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We are an affiliate of the
National Council for the Social Studies. 

"Promoting the social studies through service to teachers"
 

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CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES
ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2008
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT – Student Union

Choosing Our Future: Defining the Role of the Social Studies

CALL FOR PROPOSALS MUSEUMS REGISTRATION FORM EXHIBITORS REGISTRATION FORM

Beth DeLuca, Conference Chair, bethdeluca@sbcglobal.net
CONGRATULATIONS TO: 2008 CCSS Award Recipients
 
 
Excellence in Social Studies Education
Fred Turner		 Friend of CCSS
Maxwell Amoh
CCSS Service Award
Dick Harper

Addazio Award

Ken Keller

John H. Stedman Passion for the Social Studies Teaching Award

Elizabeth Porter, Robert Fitch High School, Groton, CT

THANKS FOR JOINING US AT NERC!

39th Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies
"Social Studies: Global and Local Connections, Shared Responsibilities"

NEW! Looking For Teachers to Write Curriculum:

The Connecticut Humanities Council is sponsoring an initiative to create curriculum documents for a United States history course that would be based on Connecticut history. Stipends are involved. Contact Steve_Armstrong@whps.org.
HOLD THE DATE!

NEW ENGLAND HISTORY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE

“TEACHING THE 1950s AND THE 1960s”

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2008

DODD CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, STORRS, CT

 

WINTER/SPRING SEMINARS AND EVENTS

TRAVELING EXHIBITION
Las Artes de Mexico
Yale Peabody Museum
through July 19, 2008
SUMMER INSTITUTES AND FELLOWSHIPS
 Deadline Date

“Korean Language and Culture Within an East Asian Context.” 

The annual 2008 Teach Korea Conference will be held at Yale Divinity School in New Haven for three full days from Monday June 30 through Wednesday July 2.  Flyer, Schedule & Application.

  

PIER

Spend time at Yale University learning about:
The Teaching of Africa
July 7-18
Europe: Past or Future?
July 7-11
The Southern Cone:
Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay
July 7-12
From Sand to Sea:
Cultural Exchange through
Trade on the Silk Road
July 7-16
Immersion Program: French
West Africa/Focus on Senegal
June 21-23

  

Are You Tired of Teaching World History Like a Western Civilization Course?

Then take CCSU’s new 3-credit summer graduate course “History 580 – New Directions in Teaching World History.” It will be a one-week intensive course held from August 11 through August 15, 2008.  For more information email: jonesm@mail.ccsu.edu

 

  

Indiana University’s
13th Annual International Studies Summer Institute
A 2-week Residential Program
For Teachers of Grades 7-12
July 13-26, 2008

 http://www.indiana.edu/~global/institute.htm or email issi@indiana.edu.

 

Thomas Jefferson:

Personality, Character and Public Life

Boston University School of Education

July 13 - August 8, 2008

  

The Hudson River Teacherhostel: The Westchester Experience
 Dates: July 21-25, 2008
Location: Sleepy Hollow to Hastings-on Hudson
Cost: $245 (includes five lunches and one dinner)

Application Deadline: June 21, 2008
Forts of the Empire State Teacherhostel
http://www.ihare.org/programs_teacher2008forts.html
Dates: August 4-8, 2008
Locations: Fort Edward, Fort William Henry, Fort Ticonderoga; Contact Hours: 40
Cost: $345
 Cutoff Date: June 26
WINTER 2008