World View Opportunities

Dr. Darla K. Deardorff, Executive Director of the Association of International Education Administrators, will lead us in a training experience to build intercultural competencies based on her newly released Manual for Developing Intercultural Competencies: Story Circles, published by UNESCO and Routledge. The Story Circles methodology promotes intercultural competence development in building more inclusive societies and can be used in and out of classrooms. It has been piloted around the world through the United Nations and is now to available in 5 languages. We will learn more about this intercultural tool and experience Story Circles through a highly interactive virtual session. CEU offered. Register today: https://worldview.unc.edu/programs/shared-narratives-unesco-intercultural-competency-training/


OCTOBER 22, 3:30 – 5:00 pm via Zoom
Shared Narratives: Bridging Cultures with Music Across the Curriculum

The integration of music across the curriculum enables students to engage in rich textual analysis of diverse, interdisciplinary primary source materials, as well as further develop global competency skills such as recognizing perspectives and communicating across cultures. World View’s Bridging Cultures with Music Across the Curriculum program will feature the story and music of acclaimed artists Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei. The program will also feature World View’s Global Music Fellows, sharing best practice for integrating global music across the curriculum. CEU offered. Register today: https://worldview.unc.edu/programs/shared-narratives-bridging-cultures-with-music-across-the-curriculum/

National Humanities Center Online Courses

The National Humanities Center collaborates with partners, scholars, and subject matter experts to provide virtual courses that allow educators to explore a relevant topic over five to six weeks. Participants actively engage with course materials and colleagues, expand their own knowledge, skills, and dispositions, and develop customized educational resources.

Humanities in Class online courses for educators are uniquely engineered to connect you to world-class sources in a collegial environment of deep learning and collaboration.

 Reserve your seat today!

Social Emotional Learning Webinar

October 27 3:00-4:00 

This session is designed for Social Studies educators who want to learn more about integrating Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into their classrooms and standards-based curriculum.  A quick overview of North Carolina’s SEL implementation, including the five CASEL competencies, 3 Signature Practices (Welcoming Inclusion Activity, Engaging Strategies and Optimistic Closure) and additional selected Core SEL Practices. The new SEL Standards Mapping document for K-12 Social Studies will be explored, along with other resources that can support integration of SEL into any K-12 learning environment.

Register Here

 September 17 (every year)

The Founding Fathers signed the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787. For over 200 years, this living document has been a guide to the American people.  In 2005, the country began to celebrate Constitution Day, which is also known as Citizenship Day. This American holiday, which is on the 17th of September annually,  honors the signing of the Constitution. 

Below are some resources that can be used to support Public Law 108-447, which requires that students receive instruction on the U.S. Constitution during the week of September 17th each year.

• The NCDPI K-12 Social Studies Google Sites has a tab under Resources for Constitution Day. 
• ConstitutionFacts.com has Pocket Constitution Books, activities, surveys, quotes, quizzes, glossary of terms, and detailed information about the founding fathers, Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, and other American documents. 
  
  
• The National Constitution Center has an Interactive Constitution, instructional resources (e.g. lesson plans, video lessons, celebration kits, games, etc.), and education initiatives. (more information about Constitution Day)
  
  
• Explore videos, articles, lessons and primary resources from the National Archives . Also access other  education resources  for civic education. 
  
  
• DocsTeach is "bringing the Constitution to life" with primary sources and learning activities  
  
  
• The Newseum has a video/lesson plan that "looks at civil liberties vs. national security post 9/11". Search 9/11.
  
  
• iCivics offers lessons,  plays, primary source documents, games, simulations, and opportunities for students to take civic action on Constitution Day. 
  
  
• The Bill of Rights Institute has resources for the Founding Documents, including the Founding Principles. It also has lesson plans and contests for Constitution Day.
  
  
• The PBS Teaching Guide: Exploring the US Constitution  helps instructors use a specific primary source set, Creating the US Constitution, in the classroom. It offers discussion questions, classroom activities, and primary source analysis tools. It is intended to spark pedagogical creativity by giving a sample approach to the material. Please feel free to share, reuse, and adapt the resources in this guide for your teaching purposes.

North Carolina Courts: Constitution Day Resources

• UNC-TV Documentary on the History of the NC Supreme Court (companion materials: quiz and guide/study questions)
  
  
• Virtual Tour of the NC Museum of History’s NC Supreme Court Exhibit (even viewable on a mobile phone!)
  
  
• Three Branches of Government Handout/Fact Sheet
  
  
• NC History Significant Dates Handout/Fact Sheet
  
  
• NC Courts: VIEW ALL CLASSROOM RESOURCES

First Vote NC Resources

First Vote NC is a FREE, online election simulation platform that helps educators like you teach about our election cycle and civic engagement in the classroom, virtually and in-person! If you are a high school teacher, register now to access standard aligned lesson plans. Ballots will be available in October, but we know the value of easy, ready-made lesson plans (see examples of them here). Reach out to Caroline Parker at cparker@ednc.org with any questions and spread the word (we're on Twitter too!) to any high school educators who are looking for a free, online, election simulation for their classrooms! Click the button below, and it will take you to the registration page. 

Teacher Registration

Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15 to October 15 

A law (signed by President  Lyndon B. Johnson and then expanded by Ronald Reagan) designates September 15 to October 15 of each year as National Hispanic Heritage Month. National Hispanic Heritage Month provides us the opportunity to recognize, celebrate, and honor the cultures and contributions of both Hispanic and Latino Americans. 

See the excellent hispanicheritagemonth.gov -- with its vast collection of resources -- which is a collaboration of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. 

Below are teaching resources that can be useful for grades K-12:

• National Archives and Records Administration
• Smithsonian: Nuestra América: 30 Inspiring Latinas/Latinos Who Have Shaped the
  United States
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• National Park Service
• Smithsonian Education – Hispanic Heritage Month
• Edsitement 
• K-12 Resources 
• Various sites featuring resources
• LatinX History is Black History Webinar
• PBS Series: Latino Americans- about the series, episode guide, and educator resources

NCCEE EPF Update and Materials

213 Educators attended the Economics and Personal Finance 40-hour Summer Institutes. Teachers, attending on their own time, received a $500 stipend.

View the institute report here.

EPF Course Guide

During the EPF Summer Institutes attended by educators across the state of North Carolina, teachers were tasked with creating lesson plans based on the North Carolina Economics and Personal Finance (EPF) Course's standards and objectives. NCCEE incorporated the teachers' lesson plans into an EPF Course Guide. The Guide includes the following:

• A suggested Pacing Guide
• More than 300 lesson plans created by NC teachers for NC teachers
• Each curated lesson includes:
• bell ringer
• video
• article
• podcast
• independent work
• assessment
• exit tickets
• instructions for seated and virtual delivery

Carolina Navigators News and Updates

Due to UNC’s recent change to remote classes, most of the intern staff that ships out culture kits are no longer on campus. Carolina Navigators is currently looking into possible solutions, and will keep stakeholders updated.  View their website for more information.

Carolina Navigators have a TON of online global education resources that you can use in the place of culture kits! Below is a list of additional resources!

• Explore videos, articles, photo stories, virtual presentations, and culture kits using our Global Resource Finder! 
• Check out the videos and virtual presentations on our YouTube Channel! 
• Explore countries and cultures using our Pinterest page!

Carolina Navigators is excited about the new kits that they worked on this summer! Visit the following links to check out their progress so far:

• Hispanic Heritage
• Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Kit
• African American History and Culture Kit #2
• Global Women's History Kit #2
• Global Health Kit
• Thailand Culture Kit
• Venezuela Culture Kit

U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools (SIS) program 

As the 2020-2021 school year gets underway, the U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools (SIS) program is here to support educators, parents, and caregivers with easy-to-use resources for classroom lessons or at-home learning. 

Interested in more ways to help ensure a complete and accurate count?  Here are four resources to share with educators in your state:

• Enhance Your Lessons with Real World Census Data Webinar. Do you know educators who are interested in incorporating census data and SIS materials into their lessons? Share this recorded webinar on best practices for using the free SIS resources and how teachers can adapt the activities to their students’ learning styles.
  
  
• Fun Facts: Back to School. This handout offers engaging statistics that show what goes into getting our nation’s students and teachers ready for the new school year. These fun facts provide a simple and contextual way to incorporate SIS resources into lessons.
  
  
• Warm-Up Activities. Educators can jump-start their students’ day with these five-minute warm-ups. Each activity demonstrates the value of data in everyday life and inspires discussion about a specific subject in an easy and fun way.
  
  
• How Maps Bring Census Statistics to Life for Students, Wherever They Are. This blog post highlights colorful maps from SIS that feature U.S. census data and shows how educators can use these resources with their students. The maps underscore the importance of responding to the 2020 Census and are always available at no charge online at census.gov/schools.
  
  
• Virtual Field Trip to the U.S. Census Bureau. The virtual field trip is an entertaining, fast-moving video that takes students on a mission to discover details about the Census Bureau’s work, featuring insights from geography and data visualization experts. At the close of the video, students are prompted to answer interactive questions based on the statistics provided.

Using these resources, you can empower students to learn how the once-in-a-decade count impacts and shapes their communities. For more information, visit census.gov/schools.

N.C. History Day Opportunities

N.C. History Day, an affiliate of National History Day (NHD), is an academic program for 6th - 12th grade students. The program goes beyond N.C. and American history and fits with any geographical area and historical period. By participating in NHD, students become writers, filmmakers, web designers, playwrights, and artists while learning how to find and evaluate sources, formulate a scholarly argument, and present findings.

The N.C. History Day program coordinator is available to meet online with teachers to help fit the program into their classes, whether virtual or in-person this year, or offer it as an extra-curricular activity. She can also be an online guest speaker to do a program introduction or present on any stage of the process to students.

Competition is an optional part of the program; however, resources and services are available for free whether students compete, or it is done only as a class project. This school year the regional and state contests will be held completely online but will continue to provide opportunities for academic recognition and awards despite this school year’s unknowns. To learn more about the program and free resources, please visit www.nchistoryday.org or contact karen.ipock@ncdcr.gov. N.C. History Day is managed by the N.C. Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Beyond the Exhibits Resources

Take the North Carolina Museum of History BEYOND the exhibits and into your classroom.

Designed to provide high-quality and interactive learning experiences to your students, no matter your Tar Heel ZIP code, these materials and programs focus on the North Carolina experience and correspond to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

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New Open Education Resource: Humanities in Class Digital Library

The Humanities in Class Digital Library is an OER platform that collects and combines the best in humanities scholarship and education for use in the K-12 and collegiate classroom.  Scholars share their research in a variety of forms (video lectures, primary source collections, essays, articles, etc.), and educators submit any type of instructional resource (lesson, activity, assessment, research, essay, guide, etc.).  Members can publish their own resources as well as modify and remix other materials with direct citation to the original. HICDL Collections sorts resources by theme for easy access - like Voting and Why It Matters and Teaching About Race, Place, and Social Justice. HICDL Groups allows for any user to create a private workspace by theme, class, or interest.  

Membership is free, and all materials are free and come with Creative Commons open license.  

In addition to resources created by the National Humanities Center, nearly fifty humanities organizations have contributed to the digital shelves, amplifying the opportunity for interdisciplinary connections.  The HICDL connects seamlessly with Google Classroom and most Learning Management Systems. The HICDL is quickly becoming a makerspace for humanities education innovation. 

Next Gen Personal Finance: Be a Responsible Digital Citizen

Next Gen Personal Finance has free, high quality personal finance blended learning curriculum developed for high school and early college students. 

With access to the internet comes great responsibility! Use the following resources with your students so they can become a more respectful and responsible digital citizen the next time they're online! 

• (Video) Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft
• (Video) How to Create a Strong Password
• FINCAP FRIDAY: Who's Calling? 
• ANALYZE: The Influence of Social Media
• Middle School Lesson 7.1: Digital Citizenship
  • Note: To access the Lesson Guide, please refer to the Middle School Course Answer Key Document.

To see other resources, please go to the website or fill out this form.

K-12 Social Studies
Google Sites

Google Sites now serves as a central hub for Social Studies educators, administrators, institutions of higher education, and other interested parties. This hub houses the repositories, communications, and recommended resources related to the implementation of the North Carolina Social Studies Standard Course of Study (SCoS). Social Studies educators are encouraged to browse, reference, download, share, discuss, and adapt resources. Use the navigation menu to access information and resources.

Also, be sure to visit the Remote Teaching & Learning of Social Studies Google Sites Page. There, you will find the resources Considerations for Planning and Engaging in Remote Learning and Helpful Hints for Teachers, Students, and Parents to Keep in Mind while at home. Please click this link to access resources for teaching about race, racism, human rights, etc.

This is a great time for learning for the sake of learning.  It is the ideal time for teachers and students to focus on the intrinsic value of learning and not just assignments for a grade.  This time of remote learning offers the perfect opportunity to enhance the practice of planning assignments which allow students to deepen their knowledge.

REMEMBER, K-12 Social Studies resources and information can also be found on the shelves of our current LiveBinders.  Click this K-12 SS LiveBinders hyperlink to access all social studies materials!

Gilder Lehrman History Teacher of the Year Award

Congratulations to this year’s winner of the Gilder Lehrman History Teacher of the Year Award for North Carolina, Mrs. Elizabeth Shaver. Mrs. Shaver has been teaching at Holly Springs High School in Wake County for the last ten years. She serves as the adviser for the Social Studies Honors Society and the Pride Club at her school. She says that she endeavors every day to ensure that every student feels that they are an important part of her day and that she truly cares about their success and well-being while also working to instill her students with an appreciation and love of American history. Mrs. Shaver will receive $1000 from Gilder Lehrman as well as a collection of books and historical resources.

The  2021 Gilder Lehrman History Teacher of the Year award will honor exceptional elementary and secondary school American history teachers (including state and local history). The national winner receives a $10,000 prize presented at an award ceremony in their honor in New York City. State winners receive a $1,000 prize, an archive of classroom resources, and recognition at a ceremony in their state. 

For more information, visit the K-12 Social Studies Google Sites or the Gilder Lehrman website, visit the eligibility page or Nominate a Teacher.

Additional Awards and Grants

• NCSS and the Research Committee sponsor three annual research awards designed to recognize substantive scholarly inquiry in social studies education
  
  
• The Christa McAuliffe Reach for the Stars Award's $2,500 grant is to help a social studies educator make his or her dream of innovative social studies a reality. 
  
  
• List of Educational Grants