Development 2011 – 2012 Professional Development and Workshops

2012 Choices Leadership Institute

Applications are due by Friday, March 16, 2012. Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI - July 9-13, 2012 Competing Visions of Human Rights More information and an application can be found at http://www.choices.edu/pd/institutes_seminars.php. Applications are due by Friday, March 16, 2012 The Choices 2012 Summer Leadership Institute provides teachers with an opportunity to examine the concept of ...

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A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism Online Workshop

Online Workshop Friday, March 23, 2012 - Monday, April 2, 2012 REGISTER TODAY! Space is limited. Preference will be given to trained Facing History educators who are members of our network. How do myths and stereotypes become part of a culture? When does hatred become convenient? This online workshop will raise profound questions about the ways stereotypes and myths ...

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Economic Issues for Teachers

Two semester hours of graduate credit available This residential seminar presents four of the FTE "Economic Issues" curriculum units in a concentrated four day setting.  Each of the four units is comprised of  5-7 lessons that include background content outline, student activities and simulations, and source lists.  In a pleasant, long weekend break, Issues participants are ...

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Economic Forces in American History

Economic Forces in American History

Two semester hours of graduate credit available Economic Forces in American History is a cross-curricular program designed to help history teachers incorporate an economic way of thinking into their American history courses.  The lessons are designed to develop the tools of economic reasoning in the context of specific historical periods and broad historical themes, encouraging students ...

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Economics for Leaders

Three semester hours of graduate credit available The Economics for Leaders program is intensive, providing 50 hours of in-depth content and methodology instruction in a lab-school setting. A unique feature of the program is the classroom activity demonstrations in which teachers participate with high school students in economics simulations directed by the instructors. Attending teachers gain ...

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National Endowment for the Humanities

African American Political History: From Reconstruction to the Present

The HistoryMakers 2nd Annual NEH Summer Institute for School Teachers Deadline: March 1, 2012 The HistoryMakers is proud to announce The HistoryMakers’ 2012 NEH Summer Institute for School Teachers in Chicago, Illinois from Sunday, July 8, 2012 – Friday, August 3, 2012. In a competitive process, teachers from across the country will compete for 25 spots as ...

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Summer Residential Teachers’ Institute*

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. Participating teachers immerse themselves in the study and discussion of this critical period of American history and the remarkable role George Washington played in ...

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PsychShare Workshop

Dear Fellow Teachers of Psychology, Christie Morman, psychology teacher at Homewood High School, and I are interested in creating a collaborative network of area psychology teachers to share best practices.   Seems psychology workshops are few and far between. Our idea is to invite psychology teachers from Central and North Alabama to come together to share effective, engaging, ...

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George C. Marshall International Center’s 10th Annual Marshall Immersion Workshop

The George C. Marshall International Center's announces the 10th Annual Marshall Immersion Workshop, promising an exciting professional and collegial experience for high school-level American and world history teachers, and social studies supervisors. All expenses are paid, and participants receive a $200 stipend, free materials, and re-certification points. The workshop focuses on the far-reaching impact of the ...

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Economic Demise of the Soviet Union

The lessons in The Economic Demise of the Soviet Union teach upper middle-school and high school students how to use economic reasoning to identify and explain the factors that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Additionally, and in keeping with the FTE’s focus on teaching economic reasoning, the curriculum package was ...

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