History and Social Studies Updates

All ACEE’s PD opportunities can be found at https://azecon.org/

11/19/24 Economics in Action: Critical Thinking Through Case Studies

11/20/24 The Math Behind Black Friday: A Retailer’s Strategy

12/3/24 Entrepreneurship: Sustainability-focused Ventures

12/4/24 $martPath- Free & Fun Financial Education

Join fellow educators and educational experts for webinars. Visit Current & Upcoming ⇽ Events | Econiful on Glue Up (or first join at Econiful)

November 19 - Ending the Semester with What Matters Most

December 4- Social Media Financial Advice: The Good, The Bad, The Bizarre

December 5- Deck the Halls with Economics!

December 10 - 6 Econ Books in 60 Minutes (with complimentary book of your choice)

In this 3-hour course, participants will learn about research-based strategies for evaluating online information, with an emphasis on the skill of lateral reading. Participants will also explore free, research-backed curricular resources developed by the Digital Inquiry Group for teaching students these vital skills. The course will include one module: Search like a fact checker with lateral reading.
This course will run November 12 to December 6. Click here to enroll in the course.

• Visible Thinking: Using Thinking Routines Effectively to Cultivate Dispositions and Support Learning. Feb 24 - May 25, 2025 (register by Feb 16)
• The Power of Making Thinking Visible. Jan 27 - Feb 23, 2025 (register by Jan 19)
• Teaching and Learning for Understanding. Feb 24 - May 25, 2025 (register by Feb 16)
• Look, Listen, Interpret, Teach: A Reggio Emilia-Inspired Approach to Supporting Individual and Group Learning Sept 23 - Dec 22, 2024 (register by Sept 15).
• Creating Cultures of Thinking: Exploring the Purpose and Promise of Schools. Mar 10 - Apr 6, 2025 (register by Mar 2).
• Investigating the Forces that Shape Cultures of Thinking. NEW July date! Jul 14 - Aug 10, 2025 (register by Jul 6)
• Let’s Play: Teaching Strategies for Playful Learning. Apr 21 - May 18, 2025 (register by Apr 7)

Harvard Certificate for PD Hours

Scholarships available for 50-70% of tuition for eligible applicants. (Please note: Apply for the scholarship before registering.)

Join News Literacy Project for an engaging 30-minute webinar to learn more about the Checkology® virtual classroom, the News Literacy Project’s free, award-winning e-learning platform with 20 interactive lessons for students in grades 5-12. Checkology covers foundational news literacy topics, including:

• Recognizing and debunking misinformation
• Understanding algorithms and generative artificial intelligence
• Identifying credible sources

You’ll receive practical tips for integrating Checkology lessons into your curriculum.

November 19 1:30 AZ 3:00 AZ

November 20 5:00 AZ 7:00 AZ

In this session, attendees will delve into the comprehensive historical context of Native American history, examining its constitutional implications and their significance. Join us as scholar Robert Miller shares stories about Native Americans and their contributions to U.S. Constitutional history. We will focus on gaining insights into Native American programming and on the practical integration of these vital narratives into educational curricula and instruction.

Thursday, Dec. 5 @ 3:30 pm CT

In times of division, the Preamble to the United States Constitution offers a vision of unity and common purpose. Explore how the Preamble and other foundational documents can help us find common ground and work together, despite disagreements. Join us to discuss the relevance of these 52 words today with featured panelists. Panelist announcement coming soon!

Learn about a simple resource to help your students retain information through entry and exit tickets.

Part of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis - Financial Literacy and Economic Education Teachers Forum course

History of European Antisemitism

Students often ask, “Where does antisemitism come from?” This session will outline the origins of antisemitism, how it has changed throughout history, and include an activity for teachers to integrate into their classrooms.

No skill is more important for today's social studies student than data literacy. What are the charts and analytics experts and decision-makers rely on truly saying? How can we identify good, relevant data, and filter out the statistical noise? Sometimes the key is going slow. In this talk, Dr. Tamara Shreiner explores the latest research on how people read data visualizations and describes three different strategies for teaching data literacy: hierarchical questioning, slow analysis, and slow reveal. These strategies can be easily applied to data visualizations teachers are already teaching, but they may also inspire teachers to include data visualizations in lessons where they were previously absent.

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Deepen your knowledge of landmark Supreme Court cases from different historical eras, engage with the Center’s nonpartisan educational resources, and collaborate with educators from around the country.

This set of Weekend Workshops is only open to applicants in rural, remote, or underserved communities. Others may apply, but preference will be given to applicants who meet this requirement.

Participants can expect to:

• · Engage with leading scholars on topics covering landmark Supreme Court cases
• · Discover historical content through guided tours of the Center’s exhibitions
• · Explore the Center’s educational framework and learn about the Center’s nonpartisan educational resources, such as the Interactive Constitution and Constitution 101
• · Collaborate with other attendees and the NCC Education team

Dates and themes:

• · Friday, 3/28–Sunday, 3/30: Landmark Supreme Court Cases: The Founding Era
• · Friday, 4/25–Sunday, 4/27: Landmark Supreme Court Cases: The Second Founding
• · Friday, 5/16–Sunday, 5/18: Landmark Supreme Court Cases: Modern Connections

The Center covers the costs of all travel, lodging, and meals for those selected to participate, but space is limited to no more than 15 educators. Applications are open starting November 9 until December 9, with notifications sent no later than December 20.

On October 1, Veterans Heritage Project changed its name to Imprints of Honor. Their mission, program, and individuals they serve all remain the same. The new website is https://www.imprintsofhonor.org.

The Arizona Department of Education has contracted with Highscope Educational Research Foundation to provide social, emotional, and literacy professional development training to the early childhood field at no cost. We are providing 2 courses (English & Spanish, below) from Highscope in the AZ workforce registry, if you could share out the above flyers it will be open until December 2024.

• Conflict Resolution with Young Children – When children play together, disagreements inevitably arise. Instead of punishing or isolating students, HighScope employs successful field-tested strategies for helping them learn to solve their own problems and in turn they learn appropriate life-long social skills. In this 12-hour training, participants will learn how to anticipate conflicts and establish prevention strategies before conflicts arise, implement six steps for resolving conflicts, and identify ways for appropriate limit setting.
• Let’s Read it Again! Interactive Read Alouds – In this 6-hour training, participants will be introduced to HighScope’s new resource that extends children’s language and literacy learning called Let’s Read It Again! Interactive Read Alouds. The training incorporates building children’s comprehension, increases children’s vocabulary, and digs deeper into the meaning and writing of books. Educators will learn the format for implementing Read Alouds for optimal child outcomes and strategies for planning engaging child focused book reading. They will examine strategies and techniques for literacy focused points on comprehension, vocabulary, craft and structure, phonological awareness, alphabetic principle, concepts about print, and reading. As educators learn the strategies and techniques, they will be able to use it with any book in the classroom. They will also learn the importance for children’s diverse learning to expose them to a variety of genres to learn from.

The training includes handouts and the following $480 literacy toolkit:

· 20 high-quality children’s books – including a selection of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry (5 high quality children’s books in Spanish)

· 20 booklets for teachers featuring multiple lesson plans each with a specific literacy focus for repeated readings of each book (5 booklets for teachers in Spanish)

· Vocabulary words from the text with child-friendly definitions

· Conversation tips to engage children in the readings and build their comprehension skills, and

· A teachers guide to support classroom practice

Registration for the Arizona Personal Finance Challenge and Economics Challenge is

NOW OPEN!

Not only do these competitions offer a chance for cash prizes, but they’re also qualifying events for the national competition! Plus, participating high school students can use the challenges to satisfy the requirements for the Arizona Seal of Personal Finance

Bring mediation to your middle and high school classroom and strengthen your students’ understanding of legal processes! The Arizona Middle School and High School Mock Mediation Tournament will take place on November 22, 2024 and online sessions for educators are available to learn more about the mock mediation process. Registration for all can be found at https://lawforkids.org/programs/mock-mediation.

Deadline: December 1, 2024

The United States Senate Youth Program, established in 1962 by U.S. Senate Resolution, is a unique educational experience for outstanding high school students interested in pursuing careers in public service.

The 62nd annual United States Senate Youth Program Washington Week is being planned to be held in person in Washington, D.C. March 2–9, 2024.

Two student leaders from each state, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity will spend a week in Washington experiencing their national government in action. Students must be actively serving in high-level elected or appointed leadership positions to qualify to apply.

Student delegates will hear major policy addresses by senators, cabinet members, officials from the Departments of State and Defense, and directors of other federal agencies, as well as usually participate in meetings with the president and a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. All transportation, hotel, and meal expenses will be provided by The Hearst Foundations. In addition, each delegate will also be awarded a $10,000 college scholarship for undergraduate studies, with encouragement to pursue coursework in history and political science.

• Contest is geared towards high school students, but self-starters of any age are welcome to participate.

• Each participant must be available to receive award in person on December 10th. W-9 will be required for winners to complete (parent/guardian 18+ required)

• Each participant must be able to submit (drop off or mail) your Campaign Poster by December 2nd, please contact us if you need support with this.

• Each participant must submit a 11x14 Campaign Poster and one Campaign Promo Item to be eligible.

• Submissions must be received by December 2nd by 5:30pm

Engage your students in civics through gaming! Register your middle and high school students to compete in the virtual iCivics Arizona Regional E-Tournament on December 6, 2024. Eight teams in each division will advance to the State E-Tournament and have the opportunity to win a personal iPad for each team member. Visit https://lawforkids.org/programs/icivics-arizona/e-tournament for more information.

Register your 4-12th grade class to participate in the Arizona We the People Regional Competition and Showcase on December 7, 2024! Want to learn more about the We the People curriculum? Attend a free We the People Training and receive a free classroom set of We the People textbooks! Learn more at https://lawforkids.org/programs/we-the-people.

The Civics Challenge (“Contest” or “Civics Challenge”) is open to all United States students currently in 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade.

The Civics Challenge topics include:

a. Legislative Branch

b. Executive Branch

c. Judicial Branch

d. Citizenship: Rights, Duties & Responsibilities

e. Checks & Balances

f. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Finalists in two categories, middle school (6th-8th grade) and high school (9th-12th grade), will be awarded a total of $5,000 in prizes.

Spread the word to teachers and students in grades 6-12! This year, we're asking young people to address the theme, “Your Message to the President: What issue is most important to you or your community? $100K in prizes will be awarded. For details, visit studentcam.org.

Help the Arizona Historical Celebrate Arizona's Statehood. This is offered to 3rd grade students only around the State of Arizona to let you show us what you have learned about Arizona in social studies and use your creativity to create a work of art.

Submission due by February 3rd, 2025. Winners will be contacted by February 21, 2025

2024-2025 Essay Prompt: The concept of Judicial Review, let alone Judicial Supremacy, is thinly proscribed in Article III. With the benefit of hindsight, how would you modify Article III to directly address the role of the courts in settling issues of constitutional interpretation?

America250 just launched America’s Field Trip for the 2024–2025 school year! America’s Field Trip is a nationwide scholastic contest that invites students in grades 3–12 to share their perspectives on what America means to them through artwork or essays — with the opportunity to earn an unforgettable field trip experience at some of the nation’s most iconic historical and cultural landmarks.

June 8-13 or June 22-27, 2025

Location: Georgetown University Law Center (tentative)

On October 7th, applications open for the 2025 Supreme Court Summer Institute. Spend 6 days in Washington, DC taking a deep dive into the procedures of SCOTUS with legal experts and Supreme Court advocates.

The Institute is funded by and delivered in partnership with the Supreme Court Historical Society.

Summer 2025 Grant Opportunities

Global Exploration for Educators Organization is partnering with Indiana University and the University of Texas at Austin to provide several grants to educators on a number of different GEEO programs next summer. We hope to announce even more summer grant opportunities soon. Keep an eye on our newsletters and social media for updates!

To apply for a grant, educators should complete the applications below:

• Indiana University - Central Asia (June 28–Jul 20)
• UT Austin – Budapest-Romania-Bulgaria-Istanbul (June 22–July 4)
• UT Austin – Turkey (July 6–20)

Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis based on quality of application. Early decisions will be announced in early October. Teachers who live in the universities' respective states/regions will be given special consideration, but the grants are open to anyone who submits a compelling application. All remaining program costs, including international airfare, are the responsibility of the grant recipient.

• Institutes are one to four-week professional development programs that convene K-12 educators or higher education faculty from across the nation to deepen their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching.

Application and Notification Dates for 2025

• December 13, 2024: Applications open for all 2025 programs
• March 5, 2025: Applications close for all 2025 programs at 11:59 pm Pacific Time
• April 2, 2025: All applicants are notified of their status
• April 16, 2025: Deadline for applicants to accept or decline their offer