SS HS Dept Chair Meeting
September 14, 2016 9am-12pm
Today's Agenda
- Welcome and Celebrations
- Announcements, Curriculum Updates (1.1.c, 1.3.a, 1.3.b, 2.1.a, 4.1.a)
- Hemispheres Presentation (1.3.b)
- The Election Season (1.3.a, 5.1.a)
- Strategy Spotlight: Museum Project in the 21st Century (1.2.a, 1.3.a)
- Humanities Texas (1.3.b)
- Student Citizenship Spotlight: Voices of Texas! Student video contest (5.1.a)
Welcome, Celebrations, Updates!
Constitution Day Observance
Public Law 108-447, Division J, Section 111(b) was passed by the 108th Congress in Session 2, 2004. It states that “each educational institution that receives Federal funds for a fiscal year shall hold an educational program on the United States Constitution on September 17 of such year for the students served by the educational institution.”
Textbooks for 2017-18
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Yearly Planning Guide (YPG)
Student Performance Guide (SPG)
EOC Results
The Election Season
Pledge to Vote
YouthCam - Student PSA Contest
This Public Service Announcement (PSA) video contest is for high school students and is designed to promote voter registration and voter turnout at the polls, especially among young voters, in Travis County. The contest is open until Sept. 21, 2016.
The contest theme is “Register. Be Counted. Vote!” and entrants must use the already developed logo (either the square or horizontal version) in their productions.
Prizes will be awarded on Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema on South Lamar where the winning entries will be shown on the big screen, beginning at noon.
First Vote 2016 Mock Presidential Election
Before the election, students will register to be voters, receive faux voter registration cards, become members of the electoral college, be reporters covering the story, receive “I Voted” stickers and more. Due to Voter ID, students will be instructed they must bring their voter registration card to the polls to vote. Working together we can excite students about the civic process and energize them to look forward to the day they can really vote!
The Austin Independent School District has graciously volunteered to collect the results from all schools participating in the Mock Presidential Election. Each participating school will submit their results to AISD’s Central Counting Center, which will be operated by the school district, the University of Texas’ Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life and the Travis County Tax Office’s Voter Registration Division.
The First Vote! team can help guide your school faculty in how to set up and execute the Mock Presidential Election. Questions? Send them to: TaxOffice@TravisCountyTX.gov.
Strategy Spotlight: Museum Project in the 21st Century
Student Opportunity Spotlight: Voices of Texas
Please complete the exit ticket below on a post-it note and place on the door as you leave.
Melanie Kirchhof
Email: melanie.kirchhof@austinisd.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/austinisd.org/socialstudies/
Location: Austin, TX, United States
Phone: 512-414-1274
Facebook: facebook.com/austinisd.socialstudies
Twitter: @AISD_Soc