 Remember, September 17th is Constitution Day! Attached is a link to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. The NCC offers free lesson plans and suggested activities for engaging your students in learning about our Constitution. https://constitutioncenter.org/learn/civic-calendar/constitution-day-civic-holiday
After one long, patiently anticipated year... drum roll please...
The newly adopted Social Studies Learning Standards are now available to view on the OSPI website!
Click here to view the draft, or go to the Learning Standards page: https://www.k12.wa.us/student-success/resources-subject-area/social-studies/learning-standards.
The formally adopted standards will be released September 18, 2019.
The Civic Engagement Research Group (CERG) & the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) are hosting an online course for educators on “Educating for Informed and Equitable Voting” through UC Riverside Extension from September 23rd through November 18th. This 8-week 4-credit course will focus on the knowledge and practices you need to support youth in becoming prepared voters. Discounts on registration available if you sign up before September 13th! More information here: https://extension.ucr.edu/course/40261140
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OSPI is now accepting applications for the Daniel J. Evans Civic Education Award for the 2019-20 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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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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Josephine Corliss Preston: educator, suffragist, politician
Published by the Seattle Times, this story elaborates on the life of State Superintendent Josephine Corliss Preston, who was the Washington's first female statewide elected official, and who served as superintendent from 1913-1929. Take a look!
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The 2019 Fall Conference is coming up October 12th at The Gates Foundation in downtown Seattle! Join educators from around Washington for a day of exploring resources, lessons, and inspiration on the theme of:
By the People
Celebrating 100 years of Women’s Suffrage
For more information, please go to: https://www.womenshistory.org/resources/general/woman-suffrage-movement and https://www.wscss.org/fall-conference
The National Archives Foundation is hosting a national art competition, Rightfully Yours, for students in grades 4, 5, and 6 this fall school season.
The art competition is part of the newest National Archives exhibit and national initiative, Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote. They are encouraging students to explore what the women's movement and the right to vote mean to them and how to represent this creatively through art. All students in these grades are welcome to participate and the grand prize winner will earn a trip to the National Archives Sleepover in February!
For more information and to enter the contest, please go to: https://www.archivesfoundation.org/rightfully-yours/
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Ignite the spirit of exploration in your classroom with free National Geographic resources and programs:
- The Resource Library contains thousands of free resources searchable by grade level and content area
- The Geo-Inquiry online course that is a five-phase process designed for students to ask answer questions to make a difference in their community
- For grades 4-8, GeoBee for school geography competitions and GeoChallenge for team-based project based learning to change the world
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Mapping Resources include a simple and interactive GIS tool, one-page maps, and mapmaker kits
- The Online Educator Network connects educators with other educators across the country to share resources and learn new teaching tools
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On or about August 20, 1619, twenty enslaved Africans arrived at Point Comfort, a coastal port in the British colony of Virginia. In recognition and remembrance, C3 Teachers is featuring inquiries on the topic of American slavery and enslavement. On C3teachers.org you'll find Featured Inquiries focus on to the topic slavery and enslavement. Some of these inquiries were part of Teaching American Slavery Through Inquiry, a co-publication with Teaching Tolerance.
Teaching American Slavery Through Inquiry
When learning about slavery, we ask much of students. The complexity of slavery requires careful study. As A Framework for Teaching American Slavery points out: "Slavery and the slave trade were central to the development and growth of the economy across British North America and, later, the United States.” Understanding the far-reaching and overlapping effects of slavery and white supremacy demands deep engagement on the part of students, a type of engagement that inquiry is well suited to support. The irreducible evil of slavery, matched by the realization that “enslaved people resisted the efforts of their enslavers to reduce them to commodities,” may be hard for students to understand. It’s equally hard to believe that slavery and white supremacy could have been such a fundamental part of the American experience and perhaps even more difficult for students to comprehend the long shadow of slavery and white supremacy on the present. Inquiry provides structure for students to make sense of it all. When confused, we ask questions, and when students ask questions, we are obliged to help them find answers by “wrestling with the conditions of the problem.” IDM, with its focus on questions, tasks and sources, provides a structure for this natural desire to inquire. LEARN MORE about how you can use inquiry to teach about American slavery.
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The Director of Community Engagement at the GRAMMY Museum has a national program called the Jane Ortner Education Award that honors a non-music educator who uses music in her or his classroom. The application is short and straight-forward with educators being asked to submit an original lesson plan that they have used in their classroom.
The winning educator is able to attend the GRAMMY Awards telecast with a guest (paid for by the museum,) gets a $3,000 personal honorarium, a $1,000 honorarium for their school and is honored at a GRAMMY Museum event. Additionally, there are professional development opportunities both in-person and via webinar for those interested in learning how to use music in their classroom.
For more information, please visit: https://www.grammymuseum.org/education/janeortnereducationaward.
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