilley@gmail.com or
Sue Patterson at patterson112665@gmail.com.
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NC Bar Foundation: Law Week 2018
Law Week 2018
events are made possible by the generous funding of the Beverly C. Moore
Justice Fund of the North Carolina Bar Foundation Endowment in cooperation
with the Young Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Bar Association.
Law Day was
inspired by Charles S. Rhyne, president of the American Bar Association in
1957-58 who practiced law in Washington, D.C. In deference to the Cold War and
the Soviet Union’s commemoration of May Day, Rhyne drafted the founding Law Day
resolution and personally delivered it to President Dwight D. Eisenhower who
proclaimed May 1, 1958, as the first Law Day.
Every year since,
the President has officially proclaimed May 1 as Law Day throughout the United
States.
The North Carolina Bar Association and its Young Lawyers Division,
through formal proclamation by the Governor of North Carolina, celebrate Law
Day on the first Friday in May.
The NCBA’s
observance of Law Day is scheduled Friday, May 4, 2018.
Liberty Bell
- Nominations
are now open for the 2018 Liberty Bell Award. Nominations are due by Friday, March 16,
2018.
Regional Moot Court
Competition - Grades 9-12
Moot Court Case Rules
Moot Court Registration, Reimbursement & Feedback
Forms
Poster Contest - Grades
3-5
Essay Contest - Grades
6-8 & 9-12
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Additional Grant Opportunities
- Learning to Give offers mini-grants to bring service into the classroom. They reviews applications monthly. Apply now.
- YSA and Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation are looking for 125 of the best ideas from young people to end childhood hunger. Apply by February 12, 2018!
- Eco-Hero Awards Deadline: February 28 Every year since 2003, Action For Nature has sought to recognize and reward young people between the ages of 8 and 16 who are taking action to solve the world’s tough environmental problems through creative environmental projects with a cash prize up to $500, certificate of achievement, and public recognition.
- Environmental Education (EE) Grants Deadline: March 15 The EPA is making available up to $3 million in funding for locally-focused environmental education grants under the 2018 EE Local Grant Program. Ten RFPs are being issued nationally, one in each of EPA’s ten Regions, for a total funding of up to $3 million nationwide. EPA anticipates awarding three to four grants in each EPA Region, for no less than $50,000 and no more than $100,000 each, for a total of 30-35 grants nationwide.
- The Barron Prize honors young leaders ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant positive impact on people, their communities, and the environment. Winners receive $10,000 to support their service work or higher education. The deadline to apply is April 15.
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K-12 Social Studies Resources
K-12 Social Studies Essential Standards Wiki
NCDPI's K-12 Social Studies Essential Standards Wiki website is a resource designed especially for educators to assist in the preparation of moving to the K-12 Social Studies Essential Standards. The North Carolina K-12 Social Studies Essential Standards are available, along with a number of other resources such as the Instructional Toolkit components and professional development material.
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