‘21st Century Learning: The Role and Future of the Social Studies’

April 3 - 5, 2012; Sturbridge, Massachusetts

NEW! Updated 01/12/12: JOIN US AT THE CONFERENCE! REGISTER NOW!

Denise Merrill, CT Secretary of State will be the featured speaker at the CCSS Luncheon on April 5.

Register Online, April 3-Workshops, April 4 & 5-Clinics and Sessions Descriptions

Registration Information Special events are being finalized soon! Check back for updates!

Exhibitor/Publisher Informational Letter, Exhibitor/Publisher and Museum Registration

NEW! Updated 12/19/11: CCSS ANNUAL AWARDS
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Please submit nominations to recognize your colleagues by February 6, 2012. Read more...
Excellence in Social Studies Education Award
Bruce Fraser Friend of CCSS Award
CCSS Service Award

NEW! Updated 12/19/11: The Yankee Post, December 2011 Edition

Inside: The President's Message with information on how you can earn a $25 Amazon Gift Card and a call for social studies activism; The Editors' Note; NERC 2012 Info; NCSS Conference highlights; Reprint of the Acceptance Speech by David Bosso, CT Teacher of the Year; a NY Times excerpt commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor; History Day information; Professional Development Opportunities (including travel abroad) and much much more.... Special thanks to our editors Thomas Weinland and Dan Coughlin for assembling this informative edition!

Check out the schedule of events.

Read a Connecticut Magazine article by Lary Bloom: "The (New) Civil War" featuring Matt Warshauer's focus on Connecticut and the Civil War.

Time for Advocacy! OP ED written by CCSS President, John Tully: School Social Studies Slipping, Vital Skills Lost

NEW! OP ED by Norm Augustine, retired CEO of Lockheed Martin, in the Wall Street Journal. The Education Our Economy Needs

NEW! Student Stowe Prize: For Excellence in Writing to Advance Social Justice

The Student Stowe Prize recognizes outstanding writing by United States high school and college students that motivates positive action for social justice. The Prize recognizes writing that is making a tangible impact on a social justice issue critical to contemporary society.   Issues may include, but are not limited to: race, class and gender.  Entries must have been published or publicly presented.

Student Stowe Prize for High School Students
The winning student will be featured at a program and award ceremony in Hartford, Connecticut, receive $1,000.00, and have their work published on the Stowe Center website.
The top three finalists will have their work published on the Stowe Center website, receive a certificate of achievement, and be invited to attend the program and award ceremony.
Student Stowe Prize for College Students
The winning student will be featured at a program and award ceremony in Hartford, Connecticut, receive $2,500.00, and have their work published on the Stowe Center website.
The top three finalists will have their work published on the Stowe Center website, receive a certificate of achievement, and be invited to attend the public program and award ceremony. For information about programs go to: The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

Constitutional Rights Foundation is pleased to present a series of free online webinars on the Civic Action Project (CAP). Please take this opportunity to become familiar with CRF's innovative new civics program. Click here to register for free.

Using CAP for Students’ College Portfolios or Senior Projects
January, 2012 (Date to be announced.)
CAP provides a great opportunity for high school students to develop a civic engagement piece for their college portfolios, especially since many colleges and universities have civic engagement, service learning, or community service programs and requirements. CAP can also serve as a school-wide senior project, as piloted at Bell Gardens High School in California. Join CRF staff, a Bell Gardens CAP teacher, and a college adviser to explore and discuss CAP and college portfolios and senior projects.

Quality Service Learning Through Policy-Based Civic Actions
February, 2012 (Date to be announced.)
Interested in motivating students to make connections between classroom instruction and real world issues? Tune in to learn how CAP prepares students for a meaningful service-learning experience.

Using CAP to Teach 21st Century Skills
March, 2012 ((Date to be announced.)
Not only do CAP students gain civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions, they also learn and apply 21st century skills. Join CRF staff and teachers to explore how to ensure your students are getting both civic and 21st century learning from CAP.

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/

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.