Annually the Foreign Policy Association works to bring high school educators from across the U.S. to New York City to learn about current global affairs issues. We have a 3-day workshop in June designed to allow select high school Social Science and History teachers to find innovative ways to teach their students about current global issues. During the 3 days, teachers will attend a series of discussions with experts in various international fields, have sessions with Master Teachers to design curriculum around the issues they learned, and have a mock classroom session to teach current area high school students.

Note that at the bottom of the webpage, you can see what was submitted last year. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at mcgee@tmcec.com.

The Dallas Fed is pleased to announce the following 2013 summer events for secondary educators:

Economics: Just the Basics
June 12-13:     Spring Branch (Houston area)

Economic Summit
June 18-19:     Dallas Fed

International Marketplace
July 16:        Houston Branch

Discovering the Power of Whiteboard Technology
July 31:        Dallas Fed

U.S. History Through an Economic Lens
June 10-11:     Spring Branch (Houston area)
July 17-18:     San Antonio Branch
July 23-24:     Frisco (Dallas area)
July 29-30:     El Paso Branch

Global Economic Forum
August 5-6:     San Antonio Branch

To find out more information or to register, please visit:

<http://www.dallasfed.org/educate/events/index.cfm>

For additional questions or comments, contact:
Sharon Wallace
Economic Education
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
2200 N. Pearl St.
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214-922-5276 or 800-333-4460, ext. 25276
Fax: 214-922-5226

Economic Education
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
www.dallasfed.org/educate/

America at War

In June 2013, Humanities Texas will hold professional development institutes for Texas teachers only in Austin (June 10–13),Houston (June 11–14), El Paso (June 17–20), and San Antonio (June 18–21) examining American wars from the colonial era through the twentieth century.

How to apply

Complete the online application, designating which Humanities Texas institute you wish to attend. If you would prefer to complete a hard copy of the application, contact our staff atinstitutes@humanitiestexas.org.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage teachers to apply as soon as possible, as Humanities Texas expects to fill all four institutes by the first week of May.

Curriculum

As in past years, institutes will emphasize close interaction with scholars, the examination of primary sources, and the development of effective pedagogical strategies and engaging assignments and activities.

The institutes in Austin (June 10–13) and Houston (June 11–14), titled America at War: From the Colonial Era to 1877, will align with the state’s eighth-grade U.S. history curriculum. Topics to be addressed include the American Revolution, the Revolutionary War, the Pueblo Revolt, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Indian wars in the southwest, and secession and the Civil War.

The institutes in El Paso (June 17–20) and San Antonio (June 18–21), titled America at War in the Twentieth Century, will follow the eleventh-grade U.S. history curriculum. Topics to be covered include the Spanish American War, World War I, American isolationism and neutrality between the wars, World War II, Latinos in World War II, the origins of the Cold War, the Truman Doctrine, and the wars in Korea and Vietnam.

Locations and Schedule

Eligibility

The institutes are open to all middle and high school social studies, language arts, and humanities teachers but will focus on topics and skills central to the state’s secondary U.S. history curriculum. Priority consideration will be given to early-career teachers in low-performing schools and districts.

Stipend, Travel Reimbursement, and CPE Credits

Participants will receive a $200 stipend, as well as CPE credit and a wealth of curricular materials. On-campus housing is available to out-of-town teachers at no cost. Teachers traveling to the institute from more than twenty-five miles one way are eligible to receive a travel reimbursement of up to $300 for eligible expenses, including include airfare, mileage (reimbursed at 56.5 cents per mile), and meals in transit. Itemized receipts are required for all costs excluding gas. GT credit is possible, depending on individual district standards.

Questions

Please direct any questions to Jillian Owens or Sheena Moore at 512.440.1991 or institutes@humanitiestexas.org.

Sponsors

These institutes are made possible with support from the State of Texas and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Students from across Texas may be nominated by a teacher, parent, grandparent, administrator or friend to attend the day’s event, to be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2013. That is actually Constitution Day in the United States.

All applications must be in by Friday, August 2, 2013.

Students and those who nominated them will be notified via email.  Students must have their own transportation.

We will meet at the Texas Capitol (1100 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701) at 9:15a.m.

Students will then go to the floor of the House of Representatives and the Senate Chambers, in different groups.

Author/UT Professor Henry William (H.W.) Brands will be the keynote speaker. A brilliant historian and fabulous storyteller, Dr. Brands will no doubt have the students completely enthralled.

We will then have lunch at the historic First United Methodist Church just across the street from the Capitol.

The group should be adjourned by about 3:00 p.m.

Download a nomination form at the link below

James Otis Lecture Nomination Form 2013

http://www.tex-abota.org/2012/11/james-otis-gears-up-for-2013/

University of Colorado at Boulder, June 24–27, 2013

The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) at the University of Colorado invites applications from middle and high school teachers of social studies, language arts, and art for this four-day “special topics” seminar. The program is open to teachers nationwide with 10 spaces reserved for teachers in the eight-state region served by the NCTA National Coordinating Site at the Program for Teaching East Asia (TEA), University of Colorado: Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.

Overview: The arrival of Western powers in East Asia in the 1500s began a process of encounter and exchange that has had profound and continuing effects on every aspect of Japanese and Chinese culture, including the arts. At the same time, the exportation and absorption of art from China and Japan to new markets in Europe and the United States also influenced Western visual expression. This seminar will explore the effects, as evidenced in visual culture, of China’s and Japan’s cross-cultural encounters with Western countries, starting with the arrival of the Jesuits in China and Japan in the mid-sixteenth century, continuing through the “opening” of China and Japan in the mid-nineteenth century, to the present. We will examine works through which artists on all sides recorded the impact of these encounters as we consider cultural transmission and appropriation.

 Program Costs and Incentives

· Teachers participating in the seminar pay a non-refundable $65 registration fee.

· Participants receive course materials and $100 stipend upon successful completion of the course.

· Breakfast and lunch provided during the four days of the program.

· Dormitory housing (double occupancy) provided for teachers farther than 40 miles from Boulder.

· Colorado participants receive a $70 mileage/parking stipend.

· Out-of-state teachers receive a travel stipend up to $250 based on cost of air tickets.

To apply, complete the online application form and submit electronically by May 1, 2013. Applications will be reviewed and accepted as received so early submission is recommended.

Full details in flyer at http://www.colorado.edu/cas/tea/ncta/downloads/NCTASummerArt2013.pdf

Application: http://www.colorado.edu/cas/tea/ncta/downloads/NCTAartapp.pdf

Questions? Contact Lynn Parisi at parisi@colorado.edu.

The John F. Kennedy, Dallas and the Struggle for Civil Rights Teacher Training Institute is an opportunity for The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza to aid Texas social studies teachers in expanding their understanding of the Kennedy assassination by exploring the civil rights context for President Kennedy’s trip to Texas in November 1963. Through presentations by humanities scholars and a civil rights activist, and a bus tour of historic sites related to Dallas in the 1960s, teachers will broaden their own content knowledge and develop primary source-based lesson plans that help their students put the 50^thanniversary of the assassination and several key civil rights milestones—including President Kennedy’s televised civil rights address to the nation on June 11, 1963 and the March on Washington on August 28, 1963—into historical context.

Institute scholars include: Dr. Max Krochmal, Texas Christian University; Dr. Todd Moye, University of North Texas; Dr. Dennis Simon, Southern Methodist University; and Ms. Jenny Sweeney, National Archives and Records Administration Fort Worth.  Bus tour stops include: the Dallas City Jail; Parkland Hospital; Texas Theatre; the African American Museum; and the Juanita Craft House (among other locations).

28 hours of CPE credits will be awarded through Region 10 at the completion of the 4 ½ day Institute.  The cost for the Institute is $150/teacher, which includes daily continental breakfast, Institute materials, a bus tour and 2 lunches.

This week-long Institute is limited to 50 social studies teachers from grades 5-12, and by application only!  Go to http://www.jfk.org/go/education/teacher-resources to submit your application electronically.  Completed applications are due Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by 5 pm.  Notifications will be made to those accepted into the Institute no later than Friday, May 24, 2013.