May High School Social Studies

May High School Social Studies Newsletter 2022

National Jewish American Heritage Month

Jewish American Heritage Month is an annual recognition and celebration of Jewish American achievements in and contributions to the United States of America during the month of May. Please consider in sharing the stories of Jewish Americans in building the cultural fabric of America's history. Below you may find links to sites that provide resources to honor this month.

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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month During this month the history and achievements of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) are recognized and celebrated. Asian Americans, and Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders make our nation more vibrant through diversity of cultures, languages and religions. There is no single story of the AANHPI experience, but rather a diversity of contributions that enrich America’s culture and society. The American story would be impossible without the strength, contributions, and legacies of AANHPIs who have helped build and unite this country in each successive generation. From laying railroad tracks, tilling fields, and starting businesses, to caring for our loved ones and honorably serving our Nation in uniform, AANHPI communities are deeply rooted in the history of the United States.

· Library of Congress Teacher Resources

· History Channel

· National Education Association

· Nearpod - 2022 Celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Contest

· Discovery Education – Channel of Resources

· TCI – Current Connections

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National Law Day

Law Day, celebrated on May 1 and throughout the month of May, has been a visible part of American legal culture since President Dwight D. Eisenhower established it in 1958 to celebrate the rule of law in a free society. The 2022 Law Day theme— “Toward a More Perfect Union: The Constitution in Times of Change”. The goal of this theme is to emphasize how the Constitution is a dynamic document, that not only outlines a blueprint for the government but also establishes mechanisms for change

Throughout the month of May consider inviting guest speakers in the law fields to speak to your students or read more about other activities you can embed in your classroom in the links below to celebrate the rule of law.

· TBT-NIE Law Day Resources 2022

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Memorial Day - NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH

Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Memorial Day 2022 will occur on Monday, May 30th.

Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries or memorials, holding family gatherings, and participating in parades.

We know that the school year will be done by the week of May 30th, but we encourage you to share with students the last week of school the significance of the day. Below please find some resources to use in your classroom.

Nearpod on Memorial Day

Memorial Day Lesson Plans and Resources

Memorial Day Activities from Education World

PBS Memorial Day Video

History Channel Memorial Day Video

Meaning of Memorial Day – Times Kids

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Curriculum Resource 2022- Middle School

In May our schedules are always a bit off due to testing, here are a few suggested online review games and tools that can make those wonky schedules still be meaningful with content and engagement.

Kahoot is a free student-response tool for administering quizzes, facilitating discussions, and collecting survey data. It is a game-based classroom response system played in real time.

Quizizz is a gamified student engagement platform that offers multiple features to make a classroom fun, interactive and engaging. As a teacher, you can conduct formative assessments, assign homework, and have other interactions with your students (for all grades) in a captivating way.

Gimkit is a classroom game-show platform where students compete by answering questions on their electronic devices. Instead of earning points, students earn virtual currency, which they can "invest" during the game to boost their score. Games can be played live or can be assigned as independent practice.

Blooket is an online platform where teachers launch a game and students join with a code. Teachers can launch Blooket as a whole class for the ultimate competition or assign it “solo” to allow students to practice at their own pace without the stress of competition.

Quizlet is a web-based tool that allows users to create study tools such as interactive flashcards, tests, and study games. With Quizlet, students can choose their own “Study Mode.” This allows activity content to be migrated from flashcards to matching games to other types of study games easily and responsively.

Nearpod- Time to Climb is a brand new Nearpod “game-like” activity that will level up the competition and engagement in the classroom, while assessing students’ understanding. Students will race to the top of the mountain against the clock while answering multiple choice questions. Time to Climb activities are great for bell ringers, reviews, exit tickets and more!

Albert.Io - Only Portions are free

Flexible practice for all your classes

With content in Math, ELA, Science, Social Studies, AP®, SAT®, ACT® and more, Albert can help any middle or high school achieve their goals.

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Yeardle- Daily Guess the Year History Game

You'll start with three random events that happened in a specific year of history. The goal is to guess which year they all occurred. If you are on a keyboard, you can type your answers. Use a minus sign (-) before the year to denote BC(E).

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Chrono- A Daily Chronological History Game

In Chrono, you have 3 tries to put the events in chronological order.

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Worldle

Worldle, which moves the game from words to geography, is maybe the most interesting. It gives players a shaded outline of a country and six tries to correctly guess where the locale is.

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National History Day - History Fair- Congratulations Megan Dill of Chasco Middle

TWO FLORIDA EDUCATORS NOMINATED FOR NATIONAL HISTORY DAY® TEACHER OF THE YEAR

April 11, 2022, College Park, MD–Two teachers from Florida have been nominated for the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year award. Mrs. Megan Dill, a teacher at Chasco Middle School in Port Richey, Florida has been nominated in the junior division of the National History Day (NHD) National Contest. Mr. Joshua Roberson, a teacher at Seminole High School in Seminole, Florida has been nominated in the senior division of the National History Day (NHD) National Contest. The award is sponsored by Patricia Behring in recognition of the pivotal role teachers play in the lives of students.

Each of the 58 National History Day affiliates may nominate one high school and one middle school teacher for this award, and Mrs. Dill and Mr. Roberson are this year’s nominees from Florida. Every nominee for the $10,000 award is a teacher who demonstrates a commitment to engaging students in historical learning through the innovative use of primary sources, implementation of active learning strategies to foster historical thinking skills, and participation in the National History Day Contest. All nominees will receive $500 as a result of their nominations.

“This award recognizes the very best educators from across the nation and beyond,” said National History Day Executive Director Dr. Cathy Gorn. “These educators are leaders and innovators in the teaching of history, and we are all the more impressed because of the extended difficult teaching circumstances due to the pandemic during the last year. I wish to congratulate both Mrs. Dill and Mr. Roberson on their well deserved nominations.”

The national winner will be selected by a committee of experienced teachers and historians, and announced on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at the National History Day National Contest Awards Ceremony to be held virtually due to COVID 19. Nominees’ work must clearly illustrate the development and use of creative teaching methods that engage students in

history, and help them make exciting discoveries about the past.

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Free APUSH Test Prep Series

Encourage your students to join our live study sessions April 24-May 5 with veteran APUSH teacher Daniel Jocz to review the essential content and sharpen the skills they will need to succeed on the AP U.S. History exam! Learn more & register HERE.

Teacher Growth Opportunities

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-Summer Civics State Training

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.

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DBQ Summer Learning Opportunities

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 here.

C-SPAN Classroom

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

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Apply for Scholarship to Sphere Summit: Teaching Civic Culture Together, July 2022

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.

MORE INFORMATION

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FLCHE Call for Conference Proposals

Join us, virtually!!

Please consider submitting a proposal to present at our 6th Annual Conference!

Florida Council for History Education (FLCHE) is pleased to announce a call for proposals to present at the 2022 conference via Zoom to be held July 29-30. FLCHE welcomes all submissions, but particularly presentations that reflect the theme, Frontiers in History. All presentation sessions present on July 30, last 50 minutes, and focus on building content knowledge, promoting history education and disciplinary literacy, the use of primary sources, and this year's conference theme.

Presentation Sessions: These 50 minute sessions are typically interactive presentations, designed for the educator with suggestions for instructional application.

To be considered as a presenter at FLCHE’s 6th Annual Conference, submit your proposal below by June 1.

Presenters will be notified by email by June 9.

Please note, those selected to present at the 2022 FLCHE Conference are required to register for the conference, no later than July 1.

SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL HERE!

Everyone is invited! If you are not interested in submitting a proposal, we invite you to REGISTER TODAY!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE!

For the Full Conference Description Click HERE

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2023 SOURCES Annual Conference - Call for Proposals

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.

Student Travel Group Information

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!

Student Opportunities

Dr. L. Douglas Dobson Award for Student Civic Leadership

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

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