The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has recently completed the review and selection process for the Daniel J. Evans Civic Education Award for the 2017-18 school year. Six nominations were considered (all from Western Washington).
The two students selected to receive the award are: Mykayla Pawlak from Cedarcrest Middle School (Marysville School District) and Katherine Amrine from W.F. West High School (Chehalis School District).
These students' teachers spoke very highly of the award winners' civic engagement in their communities and schools and the excellent academic writing they used as they completed their OSPI-developed assessment in civics. They wrote complex responses to questions concerning the death penalty and school dress codes.
Established by the Washington State Legislature in 2003, this award is named after former Washington State Governor Daniel J. Evans, who served from 1965 to 1977. It recognizes four students, two from Western Washington and two from Eastern Washington, for their civic leadership and academic achievement in social studies.
Any student in grades 3–12 who has successfully completed an OSPI-Developed Civics Assessment and who is a civic leader in his/her classroom, school, and/or community is eligible for this award.
Teachers, principals, counselors, or other school personnel may nominate students online. The deadline to nominate is June 30 each year.
Winners are selected by a statewide committee of social studies teacher leaders. Two students from each side of the state receive recognition.
Awards are presented to the students in their home districts, often at a school assembly or school board meeting.
OSPI is now accepting applications for the Daniel J. Evans Civic Education Award for the 2018-19 school year. If you are interested in nominating one or more of your students, please complete this survey and attach the student’s OSPI-developed assessment when prompted. For more information, please go to: http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/DJEvans/default.aspx.
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An invitation from the Washington State Council for the Social Studies
Most of us have listened to TED Talks. Now you are invited to create one of your own. WSCSS is collaborating with TED to provide a Masterclass to social studies teachers in Washington State. During the next four months (March-June) WSCSS is offering free of charge the 11-lesson Masterclass that prepares teachers to present and publish their best ideas in TED talks. Together we can identify, develop, and share our ideas with colleagues in Washington state and around the world.
What is the TED Masterclass? TED Masterclass is a course that guides you and your colleagues through the process of developing, presenting, and recording your ideas in the form of your very own TED-style talk.
How does it work? The TED Masterclass course consists of 4 sections and 11 lessons. Each lesson takes about an hour to complete. You can progress through the course at your own pace. However, taking it with a partner is recommended: it provides a meaningful opportunity for collaboration, feedback, and accountability.
What happens to my talk at the end of the course? Carol Coe, WSCSS Vice President and Civic Education Liaison, will facilitate the course and provide direction on how you can share talks on the OER Social Studies Commons. TED will invite, but not require, learning leaders to submit recordings of these TED-style talks to TED’s curators. The top talks could be featured on TED.com.
Have more questions?
If you are interested in participating or would like to discuss this opportunity in more detail, please contact Carol Coe at carol.coek12@gmail.com no later than March 25, 2019.
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2019 Judicial Institute for Middle School and High School Teachers
Eastern WA – in Spokane - http://www.waed.uscourts.gov/teachers
The Court will hold its 11th annual Judicial Institute for Teachers October 17-18, 2019. This institute is for middle school and high school teachers in the Eastern District of Washington who have not previously attended. The general theme of the course is the Constitution - how it works, how it has been interpreted, and how the Judiciary evolved to where it is today.
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2019 Judicial Institute for Secondary School Teachers
Western WA – in Tacoma - https://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/educators-media/judicial-institute
The court will hold its 8th annual Judicial Institute for Teachers July 9-11, 2019. This 3 day program is offered to middle and high school teachers who teach in western Washington, within the court’s geographic boundaries. There is no cost for the program, and clock hours are offered. Overnight accommodations are also included.
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Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that offers weeklong professional development for teachers from throughout the country. They have provided graduate-level, accredited programs since 1965 to more than 13,000 teachers.
Here is their dilemma: This year they have scholarship money for 50 teachers from the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska) and are having difficulty reaching those who might be interested. The scholarship money covers the cost of tuition. The teacher is responsible for providing his/her own transportation either to the Valley Forge (PA) location or to Pueblo, Colorado, where Freedoms Foundation is hosting a new program this year. They want to fill every scholarship spot so that they can ensure future funding for teachers in our area. Last year they had about 30 teachers from the Pacific Northwest.
For information about professional development scholarships please visit https://www.freedomsfoundation.org/teachers/all-programs/2019-programs/
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https://www.suffrage100wa.com/100 Years of Votes for Women!
When you gaze at Mt. Rainier, does it remind you of women's suffrage? It should! In 1909, a group of Washington suffragists planted a 'Votes for Women' flag at the top where it remains to this day, buried in the snow. Just next year, America will celebrate the greatest extension of democracy in its history: the ratification of the 19th amendment which gave most* women the right to vote.
We want to support creative commemorative programming in your community!
As we approach 2020, our mission is to ignite commemorative programming across Washington State by offering up to $5,000 to non-profits, schools & libraries for exhibitions, events, lecture series, podcasts, walking tours - you name it!
Hurry, our next round of applications is due April 30th, with a final round in Fall 2019.
Learn more about how the Votes for Women Grant Program can support your program by visiting us at www.suffrage100wa.com/grants and keep up to date with the suffrage centennial in Washington State by following @suffrage100wa on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
And PSSST! Teachers, keep an eye out for new suffrage curriculum coming soon!
Looking forward to sharing in the celebrations with you,
Elisa Law, elisa.law@wshs.wa.gov, Women's Suffrage Centennial Coordinator, Washington State Historical Society; A proud program of: Washington State Historical Society, Women's Commission, Women's History Consortium.
*While the 19th Amendment extended voting rights to U.S. citizens regardless of sex, because Native Americans and Asian Americans were not considered citizens until several years later (1924 and 1952 respectively) and African Americans experienced discriminatory practices at the polls until the Voting Rights Act in 1965, not all women were able to vote at this time.
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 What choices and decisions do societies face in times of war? What drives some individuals to stand against prejudice and oppression? These are some of the questions explored in the free open educational resources from KSPS Spokane, “Injustice at Home: The Japanese-American Experience of the World War II Era.” Five thematic videos along with IDM lesson plans developed by educators Leslie Heffernan, Starla Fey and Morgen Larsen, explore the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans during WWII, drawing upon first-hand stories of camp survivors and those who endured rampant discrimination both inside and outside the exclusion zone. The project is made possible by the Kip Tokuda Memorial Civil Liberties Public Education Program. Check out the resources here: https://ksps.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/injustice-at-home/
Writing, Art, & Film Contest: Over the last 70+ years, the Pacific Northwest has provided a home for survivors of the Holocaust. Look through the new Survivor Encyclopedia: Washington State and explore video clips, photos, and artifacts. Through writing, art, or short film, show how a local survivor's story impacts, affects, or inspires you. Open to students in grades 5-12. Winning entries will be displayed at the Holocaust Center, at offsite events, and in publications throughout the year, and winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony. Teachers of 1st place winners will receive $50, and teachers whose entire class enters will receive a gift. Entry Deadline: May 1, 2019. The Writing, Art, and Film contest is generously sponsored by Steve and Betty Block. The Survivor Encyclopedia: Washington State was supported, in part, by 4Culture and The State of Washington.
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 Fourth Annual Powell Holocaust Summer Institute: August 5-9, 2019 at the Henry and Sandra Friedman Holocaust Center for Humanity. Participants will explore topics related to Holocaust history including antisemitism, rescue and resistance, genocide, non-Jewish Holocaust victims, Japanese internment, current events, and local connections. Each day will include themed discussions of today’s world and practical applications for the classroom. Teachers will work together in small groups to develop and prepare lessons for their classrooms. Open to classroom teachers of grades 6-12. Learn more and apply now! This institute is generously sponsored by the Powell Family Foundation and the Conference on Material Claims Against Germany
Exhibit Opening Excluded, Inside The Lines
Friday | Mar 8
Uncover the history of redlining and its impacts through individual stories. Beginning with the exclusion of Native people from Seattle, follow the ongoing confluence of interconnected financial, environmental, physical factors that have plagued people of color and the instrumental history of response through resistance, innovation, solidarity and creativity that has shaped Seattle. Go to WingLukeExhibit for more details.
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Annual Auction and Gala: Faces of Americana
Saturday | Mar 23 | 5 PM
Join us for our annual Auction and Gala at the Embassy Suites King Street Ballroom and experience an evening of immersive storytelling in celebration of Asian Pacific American culture and heritage. This year's Gala, Faces of Americana, will take you on a dynamic journey exploring the untold stories and ever evolving cultural experience of Asian Pacific Americans. Join us for an evening of celebration and investment in APA heritage and contemporary voices. Space is limited. Interested in becoming a table captain? Email esullivan@wingluke.org for more info.
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Jump$tart Washington Classroom Challenge and America Saves Week #ImSavingForSweepstakes
To celebrate America Saves Week (Feb. 25-March 2, 2019), Jump$tart Washington is launching the “Classroom Challenge” as part of the #ImSavingForSweepstakes. It’s easy to enter! America Saves Week is about more than helping Americans understand the importance of saving – it’s about getting them to save automatically.
We know that savers with a plan are more than twice as likely to make progress towards their savings goals as those without a plan. That’s why we created the America Saves Pledge. When someone takes the Pledge, they identify a savings goal (such as a rainy day fund or retirement), an amount to save per month, and the number of months they will save that amount. In other words, they make a basic savings plan.
But sometimes it takes more than a nudge to create that plan. That’s why Jump$tart Washington in cooperation Washington State Treasurer Duane Davidson are launching Jump$tart Washington Classroom Challenge as part of America Saves Week.
How does it work? Simple. For a chance to win a $250 party for a Washington state K-12 classroom, student savers just need to take the America Saves and sharing their goal, personal story, or favorite savings tip on social media with the hashtags #Jump$tartChallenge and #ImSavingForSweepstakes. Learn more at http://wajumpstart.org/SavesWeek.
How to enter the Jump$tart Washington Classroom Challenge
To win a $250 party for your classroom with Washington State Treasurer Duane Davidson and hosted by JumpStart Washington.
- Have students take the America Saves Pledge, tell America Saves what you’re saving for, and make a simple savings plan to reach your goal; AND,
- Share your tip, story, video or photo featuring your savings goal and that answers at least one of these questions: What are you saving for? What is your savings story and how can it help other people? What is your favorite savings tip or trick?
- Post it on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter with the hashtags #Jump$tartChallenge and #ImSavingForSweepstakes.
- Complete the "Classroom Challenge Entry Form" at http://wajumpstart.org/SavesWeek (or email your submission to wajumpstart@gmail.com with a screen shot of their social media item, including your contact info, school, and city).
Get creative!
- Teachers and students can organize their own Savings Challenge.
- There will be two (2) winners selected from across Washington state: one East of the Cascades and one West of the Cascades.
- Keep it simple by taking a video or picture in front of the item you’re saving for – like a new car or house.
- Use a video or photo editing tool to put yourself in the frame with your goal – like a trip to the Grand Coulee Dam or the Space Needle
- Use an app to add a caption or some character to your submission.
No Purchase Necessary. Sweepstakes starts 2/15/19 and ends 4/30/19. Winners will be notified on or about May 3, 2019. Parties will occur in May or June of 2019. As part of the Jump$tart Washington Classroom Challenge, participants will be automatically entered in the America Saves Week #ImSavingForSweepstakes by using the hashtag #ImSavingForSweepstakes
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June 23-28, 2019
The 2019 Quebec Dimensions Summer Institute will offer professional development for six days divided between Montréal, one of the largest French speaking cities in the world and Québec City, the provincial capital. The Institute begins and ends in Montréal. (Institute content will be delivered in English)
Eligibility: Open invitation for U.S. educators from all disciplines, Pre-K to Grade 12 in-service teachers and Community College faculty, and pre-service teachers are also welcome.
Description: “Québec Dimensions” is a unique professional development opportunity providing participants with foundations in history and geography plus contemporary cultural insights through first-hand experience. The content is taught by academic specialists and is designed to support educators of: Canadian Studies, World History, Comparative Cultures, AP History, IB History of the Americas, North American Geography, & all levels of French language curriculum. Click here for more information.
Rolling registrations until full through April 15th
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Applications now available for the TEA-NCTA 2019 Summer Institute, East Asia in the Early Modern World. July 7-11, 2019. University of Colorado Boulder.
What do sources from and about merchants, pirates, diplomats, missionaries, soldiers, and artists tell us about early modern East Asia? Study with scholars and specialists to consider the interconnected East Asian world (1271-1842) and access resources to develop material for the new AP World History: Modern course. In this four-day institute, teachers will gain an understanding of the political, economic, and cultural systems of the early modern East Asian world and reconsider narratives of encounters and conflicts with European imperialist powers.
For more details, please visit: NCTA Summer Institutes and Programs in Asia
A Message From Rick Steves:
We are excited to share our new resource, Rick Steves Classroom Europe, our streaming archive of free video clips for teachers.
We have now uploaded more than 300 clips into the database for you to use with students. Please head on over to classroom.ricksteves.com, give it a spin, and let us know how it goes. We’d love to hear from you to help us make this a useful and powerful teaching tool. I just love Rick Steves Classroom Europe and I am thrilled that we can provide this free resource to teachers – we are very proud of it and hope it helps empower your work as teachers.
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 An essay and video contest for high school students in the western United States and Pacific Islands, sponsored by the U.S. Federal Courts for the Ninth Circuit.
Entries accepted beginning February 1, 2019. Deadline for entries is April 1, 2019. Contest rules and entry instructions will be available January 2, 2019, at http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/civicscontest
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Landscape paintings from the Historical Society's collections
On view through June 30
"The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon.
We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
HORIZON is an exhibition comprised of some 30 landscapes created between 1870 to 1966. The paintings are hung in a way that aligns their dominant horizon lines, and the resulting effect is a continual landscape around the perimeter of the gallery.
Visitors will see works by artists regarded as the first woman and first African American painters of the American West and many other artists whose stories are also compelling. While the exhibition features paintings of differing sizes, media, and techniques, the works portray the suggested influence of the physical grandeur and desire to capture the landscape of our region, alongside the larger idea of horizon and the opportunity that looking westward afforded many of the artists whose work is represented here. Step into HORIZON and take in the view!
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Unlocking McNeil's Past
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"Everybody seems to be incredibly interested in this place, partly because access is denied, so this is a really great opportunity to get a glimpse into a place that you actually wouldn't be able to see or experience otherwise," Mary Mikel Stump, Director of Audience Engagement, Washington State Historical Society.
KING 5's Evening show produced a segment about the exhibition Unlocking McNeil's Past: The Prison, The Place, The People. Click the image above to hear Evening's interview with Mary Mikel Stump. Visit the Washington State History Museum by May 26 to experience this fascinating exhibition in person.
Hear from civilians who worked at McNeil, individuals who grew up on the island, and people who were formerly incarcerated at the prison in the six-part Forgotten Prison podcast, a collaboration between KNKX Public Radio and Washington State History Museum. (ForgottenPrison.org).
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 Authors include:
·Octavia E. Butler
·Claudia Castro-Luna
·Keith and Chenoa Egawa
·Kathleen Flenniken
·Jamie Ford
·Samuel Green
·Dave Guterson
·Frank and Brian Herbert
·Dr. Charles Johnson
·Debbie Macomber
·Betty MacDonald represented by Paula Becker
·John Okada represented by Frank Abe
·Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring
·Shawn Wong
Exhibit Related Programs:
Family Saturday: Write Your World, Saturday, March 9, 1:00-3:00 PM.
Tacoma Louder Than A Bomb Teen Poetry Festival: Preliminaries, Saturday, March 16, 10:00 AM-7:00 PM, and Sunday, March 17, 1:00-5:00 PM.
Book Fair, Saturday, April 6, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM. Afterward, join us for a special event with novelist David Guterson at 7 Seas Brewery and Taproom in Tacoma.
Click here for more info.
Coming this spring, a very special exhibition for those who love artifacts and literature!
We invited well-loved Washington authors to mine the Historical Society's collections to tell stories through artifacts and objects. Each author worked with the Historical Society's curator, head of collections, or registrar to consider the many items in the collections, and chose arrays of objects that spoke to them, sometimes evoking themes from published work and sometimes inspiring new writing ideas.
Come and enjoy these authors' selections paired with their writing and explore how history connects to popular culture and other parts of the humanities.
Wine and Words: A Special Event for Members
Thursday, March 14, 6:00-8:00 PM
The Historical Society invites our members to enjoy a special evening to experience A Thousand Words' Worth. Find out what about our collection inspired these authors and how they selected objects with which to tell stories. Enjoy wine and hors d'oeuvres.
Kindly RSVP by March 7 to Julia.White@wshs.wa.gov.
Note: The previously scheduled Preview Party, March 7, has been CANCELLED due to delays caused by weather impacts during the recent heavy snows.
Laborers closed Seattle down for six days
The Seattle General Strike Centennial
The Seattle General Strike shut the city down for six days; it was the first general strike - workers demanded to be heard. 100 years later, we look back. What did it accomplish? Why was Seattle the site of the first general strike? Listen to the Washington State History Museum's podcast COLUMBIA Conversations with Feliks Banel interviewing David Jepsen. Click image to listen.
 Legacy Washington, a program of the Office of the Secretary of State, is sponsoring a youth oral history project competition for Washington State high school students. We invite high school students to participate in this special opportunity. The contest is part of the 1968, The Year that Rocked Washington project, and encourages young people to explore this landmark year in world history through oral histories by interviewing a Washingtonian who lived through that time. The final product will be a written profile or essay compiled from interviews and research. Chosen finalists will be invited to a special reception in June 2019 and have their works published online.
Please see the attached document for details or download online.
What is 1968, The Year that Rocked Washington?
1968, The Year that Rocked Washington is an educational project developed by Legacy Washington, the oral-history program of the Office of the Secretary of State. The project features a series of features a collection of online oral history profiles and a public exhibit inside the State Capitol Building that explores the lives of 19 Washingtonians caught up in one of the most tumultuous years in world history. With profiles, compelling photos and artifacts, Legacy Washington documents activism and aftershocks of a landmark year in world history. Moreover, 1968 includes middle school curriculum with accommodations and adjustments available to upper elementary and high school and can be downloaded online.
Who can participate?
Washington State students in grades 9-12.
When does the contest start and how long does it run?
The contest runs from January to April 30 of 2019.
Why should students participate?
Finalists will be invited to a ceremony in the Secretary of State’s Office where they will be recognized with a special certificate, prizes and gift cards. Final youth oral history projects will also be posted on the Secretary of State’s website, featured in SOS publications as part of the 1968 project.
Please see the attached PDF for contest details, rules and entry form. For more information about the contest contact Laura Mott at laura.mott@sos.wa.gov or (360) 902-4171.
Thank you for sharing with the high schools and teachers in your district!
Legacy Washington
PO Box 40222
Olympia, WA 98504
info@sos.wa.gov
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 For more information and to enroll, please click here.
 You and your students are invited to participate in an exciting new program called NextGen Redistricting. If you are an administrator, please pass this invitation on to your civics, social studies, and AP government teachers. NextGen Redistricting ignites civic engagement in high school students through a theatrical performance and a dialogue with experts. Students will learn about decennial redistricting and attend a live performance of Many Maps, One Voice . We currently have three locations scheduled and are looking for more.
Many Maps is a one-woman show dramatizing the battle to redistrict Washington State in 1965. Details about the play are shown below. In a post play talkback session, students get a chance to ask the actor and local experts about controversies over gerrymandering and redistricting reform. A follow up class module will then have students discuss how to advocate for change. Click here to read the full description of the NextGen Redistricting Project. Fulfilling our mission, this project is donor and grant funding so there are no additional costs to the schools.
Please email Alison McCaffree, Executive Director, Politics of the Possible in Action, or call 253-720-6813 if you would like to have one or more of your classes participate. Please let her know if you would consider working with her to present the pre and post class sessions or if you need any more information.
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