Winter 2011 – 2012 Newsletter
Feb 22, 2012 Comments OffLots of exciting things going on with the Social Studies Council of Alabama. Download our recent Winter 2011 - 2012 Newsletter (DOC) to learn more.
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Excellence in Teaching Awards: The Office of Research on Teaching in the Disciplines
Jan 28, 2012 Comments OffDeadline Approaching - Apply now! Deadline: Feb 15, 2012 The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487 (205) 348-6010 Awards recognizing Excellence in teaching for Alabama teachers, Pre-K – 16 Deadline for submissions is February 3, 2012, 4:45 pm to cvsunal@bamaed.ua.edu Download DOCX
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Alabama State History Day
Jan 28, 2012 No Comments ››Alabama State History Day – March 23, 2012 AU Montgomery from 8:30-2:00 2012 Theme: Revolution, Reaction and Reform Registration deadline: March 5, online at www.nhd.org …A great next step for your history fair winners or best papers and projects in class. Entries need to loosely connect to at least one part of the theme, and follow rules as ...
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Vulcan Park and Museum
Jan 28, 2012 Comments OffThe Vulcan is the world's largest cast iron statue and is seen as a work of civic art designed by Giuseppe Moretti. The statue has overlooked the city of Birmingham since the early 1900's, and at times was used for various advertising purposes. Later, citizens felt the statue belonged in a prominent place. Vulcan has ...
Continue ReadingNational Heroes Day Contest
Jan 25, 2012 No Comments ››It has become fashionable to overstate the idea of heroes in our culture today. Historically, there are countless heroes who have become lost or forgotten. The major goal of National Heroes Day is to bring true heroes back into the spotlight. National Heroes Day can plant the seeds for the growth of REAL heroes for ...
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Alabama players watch ‘Red Tails’ night before BCS Championship Game; LSU watches ‘Contraband’
Jan 25, 2012 No Comments ››NEW ORLEANS -- Taking a break from game film to watch an inspirational movie can help get a football player's mind right before hitting the gridiron the next day. ESPN reported today that Alabama and LSU each caught early screenings of movies last night, that have yet to be released in theaters. LSU watched the new Mark ...
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China’s economic boom set to change the planet
Jan 25, 2012 No Comments ››CHINA already has the world’s biggest population – and now it’s got a shopping habit to match. A booming economy has created vast numbers of newly rich Chinese and thousands are flocking to Britain to splash their cash. Shops here are braced for another surge over the next few weeks as those with money head abroad to ...
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Apple iTunes U Educational App Updated
Jan 25, 2012 No Comments ››Apple today announced an all-new iTunes U app, giving educators and students everything they need on their iPad, iPhone and iPod touch to teach and take entire courses. The all-new iTunes U app lets teachers create and manage courses including essential components such as lectures, assignments, books, quizzes and syllabuses and offer them to millions ...
Continue ReadingResearchers address Latino influx in Southeast
Jan 25, 2012 No Comments ››Two university researchers on Friday addressed the Hispanic population boom in the Southeast and how municipalities are dealing with issues related to the population influx. The talk, titled “Being Brown in Dixie: Latino Immigration to the New South,” was held at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center as part of AU’s two-day symposium ...
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Remembering Fred Shuttlesworth: The Most Courageous Man in America
Jan 25, 2012 No Comments ››“That Fred Shuttlesworth did not become a martyr was not for lack of trying… There was not a person in the civil rights movement who put himself in the position of being killed more often than Fred Shuttlesworth.” This quote from Andrew Manis, author of Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth’s biography A Fire You Can’t Put Out, ...
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Brooks Etheredge
Congratulations to Mr. Brooks Etheredge of Stanhope Elmore High School. Mr. Etheredge has been chosen as Alabama’s 2011 recipient of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship’s full grant/scholarship....
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