Oregon Social Sciences Teacher Update #129 May 1, 2014 1. Teaching About Women in the World: A conference for K-12 Educators 2. Classroom Law Project Events and Resources 3. Secretary of State Requests Students’ Writing for the 2015-2016 Oregon Blue Book 4. Holocaust Education Workshop at McNary HS 5. “Contextualizing the Holocaust—Why It Still Matters Today” Presentation at Salem Library 6. Densho Offers CD Materials about the WWII Incarceration of Japanese Americans 7. Oregon “Battle of the Books” Announces 2015 Reading List 8. OCSS Seeks 2014 Oregon Outstanding Social Studies Educator of the Year Awards 9. Peter Sears named Oregon Poet Laureate 10. Oregon Student Mock Elections Gears Up 11. Storyline Classes in Oregon This Summer 12. Oregon to Participate in National Voter Registration Day 13. Edutopia Financial Literacy Resources 14. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Shares Report and History 15. Museum of Natural History Virtual Tour 16. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum American Studies Summer Institute 17. Win $500 from HISTORY® 18. From the Asia Society Global Learning Newsletter 19. Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) 2014 Travel Programs 20. NYSE Euronext Teachers’ Workshops (Summer 2014) -- Two More Weeks to Apply 21. ODE Resources (in every issue) 1. Teaching About Women in the World: A conference for K-12 Educators The World Affairs Council of Oregon’s Global Classroom Program, in conjunction with the 2014 International Speaker Series, “Women Changing the World”, www.worldoregon.org, presents a FREE conference for K-12 Educators and Youth Program Leaders from 8:30am to 3pm, Saturday May 17, 2014 in Smith Memorial Student Union at Portland State University. Each participant will receive a certificate for 7.5 PDUs. Join WAC for a day of resource gathering and personal enrichment on global women’s issues in: History and Equal Rights, Education and Leadership, Politics and Governance, Health and the Environment, Trade and Economics, Religion and Belief Systems, Media Literacy, Oppression and Human Trafficking, Culture and the Arts. Expand your knowledge with experts from: PSU’s Center for Women, Politics and Policy, Women’s Studies Department and School of Art and Design, Oregon Women’s History Consortium, The United Nations and the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, Oregon Health Science University and Women in Architecture, Engineering and the Trades, The UN’s Girl-Up Program, Intel’s Girl Rising, Girls Inc. & Music Camp for Girls Bahrain. Small Group Special Interest Discussions over Lunch and K-12 Curriculum Session in the Afternoon! Registration Deadline is May 13th! The Conference itself is free. A $10 fee covers the cost of the luncheon. Please register online at:http://worldoregon.org/events/education/teach-the-world/teaching- about-women-in-the-world. Contact Karen Ettinger, Global Classroom Director at [email protected]. 2. Classroom Law Project Events and Resources We the People Book Club – Only 2 meetings remaining! Tuesdays, 5:00pm-8:00pm, Lucky Lab Brewery, 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland Join Classroom Law Project for another series of fascinating books that connect with Constitutional principles and current events! Meetings bring together teachers of all levels from around the Portland-metro area to discuss a variety of topics, network, and learn. Dinner is provided by Classroom Law Project, and 3 optional semester credits are offered through Lewis & Clark. For more information, please visit http://www.classroomlaw.org/programs/we-the- people/#BkClub. May 27: Peyote vs. The State: Religious Freedom on Trial, Garrett Epps June 17: My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor Connecting the Standards, Common Core and the Constitution May 10, 2014, NW Regional ESD, Hillsboro If you want to know more about a curriculum for teaching about the Constitution and meets Common Core and State Standards, then attend the Feb. 8 workshop. CLP will examine the We the People: The Citizen & the Constitution (by the Center for Civic Education) and its teaching strategy, simulated hearings. The curriculum will be connected to standards and Common Core. Cost: $25 non-refundable reservation fee ($100 stipend for attending) Register at http://www.classroomlaw.org/february-workshops/ Registration is Open for Project Citizen Showcase (Grades 5-12) & We the People Day (Grades 5-8) May 21-22, 2014 Oregon State Capitol These days at the State Capitol offer students the opportunity to present We the People (Weds., May 21) and/or Project Citizen (Thurs., May 22) simulated hearings to a panel of civic leaders. Teachers may choose units and questions. Project Citizen portfolios are displayed in the Capitol Galleria and judged by civic leaders. For more information and to register, visit http://www.classroomlaw.org/homepage/we-the-people-project-citizen-days/. Mock Trial Workshop Who: Upper Elementary, Middle and High School teachers Where: Multnomah County Courthouse, Lewis & Clark Law School When: June 20-21, 2014 Elementary through high school teachers will benefit from this fun and information- packed workshop. It kicks off with watching students put on a mock trial in a real courtroom in front of a real judge Afterward participants will meet with the judge to discuss the trial they saw and mock trials generally. The judge will also offer a Court System 101 review to help us all get on the same page. Court will then adjourn. Saturday morning we will reconvene at the gorgeous campus of Lewis & Clark Law School. Its lush, green setting in southwest Portland’s Tryon Creek State Park underscores that it is, in fact, summer. Veteran teachers will offer tried and true strategies for different grade levels. Grade level breakouts will allow teachers to focus on individual needs. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.classroomlaw.org/programs/mock-trial/ Registration opening soon! Registration is open for SUMMER INSTITUTE First Amendment 101 Who: Upper Elementary, Middle and High School Teachers Where: Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon When: June 24-26, 2014 This year we’ll be focusing on the First Amendment. For registration and more information, please visit http://www.classroomlaw.org/programs/summer-institute/. 3. Secretary of State Requests Students’ Writing for the 2015-2016 Oregon Blue Book The Secretary of State is requesting students’ writing samples for inclusion in the 2015-16 Oregon Blue Book. Secretary of State Kate Brown would like to engage Oregon’s elementary, middle and high school students with the following essay questions about Oregon: For Elementary School students, (75-150 words): Why do you like living in Oregon? For Middle School students, (100-200 words): Where is your favorite place to visit in Oregon, and why? For High School student, (150-250 words): You have a friend who doesn't live in Oregon and is coming to visit. Write to them and tell them where you will be taking them and why. Two or three writing samples from each category will be selected for publication in the 2015-16 Oregon Blue Book, due out in March 2015. Deadline to mail submissions is Monday, October 6, 2014. Please include your name, grade, teacher’s name, and school’s name and address with your writing sample, and mail it to: Editor, Oregon Blue Book Oregon State Archives 800 Summer Street NE Salem, OR 97310 4. Holocaust Education Workshop at McNary HS Sunday, May 18,2013, 12noon-5pm, McNary High School This workshop is designed for current and pre-service teachers who are planning on incorporating the Holocaust into their curriculum. The workshop will include Echoes & Reflections Curriculum training facilitated by our keynote presenter from Yad Vashem in Israel, aligning Holocaust Education with CCSS, and helping students to examine collaboration and complicity during the Holocaust. All sessions will be facilitated by either the USHMM Regional Educator, USHMM Teaching Fellows, the Executive Director of the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center, or the Yad Vashem educator. Various free resource will be available to teachers to take and use in the classroom. 5 PDUs will be awarded for participation. To register: If you are a Salem-Keizer employee, please go to the Academy for Teaching & Learning and search for Holocaust Education Workshop. If you’re NOT a Salem-Keizer employee, please go to http://www.ohrconline.org/may- workshop-registration org/may-workshop-registration Non-refundable registration fee for ALL Participants: $25 Must be paid in advance by check Make payable to Salem-Keizer School District Write Holocaust Education Workshop on the note line Checks must be sent to: Office of Professional Development Attn: Heather Latham Salem-Keizer Public Schools 2450 Lancaster Dr. NE Salem, Oregon 97305 One Graduate-Level Quarter Credit will be offered by Western Oregon University. Fee: $50 to be paid by check at the event. For more information, contact: Andrea Lockard, 503-399-3233, [email protected]. 5. “Contextualizing the Holocaust—Why It Still Matters Today” Presentation at Salem Library To explore this theme, participants will be viewing a short film followed by a brief discussion facilitated by Rob Hadley, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Regional Education Corps Member. Then, Second-Generation Survivor, Deb Mrowka will talk about her mother’s experience surviving the Holocaust. This event is appropriate for audiences of middle-school age and older. Location: Loucks Auditorium, Salem Public Library, 585 Liberty St. SE, Salem, OR 97301. Date: Saturday, May 17 Time: 2 pm Contact: Andrea Lockard, 503-588-6071, lockard_andrea@salkeiz,k12.or.us. 6. Densho Offers CD Materials about the WWII Incarceration of Japanese Americans Over the past two years, Densho was able to engage 625 teachers in learning about teaching with primary source materials, and the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans. They are now making workshop materials available on a CD, free of charge. To request CDs follow the link: http://bit.ly/1o0eaMo.