Monthly Archives: December 2009

2010 Economic Education Conference

By admin | Published: December 31, 2009
We are pleased to inform you that the Council for Economic Education/National Association of Economic Educations/Global Association of Teachers of Economics Annual conference will be held October 6-9, 2010 at the Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel & Marina in Miami, Florida. The Council for Economic Education will be hosting next year’s conference. The registration fee for [...]
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Become a Leader in Holocaust Education

By admin | Published: December 31, 2009
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s 14th Museum Teacher Fellowship Program is designed to immerse participants in advanced historical and pedagogical issues relating to the Holocaust. Join the program’s exclusive national corps of skilled teachers who serve as leaders in Holocaust education in their schools, communities, and professional organizations. This year, up to 15 Museum [...]
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Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program

By admin | Published: December 31, 2009
Fulbright Japan is please to announce the launch of the new Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for ESD will provide up to 48 U.S. teachers and administrators with the opportunity to travel to Japan on this fully-funded program to learn about ESD efforts and strengthen [...]
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2010 Letters to Leaders Initiative

By admin | Published: December 17, 2009
Teachers and others who work with youth are invited to involve their students in Letters to Leaders, an art and letter-writing contest especially for Texas school children that aims to provide a hands-on lesson in civic engagement. For the 2010 contest, winners will have their submissions shared in a capital-area public forum with state leaders [...]
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Exploring the Past: Archaeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley

By admin | Published: December 17, 2009
Walking beside thousand-year-old burial mounds, flaking raw stone into tools, learning how potsherds tell us about human behavior, and understanding how humans adapt to complex, ever-changing environments­our 2010 Summer Institute features all this and more. The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse will offer a three-week NEH Summer Institute on July [...]
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Connecting to the World Through Current Events

By admin | Published: December 17, 2009
February 3, 2010 Federal Reserve Bank, Houston Branch Global Recessions, Drought, Poverty, Health Care How do we connect our classrooms to the world our students experience every day? How do we facilitate effective classroom discussion? This workshop will focus on providing the resources, tools and best practices that will allow High School Social Studies teachers [...]
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