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Ashbrook Center Seminar on the
Kennedy and Johnston Presidencies

Elizabeth City Pasquotank Public Schools will be hosting a professional learning seminar focused on the Kennedy and Johnson Presidencies. It will be held on 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

2022-2023 On-Demand PD Sessions

• **NEW** K-5 Social Studies and ELA Integration  Part One: Building the Case for
        Social Studies in K-5
• **NEW** Teaching the Standards for Founding Principles: Civic Literacy  
• American History
• Teaching Social Studies with Primary Sources
• One-Stop Shop: Refresher on the SS Standards & Supports and Onboarding Materials ...
• Understanding the ECS and OCS Standards requirements for Social Studies
• ELD & SS Webinar - Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners

Access all available Professional Learning Sessions

NCCEE: Save the Dates for EPF Summer Professional Development Institutes

The North Carolina Council on Economic Education will be providing several opportunities this summer for teachers who are or will be teaching the graduation requirement course, Economics and Personal Finance (EPF). There will be several opportunities for educators to attend a week-long, 40-hour institute that will equip them with the tools, skills, and knowledge they need to be prepared to teach the Economics and Personal Finance course. 

This training is for teachers who teach in North Carolina and are teaching or slated to teach the EPF course. The registration link is coming soon! To preview the session dates, please visit   www.nccee.org/events.

For questions about the EPF Summer Institutes, please contact Sandy Wheat or Stephanie Cales.

Teachers' Workshop: Asian Histories and Cultures

Saturday, May 13, 10 am-2 pm

UNCP's University Annex Assembly Room

China is frequently the subject of US news, and students have a range of perceptions (and a lot of questions!) about the country and the people who live there. In this workshop, University of North Carolina at Pembroke faculty will touch on several topics and provide Inquiry Design Model lessons and primary source material for classroom instruction. The workshop is being developed by UNCP faculty in concert with the Carolina Asia Center, who is sponsoring the event. It will help provide teachers and Social Studies Education students with relevant questions to ask and resources to draw from. Lunch will be provided.

REGISTER HERE!

More details will be emailed to registrants closer to the event date! For additional information, call (910) 258-8459 or email jaime.martinez@uncp.edu.

Workshop organizers

Dr. James Hudson, Assistant Professor of History, UNCP

Dr. Serina Cinnamon, Associate Professor of History & SSE Director and Coordinator, UNCP

Celebrating Women's History Month

Every year March is designated Women’s History Month by Presidential proclamation. The month is set aside to honor women’s contributions in history. Women’s History Month started as Women’s History Week and began as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California in 1978. The organizers selected the week of March 8 to correspond with International Women’s Day. Other communities across the country then initiated their own Women’s History Week celebrations the following year. In February 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the Week of March 8th 1980 as National Women’s History Week.

To learn more, visit https://womenshistorymonth.gov/.

Additional Resources

• NC Museum of History
• NCPedia

Ackland Art Museum K-12 Resources

Check out the resource materials and professional development sessions from the Ackland Art Museum that help K-12 teachers at all grade levels and in all subject areas integrate art into their teaching.

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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. They offer book sets as well as class sets. The book sets are made up of 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.

 If you’d like updates about resources, workshops, and events from the Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina and Duke University you can connect with them.

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

History-In-a-Box: Bringing the North Carolina Museum of History to your classroom!

Through the innovative "History-In-a-Box" Kits, educators use a fresh and fun approach to introduce topics in history. These multidisciplinary teaching tools provide you with background materials, reproduction artifacts, lessons, and activities that tie North Carolina history with language arts, science, math, and visual art. Kits are available for pick-up and drop-off at the North Carolina Museum of History. 

Current kit offerings include: 

• Primarily North Carolina
• North Carolina Pottery
• Colonial and Revolutionary Times in North Carolina  
• Everybody’s War: North Carolina and World War II 
• From the Mountains to the Sea: The Coastal Region 
• From the Mountains to the Sea: The Piedmont Region 
• From the Mountains to the Sea: The Mountain Region 

Educators and students all over North Carolina will now have digital access to the History-In-a-Box kits. Explore one of the interactive kits here! The digitized kits include access to Canvas Classrooms with the same background information, lesson plans, and activities you know and love.

Request a Kit

Request a Digital Kit

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.

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.