Social Studies Weekly
Year 5 Volume 4 ~ September 10, 2018
Welcome to the Social Studies Department. Remember if you ever need anything, please contact Melissa.
A doctoral student studying in the College of Education at NC State is inviting high school economics teachers to participate in a dissertation study in the Fall 2018. The focus will be on how American secondary economics teachers address disciplinary literacy in their classrooms, with particular attention to understanding reading strategies taught in daily classes. The main goal is to understand and describe rather than prescribe high school economics instruction. Therefore, this is not to evaluate the effectiveness of one's teaching style, but rather to learn from the teachers' themselves.
One month of participation is expected from each participating teacher. Teachers will receive a $300 gift card upon completion of research participation. Please feel free to ask any questions about the study before and during the time you are participating.
If you are interested, please contact, Chang Yuan at http://cyuan@ncsu.edu.
September 17th
There are many resources available on this site. Keep in mind, there are easy ways to address the Consitution in each of our core courses. It is not necessary to veer off pacing to incorporate Constitution Day. For example in World History, have the students compare the government of an empire to the government established in the Constitution. Or, examine the principles contained in the Constitution and relate them to an empire. Why would an emporer be opposed to a particular principle?
Hispanic Heritage Month
U.S. Senate Youth Program
This is a scholarship opportunity for Juniors and Seniors interestedin pursuing college coursework in history or political science. Student delegates winning the $10,000 scholarship and attending the week-long event in Washington, D.C. in March 2019 will hear major policy addresses by Senators, cabinet members and directors from other federal agencies.
* Deadline for submission in N.C. is October 7, 2018.
* Eligibility requirements and application materials can be found at http://senateyouthnc.webs.com/.
SPLC Slavery Resources in the History Classroom
When: October 2nd from 4:30-5:30
Where: Room 201 at Kennedy High School
Register in the Staff PD
About the Instructor:
Rob earned his doctorate in history from Penn State University, and his Master of Arts in Education from Wake Forest University. In addition to teaching history courses at the university level, he has also worked as a historian for the U.S. Department of Defense. He has won numerous grants and awards for both his academic research and teaching, including the U.S. Army Center for Military History Dissertation Fellowship and the Wake Forest University Emerging Teacher Leader Award. Rob currently teaches courses in U.S. History at John F. Kennedy High School.
Flocabulary Free Trial
Esri for GIS
World History
Civics and Economics
For readings to use in this unit, check these out.
American History 1
If you are looking for primary resources for this unit, look no further. Teaching American History has compiled a book full of them, and here it is.
Remember to incorporate the African American Infusion ideas into your lessons.
American History 2
Message from Melissa
I hope everyone is ready for, what looks like, a very wet week.
Hang in there and stay dry.
Remember if you need anything, just send me an e-mail.
Melissa
PS: I obviously need a thesaurus or better speech writer. The number of times I wrote "remember" is a bit much.
Email: mmmcgready@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
Website: http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Domain/54
Phone: 813-388-3999