TCSS is posting the TEA Social Studies Listserv as a service to its members.
Topics included in this Listserv:
- Student Leaders Program®
- 2012 NEH Summer Seminar in England
- Building Hope – Free Classroom Activities
- Landmarks of American History Workshop
- Global Exploration for Educators (GEEO) Travel Opportunity
- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Professional Development Events
- The AEI Program on American Citizenship
- Education in Action’s 2011-2012 Call for Outstanding Student Nominations
- Texas History Conference 2012
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Student Leaders Program®
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s Student Leaders® Program is accepting applications for 2012. The program helps students gain a greater understanding of how nonprofits can create a positive impact in the community. The deadline for students to apply is January 25, 2012. For more information on the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, please visit the website athttp://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/index.cfm?template=fd_studentleaders.
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2012 NEH Summer Seminar in England
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth will offer a five-week summer seminar directed by Dr. Gerard M. Koot for school teachers and for prospective teachers in graduate school on Interpretations of the Industrial Revolution in Britain from June 24 to July 27, 2012. Applications are due March 1, 2012. For further information, visit http://www1.umassd.edu/ir/, write gkoot@umassd.edu, or call 508-994-3145.
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Building Hope – Free Classroom Activities
People’s History in Texas offers Building Hope, a set of three video-enhanced lesson plans dealing with U.S. government farm aid projects in Texas during the Great Depression. To accessBuilding Hope lessons, go to http://www.peopleshistoryintexas.com.
Click on Classroom Resources for Teachers, then Free Downloads.
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Landmarks of American History Workshop
Spanish, Mexican, and American California: Reframing U.S. History at Peralta Hacienda is a one-week workshop funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This opportunity is offered free of charge and every teacher accepted to the program will receive a travel stipend and per diem. Learn more about this Landmarks of American History workshop at http://www.peraltahacienda.org/nehlandmarks/, or apply today at http://www.peraltahacienda.org/pages/main.php?pageid=99&pagecategory.
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Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO)
GEEO is a non-profit organization that runs summer professional development travel programs designed for teachers. GEEO is offering 16 different travel programs for the summer of 2012, and space is limited. Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more, can be found at www.geeo.org.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Professional Development Events
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has announced the 2012 calendar of summer professional development events for secondary educators.
For event information and online registration, visit http://www.dallasfed.org/educate/events/.
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AEI Program on American Citizenship
The AEI Program on American Citizenship, in partnership with leading civic education organizations, is conducting a survey of teachers to gain a better understanding of who participates in professional development activities for civic education and how they use the skills and knowledge they gain from these programs in their classrooms. To participate, go tohttps://www.surveymonkey.com/s/civic_education, and for questions, contact Cheryl Miller at cheryl.miller@aei.org.
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Education in Action’s 2011-2012 Call for Outstanding Student Nominations
Nominate your outstanding 4th - 8th graders to join delegations of distinguished students at the Lone Star Leadership Academy, a weeklong, TEKS-based, experiential leadership development program in Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin/San Antonio, or Houston/Galveston during spring break or summer. For more information, visit http://www.educationinaction.org or call 817-562-4957.
Nominations may be made online at http://www.educationinaction.org/educators/nominations.php.
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Texas History Conference 2012
This month’s Texas History Conference in Huntsville will feature a presentation on TAMI’s resources at http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php/Teach_Texas. Contact the Education Service Center Region VI at http://www.esc6.net/info/spotlight/info.aspx?id=216 for more information.
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