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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? 

 

 

The original copy of the George Washington Acts of Congress will be on display at the Clinton Presidential Center for only 2 weeks – June 29 through July 10, 2013.  Constitutional scholar, Linda R. Monk, J.D., will provide a workshop July 10, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Clinton Library Classroom.  See the attached flyer for more information and registration details.  CPC LindaMonkFlyer.pdf  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Encyclopedia of Arkansas Mobile Version URL is now available http://m.encyclopediaofarkansas.net.  

 

Check out the latest economics and personal finance resource from the Federal Reserve at http://www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/tag/Spanish/ includes economic and personal finance lessons in Spanish.

 

 

 

 

E3: Empowering Entrepreneurship Education – first annual conference for teachers of grades 2 to 20.  Don’t miss it. It will be an experience of a different kinde3 Flyer.pdf

 

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

                $25 registration fee but it will be returned to EA district teacher upon successful completion.

Questions: rlittrell@walton.uark.edu

 

REAL Economics for All

2nd Annual Economics & Personal Finance Education Conference for K-12 educators

Presented by Economics Arkansas

July 17-18, 2013

Wyndham Riverfront Little Rock

See Economics page for more details.  

 

WHAT: AR HISTORY summer seminar opportunity

WHERE: Butler Center/CALS

WHO: secondary social studies teachers

WHEN: June 12-14

 

See the Arkansas History page for more information and details.

 

 

 

  

EconEdLink and CCSS
 

   

Check out the new addtions to the CCSS page of this wiki for great Econ resources aligned to the CCSS.  

 

 

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.  

 

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

 

 

      

 

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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