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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 .

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES 

• NCDPI and EVERFI Webinar on Financial Literacy
• 2019 Student Leadership Institute: Applications are Now Available
• Social Studies Leaders' Institute
• North Carolina Council for the Social Studies (NCCSS) Conference

INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES

• Black History Month Resources

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

NCDPI and EVERFI Webinar on Financial Literacy   On February 12th at 3:30 PM, Phylisha Sanders (Department of Public Instruction) and Peter Kelpin (EVERFI) will be sharing useful information about financial resources, and their alignment to Social Studies Essential Standards. Participants will learn how to access the resources and how educators across the state are already implementing them in their schools!   Register via this link by February 11th.   EVERFI - Financial Literacy and Marketplaces (New for 2018 - 2019!) are web-based Personal Financial Literacy and Economics resources, available to North Carolina educators at no-cost! Available via the EVERFI platform, these lesson-based resources blend online learning with offline reinforcement to help students in High School develop critical mindsets, behaviors and skills around managing, growing, and using money.

Apply Now for the NCDPI 2019 Student Leadership Institute   In its eighth year,  the Institute, is designed to prepare students to take active roles in their schools and communities through service experiences that are aligned to the curriculum.  It is divided into three cohorts:  (1) rising fourth and fifth graders, (2) rising sixth through eighth graders, and (3) rising ninth through twelfth graders. Prospective participants register as a team of 4-6 students with at least one adult mentor from their school or district. Selected teams will  receive: Team building experiences; Hands on, minds-on learning from experienced trainers in character and leadership development; Experiential learning experiences; Service-learning action-planning; Evening activities that are fun, reflective, and impactful; Tools and materials to support service-learning, character building, and leadership development beyond the Institute. All expenses are paid for participants to include: meals, lodging, and transportation to and from the experiential learning site. Click HERE for more information and to apply today.     Applications are due by 5:00 pm EDT on Monday, April 4, 2019

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Social Studies Leaders' Institute   The theme of the Institute is "Building Leadership in Literacy and Social Studies". This year, the Institute will be in Summerfield, NC, which is in Guilford County. There will be Breakout Sessions and updates from the NCDPI K-12 Social Studies Team.   To access the registration link, click on the image above or go to https://goo.gl/forms/iIlqmnkCvosB72hD2. Registration fees must be mailed before Monday, March 25, 2019. Registration costs are nonrefundable and must be received before entrance into the Institute.   If you have any questions about registration, please contact Bernadette Cole via email or at  919-807-3847.    To access the registration, please visit: https://goo.gl/forms/iIlqmnkCvosB72hD2

NCCSS Social Studies Conference   The 49th Annual Social Studies Conference, which is sponsored by the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies, will be taking place on Thursday, February 28th  thru Friday, March 1st  in Greensboro at the Koury Convention Center. The Theme for the conference is "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: Building the Future of Social Studies”.   Register to attend the 2019 NCCSS conference

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INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES 

African American History Resources 

February is Black History Month! It originally started as only a week-long celebration beginning in 1926. The celebration was created by prominent African American scholar and historian Carter G. Woodson. The month of February was chosen to recognize the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Many colleges started having month long events instead of the original week long celebration. In 1976, President Ford officially extended the recognition of Black history to a month long event.  Here are some resources you can use to teach your classroom about Black history during the month and beyond:

• The History Channel has a website dedicated to Black History Month containing photos, videos, and speeches to explore.
  
  
• The National African American History Month website lists selected relating to Black history and culture.
  
  
• AfricanAmericanHistoryMonth.gov has resources for teachers  (exhibits, collections, audio, video, primary documents and images) from The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial.
  
  
• PBS has lesson plans and discussion guides available targeted towards specific grade levels.
  
  
• The Smithsonian has a variety of teaching resources including art, poetry, and reading lists. 
  
  
• The Smithsonian Learning Lab has over a million resources by content, like social studies, that allow you to search, create educational experiences, and share your work. It includes a collection on the Tuskegee Airmen and more. Be sure to search 'black history" to see what is available.
  
  
• Carolina K-12 and UNC-Chapel Hill’s Southern Oral History Program teamed up to produce lesson plans for teaching about the American Civil Rights Movement.
  
  
• NC Museum of History's has a new exhibit called Freedom! A Promise Disrupted North Carolina 1862-1921. Discover the story of the 'Reconstruction' era, when the promises of freedom were cut short  in North Carolina due to a backlash of racism. There are other resources including a video on demand and lessons of the The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum  and a list several must see upcoming events. 
  
  
• NC Museum of History has the exhibit:The North Carolina Roots of Artist Ernie Barnes 
  which is ending Sunday, Mar. 3rd. Known for his unique style of elongation, energy, and movement, Barnes is the first professional American athlete to become a noted painter!  This exhibition features many unpublished original paintings and includes artifacts from his Durham childhood and his football career.
  
  
• FREE Film Kits from Teaching Tolerance "Bring social justice topics to life with these classroom friendly films and user guides. Teaching Tolerance film kits are FREE for use in K–12 schools, schools of education, public libraries, houses of worship and youth-serving nonprofit organizations. Click on each of the films to order or stream online, based on availability."
  
  
• Fighting for the Right to Fight: Electronic Fieldtrip: Watch the webcast about the challenges African Americans faced during WWII. Students will be able to see artifacts and do a Q&A with museum experts.  Watch here!
  
  
• NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources: Check here for lists of events in the Eastern, Western, and Piedmont regions of NC! Events include musical performances, art exhibits, and on site visits to places significant in NC African American culture.
  
  
• The African American Culture Kit   from Carolina Navigators is a collection of books and items from the National African American Museum of History and Culture in Washington D.C. Items include Mae Reeves hat stickers, aviator goggles, finger puppets of 7 famous African Americans, Carolina Plantation Rice, a plastic blue crab, a souvenir book from the museum, children’s books, coloring books, and paper dolls, a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, DVDs on the Civil Rights Movement, African Americans in Sports poster, and a Kwanzaa card.
  To learn more, visit the website.
  
  
• 28 Ways to Celebrate Black History Month is an article that includes the contributions made by African Americans and ideas of how each day can be a way to acknowledge their accomplishments.
  
  
• NEA has lesson plans and trading cards that cover a variety of subjects that can be adapted to fit multiple grade levels.
  
  
• PBS Newshour has some additional resources to help teach Black History Month including the lessons on the 50^th anniversary of the March on Washington, Nelson Mandela, and Muhammed Ali.
  
  
• The  article “20 Pertinent Classroom Resources for Black History Month” and site Poets.org have resources, including role plays, speeches, poems, and literature that are either by African Americans or feature their experience. The resources can be used for discussions or analyzed for meaning and historical significance. Both sites have resources that integrate social studies and ELA.
  
  
•  For Middle and High School Teachers across North Carolina, EVERFI offers 306 - African-American History an immersive and inspiring digital journey through American History. Through 14 lessons, starting in the era of Slavery, moving through Emancipation, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow, and ending in the Civil Rights and modern era, students learn through the lens of African-American leaders in each era, and engage with primary source documents. In this celebratory month of African-American History, 306 brings to life the empowering stories of the African-American community and helps students draw inspiration from remarkable women and men! To learn more about getting started, please contact Peter Kelpin, EVERFI North Carolina Consultant at pkelpin@everfi.com. Educators are also able to self-start with EVERFI via this link.

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