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Welcome to

 

The Social Studies PLACE  

 

       

  

Programs, Links, and Content for Educators

 

The goal of this site is to inform K-12 social studies educators about available social studies resources and Arkansas Department of Education updates to benefit you and your students.

 


What’s New? 

 

National Park Foundation - Park Steward Award

Teacher In-Service, Saturday, January 21, 2012, 9a.m. - 2p.m.

 

In this workshop, learn how one teacher integrates the Civil Rights Movement into the classroom after receiving a $7,000 award from the National Park Foundation .  Suggested for 9-12th.  

For more information contact Kimble Talley, Little Rock Central High School National Historical Site,kimble_talley@nps.gov.

 

  

 

2012 Award Nomination Deadline: February 1, 2012

 

NOMINATE A MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER TO WIN THE $10,000 NATIONAL HISTORY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD 

  • State winners each receive: $1,000

  • All winners receive an archive of materials for their school library, donated in their honor.

See the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Website for nomination and award information. 

Crafting Freedom Workshop: 

Black Artisans, Entrepreneurs & Abolitionists of the Antebellum South

A 2012 National Endowment for the Humanities professional development opportunity for K-12 educators.  Two summer sessions:

  1. June 21-26, 2012
  2. July 12-17, 2012

Deadline: March 1, 2012   $1,200 stipend

For more information and to apply visit the Website at http://thomasday.net/crafting-freedom-workshop/

  

 

  

This site is managed by the Curriculum and Instruction unit of the Arkansas Department of Education.  Please contact social studies specialist Maggie Herrick at margaret.herrick@arkansas.gov or (501) 682-6574, for more information.

 

If you have additional resources or information to assist social studies educators please contact us with this information.

 

 



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