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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? 

 

 

E3: Empowering Entrepreneurship Education – first annual conference.

Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Where: UofA Global Campus in Rogers

For: Teachers grade 2 to 20

Why: To build a stronger Arkansas through Entrepreneurship Education

Curricular Benefits:project based learning and creative and critical thinking

For You: networking, lunch, teaching activities, professional development, $50 stipend, 6 hours of ADE PD

To Register: http://www.economicsarkansas.org/our_supporters/event_calendar.html/event/2013/06/25/e-sup-3-sup-empowering-entrepreneurship-education

To present a proposal, complete the attached form and return by March 15th to:

Rita L. Littrell, PhD.

Director, Bessie B. Moore Center of Economic Education

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

Sam M. Walton College of Business RCED 217

University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701-1201

rlittrell@walton.uark.edu p 479-575-2855

Proposal to Present form.docx  

 

 

 

 

Primary Sources for Women’s

 

 History Month 

 

from the National WWII Museum see the US History page

 

 

 

 

Summer Residential Teachers' Institute*

 

George Washington Teacher's Institute

  

Application deadline March 22, 2013

  

Established in 1999, the George Washington Summer Residential Teachers' Institute is a highly competitive program which brings teachers to Mount Vernon, Virginia for an intensive week of study at Washington's home.

 

In 2013, Mount Vernon will host sessions by state to build the foundation for statewide collegial networks of teachers who can share classroom ideas, lesson plans and resources.

This year's session for AR teachers will be held June 9-15 Session 1: Alabama, Arkansas, Nevada, and Oklahoma

 

See the Opportunities for Educators page for more information and an Arkansas application.

 

Street Law, Inc. and the Supreme Court Historical Society will sponsor two sessions of the annual Supreme Court Summer Institute, June 13-18 and June 20-25, 2013. The Institute is open to secondary level social studies teachers & supervisors. 

 

See opportunites for Educators page for details.  

 

 

USSYP Delegates and Alternates selected

 

 

The Bill of Rights Institute announces

 2013 Founders Fellowship Program is now open for applications!  

 

Civil Liberty, Commerce, and the Constitution
Washington, D.C. July 22-26
See  Opportunites for teachers page for additional information

 

 

 

“What Every Arkansas Educator Needs to Know About Common Core State

 

Standards”

has been updated and additional resources have been added.  You can access both excel and pdf versions of the document on the Common Core page of this wiki.  

 

Five (5) Big Ideas

 

From Common Core Standards to Curriculum_ Five Big Ideas.docx  

 

      

 

REACH Grants Available From The Arkansas Humanities Council -

see opportunities for educators for more information and details

 

 

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) 682-6584, 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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