Heading Off to Summer

Thank you for another wonderful and dynamic school year. We can’t thank everyone enough for your endless hours of planning, preparing, organizing, and doing whatever was necessary to support students at school and engaging in the real work of Social Studies

We hope for you a restful, joyful, and peaceful summer.

Until next school year, here’s wishing you love, laughter, and learning!

As we gear up for an exciting year for Social Studies, we have begun work on the revised Secondary Social Studies Learning Network based on your feedback from the SLN survey. The 22-23 school year will be the last year with our current standards - so we will begin the work to slowly learn together the shifts to the CG standards, strengthen our Civics Literacy, and promote more opportunities to deepen student understanding around primary/secondary resources. Please consider checking out the quarter 1 resources on the 22-23 SLN.

We look forward to seeing you this summer during Together We Learn (TWL) to dive deeper into Social Studies standards, civic literacy, and required instruction. Below are some of the sessions we hope to see you join us in!

• National History Day in the classroom
• Revitalize Your Social Studies Classroom with Escape Rooms
• Intentional Planning with the Social Studies Network
• Overview Social Studies Standards, Civic Literacy Framework, & SLN
• Coaching Up DBQs: Motivate, Inspire & Lead
• Financial Literacy with EVERFI
• EVERFI on myPascoConnect
• Using Primary Sources to Illuminate the Civil War
• The FHM's Teaching Trunks for Holocaust Education
• Holocaust Education Resources from The Florida Holocaust Museum
• Teaching about the Holocaust through Primary Sources
• Using the News to Teach History and Civics
• Ben Franklin: Highlighting the Printer
• Two for One: Financial Literacy through Children’s Literature
• Free Tools for Teaching: Personal Finance Made Easy

Pasco County Schools showed up at the state history fair and we are so proud of all of the students who participated at the state competition where they competed against 782 students in the state. We had two projects place first moving onto the National History Day competition in June and four projects receive special prizes. Kudos to the students and teachers who supported them.

Junior Individual Documentary

1st Place

Daniel Park
The Pacific Northwest Fish Wars: Resolving Debates, Reestablishing Treaty Rights -Cypress Creek Middle School

Senior Group Documentary

1st Place

Arman Kumaraswamy & Rohil Agarwal
A Final Grasp for Peace: Debate and Diplomacy Within the Christmas Truce
Land O’Lakes High School

Florida Digital History Award & 2022 Outstanding County Award for Pasco County

Kayla Mendoza
The Debate Over Segregated City Buses: The 1956 Tallahassee Bus Boycott -Cypress Creek Middle School

Florida Historic Preservation Award

Kayla Rivera
An Act to Save, Protect, and Restore: The Everglades Forever Act
Charles S. Rushe Middle School

Sports Heritage Award

Austin Wu & Christopher Simpson
Mao and Nixon's Historic Actions: The Ping Pong Diplomacy
Thomas E. Weightman Middle School

For students who want to get a jump on the competition for next year, the theme will be "Frontiers in History."

Starting in the 2023-24 school year, Florida will observe an additional state holiday, "Victims of Communism Day," under a bill signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Under the law, on Nov. 7 each year, high-school students will be taught about the "atrocities" of communism around the world.

Full Story: The Washington Post

We are happy to announce that Pasco County has developed a talent pipeline! With three easy to navigate pathways- Teach, Coach, and Lead! Depending on your dreams and aspirations there is a path for you to explore! Each pathway has aspiring, current, and advancing icons to view opportunity cards. These cards include important information about the program as well as contacts to help get you started.

Please view this video from Mr. Browning and then take a few moments to check out myDevelopment Opportunities to find your possibilities.

Set your goals and keep coming back for more as we continue to make Pasco's pipeline your go to spot for advancing in your career!

Beginning in June of 2022, all five gifted endorsement courses will be available over the summer. Teachers will be compensated for 60hrs at the stipend rate ($25/hr) per course they complete over the summer. This opportunity is being made available through a grant and will conclude once all funds have been utilized. For additional information on dates/times please reference the attached flyer. Contact Kristin Ingold with any questions.

Prioritized Participants​ are as follows:

• Teachers currently tagged out of field for the gifted endorsement ​​
• Teachers that will be tagged in 22-23​
• Remaining seats out of 50 (per course) on first come first serve basis​
• Interested participants will complete the MachForm on the attached Flyer​
• Confirmation of enrollment in course will be via myPGS registration​

The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) Civics Literacy Excellence Initiative (CLEI) will be hosting 8 regional 3-day professional learning opportunities featuring high quality subject-matter expert presenters, and all sessions will be aligned to the revised civics and government (CG) standards. Each event will be open to all K-12 teachers, however, space will be limited. Registration information may be found in the attached memo.

Please note this training is not part of the Civics Seal Endorsement training - information about the endorsement training will be coming out in Fall 2022.

The DBQ Project will be offering several virtual summer learning opportunities to grow your understanding of the DBQ process and to meet teachers at the various levels of expertise. More information on registration and dates may be found below:

DBQ U - Live Professional Development Options

DBQ 101 - Self-Paced Professional Development Options

TCI has several options for professional development, from self-paced courses and the TCI Summer Summit. There will also be several "Back to School" Webinars teachers can register for right before school starts. Please find our more through their Professional Development Link.

Everfi Summer Conference, Learn On. Please learn more about the event and register at this link.

C-SPAN Classroom offers a variety of professional development opportunities for middle and high school educators. You can learn about our collection of free resources through online sessions, connect with us during our Summer Educators Conferences for a more in-depth exploration, or apply for the opportunity to collaborate with us to develop new educational materials as a C-SPAN Fellow. Details about our 2022 programs can be found on our website: C-SPAN Classroom Teacher Opportunities

Full Scholarship Institute for Educators

Sphere Summit
July 10–14 and July 24–28
Washington, DC

Apply for Scholarship

The Cato Institute and the Sphere Education Initiative are excited to announce the return of Sphere Summit: Teaching Civic Culture Together for the Summer of 2022!

Sphere Summit is a full-scholarship professional development program for grades 5–12 educators and administrators and will be held in-person in Washington, DC.

This summer we are offering two in-person Summits:

• July 10–14 for grades 5–12 educators and administrators.
• July 24–28 for educators teaching AP, IB, or similar advanced subjects and alumni of a previous Sphere Summit.

Those who are accepted to participate in the Sphere Summit and successfully complete the program will be eligible for the following benefits:

• Room and board included + $500 travel stipend upon completion of the Summit.
• Access to exclusive conversations and events for Sphere alumni
• Early access to exclusive opportunities to bring Sphere professional development opportunities to their school
• 20+ hours of professional development, books, materials, lesson plans, and classroom resources.

Confirmed Speakers So Far:

• Caroline Fredrickson, Distinguished Visitor from Practice, Georgetown Law
• Peter Goettler, President and CEO, Cato Institute
• Gene Healy, Senior Vice President for Policy, Cato Institute
• Yuval Levin, Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies, American Enterprise Institute
• Irshad Manji, Founder, Moral Courage Project
• Jonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
• Carrie Sheffield, Senior Policy Analyst, Independent Women's Forum
• Ilya Somin, Professor of Law, George Mason University
• Nadine Strossen, Former President, ACLU, and John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law, New York Law School
• David Trigaux, Director, Washington Urban Debate League
• Nicol Turner Lee, Director, The Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution
• Darrell West, Vice President and Director of Governance Studies, Brookings Institution

Sphere Summit Featured Workshops:

• iCivics
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
• Foundation for Teaching Economics
• National Constitution Center
• Retro Report
• Stossel in the Classroom

Sphere Summit registrations are accepted on a rolling basis. Please visit 2022 Sphere Summit for more information and program updates. For examples of past programming, please review the 2021 Sphere Summit.

For more information and to apply for a scholarship, click the button below.
Please contact events@cato.org or call (202) 789-5229 for more information.

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Join us, virtually at our 6th Annual Conference!

Florida Council for History Education (FLCHE) is pleased to announce the 2022 conference via Zoom to be held July 29-30.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE!

For the Full Conference Description Click HERE

Please consider submitting a proposal for the 2023 SOURCES Annual Conference (https://www.sourcesconference.com). It will be held on the campus of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, January 21, 2023. As always, the conference is free to attend and is open to any and all educators interested in the teaching of primary sources to K-12 student populations. Presenters will provide strategies for using primary sources to help K-12 students engage in learning, develop critical thinking skills, and build content knowledge, specifically in one or more of the following ways:

• Justifying conclusions about whether a source is primary or secondary, depending upon the time or topic under study;
• Describing examples of the benefits of teaching with primary sources;
• Analyzing a primary source using Library of Congress tools;
• Accessing teaching tools and primary sources from www.loc.gov/teachers;
• Identifying key considerations for selecting primary sources for instructional use (for example, student needs and interests, teaching goals, etc.);
• Accessing primary sources and teaching resources from www.loc.gov for instructional use;
• Analyzing primary sources in different formats;
• Analyzing a set of related primary sources in order to identify multiple perspectives;
• Demonstrating how primary sources can support at least one teaching strategy (for example, literacy, inquiry-based learning, historical thinking, etc.); and
• Presenting a primary source-based activity that helps students engage in learning, develop critical thinking skills, and construct knowledge.

For more information about the SOURCES Conference and to submit a proposal, visit the conference web site (https://www.sourcesconference.com), or email Scott Waring (swaring@ucf.edu) with any questions. Proposals need to be submitted by Friday, September 30, 2022 in order to be properly reviewed for possible inclusion.

Interested in joining Mr. Johnson and his students from Wendell Krinn Tech in Australia?

Set up a time to speak with his Travel Manager here to learn more about getting involved in this trip or setting up your own!

Annually recognizing exemplary K-12 student achievement in civic engagement. Teachers of students in grades K-12 are eligible to nominate a student for this award.

For detailed instructions, visit https://fcss.org/Awards Due Date: August 1, 2022

*Fitness: Planet Fitness is letting students between ages 14-18 go to their gyms for free over the summer. Students just need to register for a pass on their website. Registration starts May 16th.

https://www.planetfitness.com/summerpass/preregistration

*Transportation: Pasco Public Transportation allows students to purchase a Student Summer Haul Pass for $20 that gives them unlimited rides over the summer https://www.gopasco.com/fares-and-passes/#student-pass

*Food: Summer BreakSpot will soon be opening up sites within Pasco and across Florida for students 18 and under to get free balanced meals served on-site. These sites include schools, libraries, as well as some low-income housing complexes. https://www.summerbreakspot.org/

*Reading: Barnes & Nobles has a summer reading journal available for download on their website. Any kid who brings in a journal with 8 or more books logged to a Barnes & Nobles location between July 1st - Aug 31st will get a free book

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/summer-reading/_/N-2m39

https://dispatch.barnesandnoble.com/content/dam/ccr/h/summer-reading/2022/126443-06BNJournalSheetPrintable.pdf (Journal)

*Reading: Scholastic's Summer Reading Program will be available this summer. For every two days in a row kids track their reading streaks, Scholastic, with the help of other sponsors, will donate a book (totaling up to 100,000 books) to underserved kids across the country.

https://www.scholastic.com/site/summer/home.html

https://kids.scholastic.com/kid/homebase/play/. (registration)

*Academics: Numerade offers free online summer camps for students who need a little help in various STEM subjects including SAT/ACT prep https://www.numerade.com/bootcamps/

Volunteer: For students looking for volunteer opportunities Kids That Do Good connects students with the charity of their choice and helps track their hours.

https://kidsthatdogood.com/

*Crafting: Michaels offer Camp Creatology from June 20th - July 15th with free on-site and online workshops Ages 6+ https://www.michaels.com/campcreatology

*Sports: Kids Bowl Free lets kids play 2 free games a day (not including shoes) at participating locations (Lane Glo in New Port Richey) Parents can register kids online

https://www.kidsbowlfree.com/center.php?alley_id=658

Sports: Kids Skate Free lets kids to skate for free once a week at participating locations (Astro Skate) https://kidsskatefree.com/

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