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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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CCSS FALL CONFERENCE

OCTOBER 29, 2010, CCSU

NEW! Exhibitor Registration Form

Any publisher or educational business that would like to rent a booth at the conference should contact Ed Dorgan at edorgan@snet.net or by calling 860-429-1344. Please use the llink above for a booth registration form.
 

Note - any museums and non-profits will be renting tables and not booths.Please contact John Tully at tullyj@ccsu.edu for additional information.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

SPECIAL PREVIEW - CCSS NEWSLETTERS

CCSS is going "green". Future editions of the newsletter will be emailed to current CCSS members. Read all about it in the June issue below:

NEW! The Yankee Post, June 2010 Edition

he Yankee Post, March 2010 Edition

The Yankee Post is provided to CCSS members to inform, challenge and update. Important and timely Social Studies topics, issues and events are included each edition. The newsletter is a benefit of membership available to you for a limited time. Read and enjoy. To become a CCSS member go to Membership Form.

THE CONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES

The Connecticut Council for the Social Studies recognizes the accomplishments of some of our outstanding colleagues. Congratulations to this year's Awardees!

2010 CCSS ANNUAL AWARDS

*Excellence in Social Studies Education - Jacqueline Stack, Cheney THS

* CCSS Service Award - John Tully, CCSU

* Friend of CCSS - Bruce Fraser, CT Humanities Council

*Addazio Award - Edward Dorgan, Lewis S. Mills High School

* John Stedman Award - Erin Gaucher, Lebanon Middle School

DRAFT SOCIAL STUDIES FRAMEWORK

  • Connecticut’s Social Studies Framework – The 2009 draft framework and curriculum standards including grade level expectations (GLEs) is available for review. The draft was presented to State Board of Education for discussion on December 2. Further revisions are in process.
   
EVENTS/CONFERENCES/FELLOWSHIPS
 DEADLINES

Under the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) the U.S. Department
of State and IREX (the International Research & Exchanges Board) announce a
competition for middle and high school teacher:

DO YOU WANT TO TRAVEL? SPRING OR SUMMER 2011
International travel grant for US teachers to travel to Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia,Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Nicaragua,Poland, Russia, Senegal, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan,
or Ukraine!

  
NEW RESOURCES
  

NEW RESOURCE! Our World Economics
Free online set of multimedia teaching materials exploring globalism developed by an international team of educators, journalists, economists and political leaders. Materials include lesson plans, activities, games, and online videos for students from middle school to high school.
http://www.ourworldeconomics.com/

  

New updated FREE USA Education Resource created by the non-profit organization Peace One Day will be available in March for distribution 11 East Coast US states. The new updated Resource contains 21 lesson plans each building on a theme covered in The Day After Peace.

 

CTMirror.org is a new website on state government that includes coverage of the state budget,education, the economy, health, human services etc.

  
CT News Junkie has covered the State Capitol and other state news for a while.   

Available Now: Service Learning Unit on Conservation and Snow Leopards

Facing the Future, in collaboration with the Snow Leopard Trust, has just released Engaging Students in Conservation: Protecting the Endangered Snow Leopard, an interdisciplinary 1-2 week unit that includes five dynamic lessons and culminates with a service learning project. The unit is designed for 5-8th grade students in science and social studies. Though the lessons are designed as a comprehensive unit, each lesson can stand alone.

This unit, valued at $14.95, is available for FREE download .

  

2009 CCSS AWARDS

Congratulations to our Winners!

Excellence in Social Studies Education

David Bosso, Berlin High School

Friend of CCSS

Walter Woodward, State Historian

CCSS Service Award

Daniel Coughlin and Thomas Weinland, Co-Editors Yankee Post

*John Stedman Passion for the Social Studies Award

Jim Loughead, E.O. Smith High School

Go to the Awards Page For Criteria.