 Tuesday, September 24th, is National Voter Registration Day! This is a terrific opportunity to engage students in understanding the importance of voting in a representative democracy. Below we have provided links to excellent resources to assist you in the classroom.
Lesson for Upper Elementary and Middle School
iCivics has created a lesson called Citizen Me. Citizen Me asks students to, “learn that they are citizens at many levels of society: home, school, city, state, and nation! Students create a graphic organizer that diagrams rights and responsibilities at these different levels of citizenship. They also learn the sources of their rights and responsibilities at each level. This lesson stands alone or may be used to reinforce the iCivics game Responsibility Launcher.” https://www.icivics.org/teachers/lesson-plans/citizen-me?utm_medium=SeptLesson&utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=Election
Voter Registration Opportunity for Eligible High School Students
The Secretary of State’s Office has seen record numbers of young people registering to vote. As part of the Civic Education Initiative, passed by the Washington State Legislature, the Secretary of State’s Office and OSPI are asked to record how many seventeen and eighteen year old students are registering to vote. To support this effort OSPI is partnering with the Secretary of State’s Office to encourage students who are eligible to vote to register. If you register students to vote on National Voter Registration Day, please follow the guidelines provided here: Classroom Guide to Voter Registration. No personal data is collected by OSPI, and a special QR code is used to count new registrations.
OSPI and the Secretary of State’s Office are also partnering on a Voter Registration toolkit for teachers and students to be released later this year in time for Temperance and Good Citizenship Day, January 16, 2020. Stay tuned!
OSPI Congratulates John Zingale; Gilder Lehrman 2019 Washington State History Teacher of the Year. As stated in John’s Award Letter, “A panel of teachers, administrators, and scholars selected you for your achievements in American history education and we at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History thank you for your outstanding work and dedication.” We are proud to have you as a leader in Social Studies education.
John will be honored at a ceremony later this year. Please click on the links below to find out more about John and his outstanding classroom practices.
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 Picture courtesy of King 5 news
OSPI Congratulates Oak Harbor Middle School Teacher Don Jenkins, honored as one of four teachers nationwide being honored by the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) as “Civic Engagement Champions (CEC) for their work in promoting civics education and active citizenship.”
From the Washington State Board of Education Press Release: “Jenkins teaches history at North Whidbey Middle School in Oak Harbor. His students have researched local issues as part of their history and social studies classes. Recently, they used their history lessons on the Lewis and Clark expedition to take action protecting grizzly bears. Starting with their historical research, they then used scientific data, articles reflecting the views of ranchers and environmentalists, and interviews with experts. That research informed recommendations on whether grizzly bears should be removed from the threatened list in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem or added to the North Cascades Ecosystem. They shared their findings with policymakers.”
Thank you, Don, for your leadership in Social Studies education.
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"Since Time Immemorial (STI):" Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum Basic and Training of Trainers Workshops
Effective July 24, 2015 with the passage of Senate Bill 5433, school districts are required to incorporate lessons about the history, culture and government of the nearest federally recognized Indian Tribe(s) when the district reviews or adopts its social studies curriculum (RCW 28A.320.170). School districts shall collaborate with OSPI on curricular areas regarding tribal government and history that are statewide in nature such as the concept of tribal sovereignty and the history of federal policy towards federally recognized Indian Tribes. School districts shall meet these requirements by using the “Since Time Immemorial” Tribal Sovereignty online curriculum and may modify this curriculum in order to incorporate elements that have a regionally specific focus or to incorporate the curriculum into existing curricular materials.
OSPI’s web-based Tribal sovereignty curriculum (http://www.k12.wa.us/IndianEd/TribalSovereignty/default.aspx) is:
- Linked to locally-based tribal information
- Accurate and reliable so you can feel confident about what you are teaching
- Endorsed by OSPI and Washington’s federally recognized Tribes
- Easy to access so you don’t have to wait for materials—they are just a click away
- Easy to integrate within your existing units so you don’t have to feel like you have to throw out your own lessons to “make room” for these materials
- Aligned to the state’s Social Studies standards, recommended units, and classroom-based assessments
- Free
The STI Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum received a major update, edit, and new look in July 2019 through the OSPI server. Our work to improve/add lessons to the site is ongoing and STI continues to be a model for curriculum nationwide. The most recent additions are the Native Knowledge 360° Pacific Northwest tribal inquiries developed through a collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. The curriculum is aligned to the state’s new social studies standards and was the first state endorsed curriculum to be aligned with Common Core Standards. The STI Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum is easy to implement because all lesson plans and materials are available on the website and it is completely free. The integration of tribal history and sovereignty into social studies lessons and classroom instruction has never been easier.
Introductory trainings provide an overview of the curriculum website, resources, and an opportunity to unpack the units. The training of trainer workshops are designed for school teams and individuals charged with the responsibility for implementing STI within the school curriculum. It is preferred that persons registering for the training of trainers would already have participated in at least one introductory STI workshop in the past two years and be familiar with the curriculum website and resources.
The following link will take you to the training announcement and registration form:
https://www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/indianed/pubdocs/Fall%202019%20STI%20Training%20Schedule--Save%20the%20Date.pdf
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The Washington History Day coordinators are offering a workshop in Eastern Washington (Cheney/Spokane) to give insight to new History Day teachers and provide perspective and resources to assist in the classroom.
The workshop will be held on October 5, 2019, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Washington State Archives in Cheney, Washington. Please go to https://www.pdenroller.org/catalog/event/97517 to register for this workshop.
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Workshop: Digging Deep – Doing Historical Research | 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Saturday, October 19 | Bellevue | 3 Free Clock Hours
Digging Deep is for teachers, students, beginning genealogists, local heritage volunteers and others interested in exploring the past.
TEACHERS - BE SURE TO SIGN UP FOR 3 CLOCK HOURS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE BY THE ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON STUDENT LEADERS.
You’ll get practical advice and learn the basic steps for gathering the information that you will need to investigate and interpret a historical topic. This class will cover:
- What primary sources are—and aren’t;
- What historical sources are—and how to use them;
- How to use the library system in your research;
- How to use archival collections;
- How to find and use reliable online resources;
- How to properly cite your sources; and
- How to use information from different sources.
Seats are limited. Register now at https://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/recordsmanagement/trainingsignup.aspx
For further information, contact Mike Saunders, Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Branch at mike.saunders@sos.wa.gov or 425-564-3950.
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Washington State has joined the United States in designating October as Filipino-American History Month. RCW 43.117.120, which became state law this year, acknowledges Filipino-Americans’ “lasting impact on the history and heritage of Washington State and the United States.”
To learn more about Filipino-American history in the United States, visit the Filipino American National Historical Society. Additionally, HistoryLink.org features several articles about Filipino-American history and people here in Washington State.
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