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
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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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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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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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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Q & A with Chairman Bernanke
Professional Teacher Association Member - Only Conference In Partnership with: The Federal Reserve Board of Governors & The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond The Board of Governors, Washington D.C. Presentations by Fed experts, Q&A with Chairman Bernanke Socratic Discussions of selected required readings Lodging and most meals provided Thursday & Friday nights, April 26-27. Double occupancy with another participant. Single room cost additional ...
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Facing History and Ourselves Online Courses
Two Online Courses: Register Today! Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior: February 2-March 28, 2012 The twentieth century—one of the most murderous centuries in history—will forever be marked by the Nazis’ attempt to murder the Jews of Europe. In no other history are the steps that resulted in genocide so carefully documented, not only by ...
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Chinese Film and Society
A National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers, July 9 – August 3, 2012, hosted by the Asian Educational Media Service at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Open to all K-12 educators, the Institute will include both documentary and feature films from the May Fourth period to contemporary times, examining the complex relationship ...
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Exploring the Past: Archaeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley
Walking beside thousand-year-old burial mounds, flaking raw stone into tools, learning how potsherds tell us about human behavior, and understanding how humans adapt to complex, ever-changing environmentsour 2012 NEH Summer Institute features all this and more. The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse will offer a three-week NEH Summer Institute on July ...
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