Ashbrook Center Seminar on the
Kennedy and Johnston Presidencies

Elizabeth City Pasquantack Public Schools will be hosting a professional learning seminar focused on the Kennedy and Johnson Presidencies. It will be held Saturday March 25, 2023 in Elizabeth City, NC.

This is open to all 6-12 social studies teachers. Lunch and a light breakfast will be provided as well as a certificate for 8 contact hours.  

Please use this link to register

NCDPI K-12 Social Studies: 2022-2023 On-Demand Professional Learning Sessions

The new NC Social Studies Standards were approved in February 2021 for implementation in fall of 2021. The Civic Literacy and Economics and Personal Financial Literacy courses are legislatively required courses for all students that entered high school in 2021-2022 by the time they graduate. While there is some leeway with the high school courses, as districts can choose the sequence for their high school social studies courses, the new social studies standards should have been implemented K-8 for the 2021-2022 school year.  See the GRAD-004 Policy (updated link) and GRAD-004 Policy Chart for more information.

To support districts, schools, and teachers, the NCDPI Social Studies team are releasing or providing live professional learning sessions throughout the school year.  The following lists each session:

• One-Stop Shop: Refresher on the SS Standards & Supports and Onboarding Materials ...
• American History
• Understanding the ECS and OCS Standards requirements for Social Studies
• ELD & SS Webinar - Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners
• Teaching Social Studies with Primary Sources

Access all available Professional Learning Sessions

Register for the NC Council for the Social Studies Conference!

The North Carolina Council for the Social Studies is an organization that serves its members and provides support to social studies educators. Each year, NCCSS invites K-16 educators from across North Carolina to come to their conference.

The conference is two days of amazing sessions, fun networking opportunities, and more! Register for the conference and consider presenting a session at the upcoming Social Studies Conference. 

REGISTER NOW! 

Be sure to check out these flyers listing some of the NCCSS conference sessions  

Stay up to date on the latest NCCSS news and opportunities by signing up to receive their newsletter. Access the latest NCCSS Newsletter .

Celebrating Black History Month

“February is Black History Month. During this month, we celebrate Black Americans, past and present, who have made indelible contributions on the United States and North Carolina history with their artistry, professional achievements, and community activism.”

~NC Public Schools

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 during the month and beyond:

• AfricanAmericanHistoryMonth.gov has 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.
  
  
• 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,  exhibits, and virtual or on site visits to places significant in NC African American culture.
  
  
• Online Exhibit and Programs on Black History at the NC Museum of History

Get the W!se Financial Literacy Certification Program FREE of Charge!  

The W!se Financial Literacy Certification Program  is an award-winning initiative that supports personal finance instruction in high schools and empowers students to become Certified Financially Literate. Participating schools teach a course or unit on personal finance and then administer our nationally-standardized Certification Test. The Test assesses students’ knowledge of personal finance topics, including money, credit, banking, insurance and investing. 

Do you teach the EPF course?

W!se is proud to have administered the educators certification exam to hundreds of North Carolina educators through its partnership with the NCCEE EPF summer professional development initiative. To support their instruction, W!se provide teachers with

• a curriculum outline, aligned to the North Carolina social studies curriculum
• a resources directory
• access to our online database of practice quizzes
• monthly webinars featuring guest presenters
• an optional pre-test
• a pre-instruction tool that assesses students’ baseline knowledge

W!se has onboarded many schools in North Carolina this year and has been able to subsidize the test fees through the generosity of a grant. While the grant funding has been exhausted and W!se must begin applying fees, they are pleased to offer you the program free of charge if you register in February. 

To take advantage of this promotional offer, please register HERE. If you are not ready to register at this time, there are grant funds available for social studies classes in North Carolina which you can consider using in the future.

For more information, contact Dario Stipisic at dstipisic@wise-ny.org.

Don't miss this opportunity! Register Today!

The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies:  Book Sets

The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies offers book collections available for K-12 and collegiate level instruction to borrow free of cost. We offer book sets as well as class sets. The book sets are made up a variety of books related to a topic or age group and are for educators wanting to foster cross-cultural awareness and teach their students about Latin America and the Caribbean. The class sets are ideal for a class or small group of students. Books can be checked out for a semester at a time and can be mailed to your school free of cost.

To learn more about  Consortium book collections, please email Skylar.Zee@duke.edu.

Tar Heel Junior Historian Association—Made up of History Clubs around the state, the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association inspires and empowers North Carolina 4^th-12^th grade students to discover local and state history—in an active, hands-on way. THJHA membership includes free copies for you and your club members of our semiannual history magazine, The Tar Heel Junior Historian, written especially for students. The association also encourages junior historians to share what they learn through annual state contests.

NCDPI Social Studies: The American History Chronological Document Resource is Now Available! 

NCDPI Social Studies has an exciting new resource for American History! The American History Chronological Document tool is designed to help teachers find primary source examples that could be used in their instruction of specific objectives during specific chronological periods. This supplemental document provides potential sources that can be integrated into curriculum and lesson plans to provide students with additional materials to analyze and evaluate. Public School Units (PSUs) have local control to determine curriculum, therefore, the American History Chronological Document is not meant to be:

• curriculum
• an exhaustive list of primary sources,
• required to use for teaching and learning
• a checklist of documents that are required to use or access

In the footer of the document, there is a link where educators can recommend additional sources that can be used in certain time periods for specific objectives.

The new American History Chronological Document tool is live now and ready for you to use today!

Access other NCDPI created Resources

Disclaimer:  Because North Carolina is a local-control state, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) does not provide lists of resources outlining specific reading texts, books, authors, or other primary and secondary resources. Prior to use, the Social Studies leadership in local PSUs should carefully analyze the resources. Learn More  

Subscribe and Connect with each Area in the Office of Academic Standards  

Do you want to stay up to date on the latest news, opportunities, resources, standards updates, etc. from one or more of the NCDPI Office of Academic Standards content areas? 

Sign up today to receive newsletters and announcements from the area(s) or topic(s) of your choice.

2023 Gilder Lehrman North Carolina History Teacher of the Year

The  2023 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. 

Nominations for the 2023 Gilder Lehrman History Teacher of the Year awards are now open. Students, parents, colleagues, and supervisors may nominate K-12 teachers for the award by visiting gilderlehrman.org/nhtoy.

IMPORTANT CALENDAR DATES

• Deadline for 2023 nominations: April 30, 2023
• Deadline for 2023 nominees to submit supporting materials: May 31, 2023

For more information, visit the eligibility page.

The Global Educator Digital Badge

The NCDPI Global Educator Digital Badge (GEDB)  provides an opportunity for educators to focus their professional development on developing their own global context and understanding of how to integrate global education throughout curricula. It also provides the opportunity to build global competency in students. The State Board of Education approved North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge (GEDB) is available for the following educator categories: 

• Teacher 
• Teacher Leadership Specialist 
• Library Media Coordinator 
• Instructional Technology Facilitator 
• School Counselor 
• Career Development Coordinator 
• School Social Worker, School Psychologist 
• Speech-Language Pathologist 
• Instructional Central Office Staff 
• Principal/Assistant Principal, Superintendent 

Do you want to learn more about the Global Educator Digital Badge,
but only have a minute?

If so, then, watch this quick video.

You can also learn more from educators who have already earned the NCDPI Global Educator Digital Badge (GEDB). Watch as they share their thoughts on the benefits of getting the badge and how it has impacted their teaching.  The words of wisdom from the GEDB recipients may help you to make a decision about applying for the badge.

2021 GEDB Earners Words of Wisdom Video

2022 GEDB Earners Words of Wisdom Video

For more information on the Badge (SBE Policy, FAQs, Process Flyer, Implementation Guide, MOA), please visit NCDPI Global Education website or send an email to  NCGlobalEducation@dpi.nc.gov.