Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Spring Online Professional Development Courses Open for Enrollment

Spring Online Professional Development Courses Open for Enrollment - Teachers can hone their instructional skills by taking a professional development course from North Carolina E-Learning for Educators. All online courses for spring are open for enrollment. Offerings include the Carolina On-line Teacher (COLT) program as well as Moodle training, content-area courses, and courses designed to help teachers work with special populations. As always, each course was created using a researched model of effective professional development and the online format allows participants

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

LEARN NC will host our annual fall conference

On Monday, November 7, LEARN NC will host our annual fall conference. This year, for the first time, the conference will take place entirely online. You’ll be able to listen to the presenters, pose questions, and interact with other participants from any Internet-connected computer. And, as always, the conference is entirely free!

We’ll be joined by an exciting line-up of presenters, who will discuss topics like how to reach struggling readers, teaching about North Carolina American Indians, modeling-based science instruction, and the state’s adoption of new curriculum standards and professional teaching standards. Presenters include classroom teachers, UNC faculty members, and leaders from DPI.

The conference will consist of eight sessions, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All sessions will be archived for future viewing. For more details and to register, please see the conference website.

We look forward to seeing you there!

LEARN NC fall conference website: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/fall-conf-2011-registration/contents

Monday, September 12, 2011

World View Schedules Fall Education Symposium

World View Schedules Fall Education Symposium - World View’s 2011 Fall Education Symposium, “Peace and Conflict: Ten Years After 9/11,” will be held Oct. 19-20 at the Friday Center, Chapel Hill. The Symposium explores the ten years post September 11 and how this significant 21st century event has shaped global perspectives in geopolitics, East-West relations, and educational discourse. Sessions will also look at the nature and causes of international conflict, human rights, peace resolutions and more. The program is designed for administrators and teachers in all disciplines. CEU credits (1.5) will be offered. Registration is $175 per person or $600 for a team of four. For more information, including registration, please visit www.unc.edu/world/2011K12Symposium.htm .

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

National Humanities Center Online Professional Development Seminars for History and Literature Teachers

Online Professional Development Seminars
for History and Literature Teachers

http://goo.gl/pmnKR

Fall 2011 Schedule

Tuesday,Oct. 4, 2011
Jefferson and Slavery
Mia Bay
Rutgers Univ.;
NHC Fellow

Thursday,
Oct. 6, 2011 The Factory v. the Plantation: Northern and Southern Economies on the Eve of the Civil War
Peter Coclanis
UNC-CH;
NHC Fellow

Tuesday,
Oct. 11, 2011 "Aliens" in the Empire: Diversity in the American Colonies
Kathleen DuVal
UNC-CH;
NHC Fellow

Thursday,
Oct. 13, 2011 No Lords, Spiritual or Temporal: The First Great Awakening and the American Revolution
Timothy H. Breen
Northwestern Univ.;
NHC Fellow

Tuesday,
Oct. 25, 2011 Big Houses and African Villages: The Plantation Melting Pot
Heather Williams
UNC-CH;
NHC Fellow

Thursday,
Oct. 27, 2011 The Idea of American Exceptionalism: From the Puritans to President Obama
Andrew Delbanco
Columbia Univ.;
NHC Fellow

Tuesday,
Nov. 1, 2011 The Scopes Trial and America's Multiple Modernities
Michael Lienesch
UNC-CH;
NHC Fellow

Thursday,
Nov. 3, 2011 Predicaments of the New Republic: America, 1789-1820
Scott Casper
Univ. of Nevada;
NHC Fellow

Tuesday,
Nov. 8, 2011 Prohibition

Michael A. Lerner
Bard High School Early College

Thursday,
Nov. 10, 2011 The Impact of the Cold War on American Society
Michael Kazin
Georgetown Univ.

Tuesday,
Nov. 17, 2011 The Power of Speaking: Rhetoric in American Public Life
James Engell
Harvard Univ.;
NHC Fellow

Tuesday,
Dec. 6, 2011 Making Sense of Battle: Journalism and Photography of the Civil War
Eliza Richards
UNC-CH;
NHC Fellow
Cost: $35.00 per seminar.

Email Caryn Koplik, Assistant Director of Education Programs, for special pricing.
A list of assigned readings will be made available prior to each seminar. Assigned texts will be provided free and online.

Monday, August 8, 2011

North Carolina Museum of History Check out what’s in store at the NC Museum at http://ncmuseumofhistory.org.

North Carolina Museum of History
Check out what’s in store at the NC Museum at http://ncmuseumofhistory.org.

National Humanities Center’s Fall Online Seminars

National Humanities Center’s Fall Online Seminars
Attached, please find the NHC’s fall online seminars for history and literature teachers. See the promotional code to request free registration for North Carolina teachers. If you have any questions, contact Caryn Koplik at ckoplik@nationalhumanitiescenter.org

North Carolina Council for the Social Studies (NCCSS) 42nd Annual Conference The conference will be held February 23-24, 2012

North Carolina Council for the Social Studies (NCCSS) 42nd Annual Conference
The conference will be held February 23-24, 2012 at the Joseph S. Koury Convention Center in Greensboro. Visit the Council site: http://ncsocialstudies.org to register and submit a session proposal.

Common Core and NC Essential Standards Summer Institutes from DPI

Essential Standards Update:

Common Core and NC Essential Standards Summer Institutes

NCDPI just completed a very engaging series of leadership sessions across the State that focused on understanding the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics and the North Carolina Essential Standards that are set to be implemented beginning with the 2012-13 school year. We would like to thank those who participated in those sessions for your attentiveness, your discussions and your feedback. Together, we can effect positive change in social studies education in North Carolina. We look forward to the continued dialogue and training. Resources from the summer institutes will be posted to our website soon.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Twitter and Professional Learning Communities

If you use Twitter (or would like to start), then there is a lot of great discussion about Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that takes place on Twitter on a daily basis.

You can follow/search the hashtag #atplc to gather information as it is tweeted by educators all across the country about "all things professional learning communities."

Also, you may want to follow some of the people below who are considered experts in the PLC process:
SolutionTree Solution Tree
Helping educators build schools where everyone learns. #ProfDev, books, events, @authorspeak2011; free resources on PLCs, RTI, assessment, #edtech, & more.

plugusin Bill Ferriter
I'm a full time classroom teacher and the author of Building a PLC at Work (http://bit.ly/plcatwork)and Teaching the iGeneration (http://amzn.to/igeneration)

mikemattos65 Mike Mattos
Educator Consultant Author: Pyramid Response to Intervention (Coming Soon: Simplifying Response to Intervention)

Check who they are following for more possibilities.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Introduction to Professional Development Presentation

North Council on Economic Education Upcoming Professional Development

Virtual Economics 4.0. A digital library filled with thousands of quality economic, personal finance, and entrepreneurship lessons—easily browsed with a handy built-in search engine. Sessions are August 15 in Cabarrus County, August 19^th in Edenton (financial literacy focus), and October 10^th in Wilson. Stipends are included for teachers from select counties! See attached flyer.

The Stock Market Game. While the SMG has long been known to be fun and educational, it has only recently been shown to boost 21^st-Century Skills and increase test scores in math, econ, and personal finance. This workshop will teach you how to get started, and if you’re a veteran, will show you how to implement the accompanying lessons so your students get a richer experience. SMG is offered at no cost to teachers for the first 800 middle school teams that sign up! August 18^th, Fidelity Investments Building, Cary, NC. See attached flyer.

Teaching Financial Literacy. TFL is a free 10-hour online course designed to get you ready for the essential standards revision. Produced in cooperation with NC DPI, TFL leads through the basics of teaching personal finance while familiarizing you with gobs of free lesson plans, readings, video games, videos, and interactive simulations. Part of the course involves implementing lessons from our extensive lesson plan bank in the classroom. TFL is in its second offering, and has gotten rave reviews from last spring’s participants. DPI will award 1 CEU (10 contact hours) upon completion of the course. TFL is self-paced. The deadline for finishing is September 18^th. Since the course is self-paced, you can register and begin any time before this. See the attached flyer.

For questions about these opportunities, contact Stephen Day, Programs Director for the North Carolina Council on Economic Education at 919.791.1995 or visit NCCEE on the web atwww.nccee.org

Friday, June 10, 2011

Archaeological Workshops for Educators

2011 Archaeological Fieldwork Experience for Educators Up to 2.0 CEUs; $50 ($40 for Exploring Joara Foundation members) Morganton, NC July 25-26 OR August 4-5

This workshop explores the science of archaeology through a combination of classroom activities and archaeological fieldwork. On the first day, you’ll learn some fundamental concepts of archaeology as you explore inquiry-based activities that you can use in your classroom. On the second day, you’ll apply what you’ve learned as you work alongside professional archaeologists to excavate the remains of a 16th-century Spanish fort and Native American village.

Workshop flyer:

http://www.joarafoundation.org/pdf/Teacher%20Workshop%202011.pdf

Workshop application:

http://www.joarafoundation.org/pdf/Teacher%20Workshop%20application.pdf

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2011 Classroom-Only Archaeology Workshop

0.8 CEUs (or 1.0 CEUs with an optional assignment)

$25 ($20 for Exploring Joara Foundation members) Morganton, NC July 25 or August 4

This one-day workshop introduces teachers to the science of archaeology and explores inquiry-based archaeology activities that can be used in the classroom.

Workshop flyer:

http://www.joarafoundation.org/pdf/Teacher%20Workshop%202011.pdf

Workshop application:

http://www.joarafoundation.org/pdf/Teacher%20Workshop%20application.pdf

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Archaeology Workshop/Field Experience

Historic Yates Mill County Park

4620 Lake Wheeler Road

Raleigh, NC 27603

Time: 9am–5pm daily

FREE!

5-Day Session: July 11-15 (Worth 4.0 CEUs) 3-Day Session A: July 11-13 (Worth 2.4 CEUs) 3-Day Session B: July 13-15 (Worth 2.4 CEUs)

These FREE workshops explore the science of archaeology through a combination of classroom activities and archaeological fieldwork.

Participants will learn fundamental concepts of archaeology and work alongside professional archaeologists to excavate an area of the park. They will also receive Project Archaeology curriculum materials and inquiry-based activities appropriate for use with K-12 students.

For a flyer and additional information about registering for the workshop, please contact Historic Yates Mill County Park at 919-856-6675 or visit www.wakegov.com/parks/yatesmill

Friday, June 3, 2011

Current Social Studies PD Opportunities from UNC School of Government

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

1. 2011 Local Government Seminar: What Does Local Government Do and How Do I Get My Students to Care?

Deadline: June 22, 2011

The 2011 Local Government Seminar will explore the role of local government in North Carolina and provide pedagogical strategies for teaching young people about how local government in North Carolina works. Sponsored by the NC City & County Management Association, this year’s training will be held in Durham, NC and it includes conversations with various elected and unelected government officials, dinner with an assistant county manager, and a Durham Bulls baseball game! To learn more about this training, visit the Consortium’s website.

2. Consortium and UNC Program in the Humanities and Human Values Partner to Offer Upcoming “Challenges to Democracy” Training

Deadline: July 5, 2011

This training is currently full, but there are still spots available on the waitlist. To be placed on the wait list, send an email to Ms. Anita Buie at buie@sog.unc.edu; be sure to include your name, phone number, email address(es), and subject(s) taught.

The NC Civic Education Consortium and the Program in the Humanities & Human Values at UNC-Chapel Hill have partnered to offer teachers a unique three-day exploration of the theme “Challenges to Democracy.” The training will take place Monday, July 11 – Wednesday, July 13 at UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Government. Through assorted readings, films, and seminars led by UNC-Chapel Hill professors, participants will explore topics including the erosion of democracy, fear in democracy, democracies and hypocrisy and changes to democracy. To learn more about this training, visit the Consortium’s website.

3. UNC Program in the Humanities and Human Values Announces A Fantastic Lineup of Summer Seminars.

Register now to secure a spot in a seminar offered by the Program in the Humanities. Teachers receive a 50% discount off tuition and are eligible to win travel scholarships as a part of the Daisy Edmister Fund. Seminars are one or two-day events, Friday evening and Saturday morning or all day Saturday. Receive credit for 10 contact hours of continuing education. To find out more about the topics and dates of these seminars, visit the Consortium’s website.

4. Law Institute For Teachers (LIFT)

Deadline: June 15, 2011

The North Carolina Bar Association is pleased to offer this terrific opportunity for all of North Carolina’s teachers – Law Institute for Teachers (LIFT). Join teachers from around the state in Cary for two days exploring various topics such as contract rights, wage and hour issues, liability for educations, and violence in our schools, and many more diverse topics. To find out more about the LIFT program, visit the Consortium’s website.

Monday, May 23, 2011

UNCC MINDSET Project: Mathematics Instruction using Decision Science and Engineering Tools

MINDSET- A Math Course with Real ANSWERS!

The curriculum is presented to high school students as a series of real-world problems with
the purpose of making the underlying mathematics more relevant to them.

The goal of MINDSET is to improve students’ mathematical abilities and attitudes by building
on skills learned in Algebra II in relatable problem contexts.

The course is comprised of two semesters, one semester of deterministic content and the
other probabilistic. Both use algebra as a prerequisite.

Techniques covered in the deterministic curriculum include linear programming, the critical
path method, facility location problems, transportation problems, and multi-criterion decision
making.

But…MINDSET is different! These techniques and tools are woven into real-world problem
contexts, where the student starts with the contexts and proceeds to math skill development.

@ the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

June 14-17, 2011 and June 21 – 24, 2011

8:30 am – 4:30 pm

WWW.MINDSETPROJECT.ORG

(Select Workshop Registration from left sidebar under “Tasks”)
Contact Dr. David Pugalee @ david.pugalee@uncc.edu for more information

Thursday, May 19, 2011

WorldView Summer Opportunities and 2011-12 School Year Opportunities

PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR COLLEAGUES

MEMORANDUM
To:                World View Partners
From:           Robert Phay
Date:           May 17, 2011
SUBJECT:  Summer Opportunities and 2011-12 School Year

As June graduations close the school year, World View offers several ideas for the summer and ways to start the 2011-12 academic year with an international focus.

Trip to Korea and Mongolia: On July 2 I will travel to Korea and Mongolia for 2 ½ weeks. If you have schools (elementary, middle, high, or early college) that would like to connect with me, World View will send them lesson plans on Korea and Mongolia, pictures and geographic information, several emails during the trip, and a post card mailed from Mongolia. I also will be happy to take a school’s “Flat Stanley” or other small mascot as a companion, as several of you sent on trips to Antarctica, Peru, Cambodia, and South Africa. If you would like one of your schools to “join” me, please notify Katharine at klaco@unc.edu or 919-962-9264.

Summer TV and Reading Assignment: World View would like to give you, your colleagues, and your students a summer assignment. Fareed Zakaria, editor of TIME Magazine and author of the highly regarded book, The Post-American World, hosts an hour-long program on CNN called “GPS.” GPS looks comprehensively at foreign affairs and global issues that impact our lives. We recommend that you watch this program every Sunday (10:00am and repeated at 1:00pm) to keep you thinking globally. Finally, look for the July 2011 issue of World View’s Global Updates for summer reading recommendations from the World View staff.

I hope these efforts will keep you connected to global issues this summer and start your classrooms on an international note for the next academic year. In fall 2011 World View will offer our annual K-12 Global Education Symposium on “Peace and Conflict: Ten Years After 9-11” (October 19-20). A flyer with registration form is attached so that you can register a team from your district or school. This program has filled early the last five years, so register now to guarantee spaces for your team. Registrations fees are not due until the program, but you are welcome to pay now to avoid reverting funds.

Best wishes as you wrap up the 2010-11 school year.

Encl: World View K-12 Global Education Symposium Flyer

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Katharine Laco, Assistant Program Manager

World View

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CB 8011

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8011

tel: 919.962.9264

fax: 919.962.6794

klaco@unc.edu

http://www.unc.edu/world

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

World View Summer Opportunities for 2011-2012

PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR COLLEAGUES

MEMORANDUM
To:                World View Partners
From:           Robert Phay
Date:           May 17, 2011
SUBJECT:  Summer Opportunities and 2011-12 School Year

As June graduations close the school year, World View offers several ideas for the summer and ways to start the 2011-12 academic year with an international focus.

Best wishes as you wrap up the 2010-11 school year.

Encl: World View K-12 Global Education Symposium Flyer

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Katharine Laco, Assistant Program Manager

World View

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CB 8011

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8011

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

National Humanities Professional Development for Social Studies Teachers

In the summer of 2011 the National Humanities Center, with support from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, will again offer three online professional development seminars exclusively for North Carolina high school teachers of American history and literature. They will directly address the learning objectives in Competency Goal 2 of the Standard Course of Study in United States history, "Expansion and Reform: 1801-1850."

Participants will receive a stipend of $100. (A participant will receive only one stipend even if he/she participates in multiple seminars.)

These seminars seek to deepen teacher content knowledge, introduce teachers to fresh primary resources, and offer advice on how to use those resources with students. They explore documents and images through discussion led by distinguished scholars. Texts come chiefly from the Center's online resources for teachers Toolbox Library and TeacherServe®. Each seminar will require from 35 to 50 pages of reading. Participation requires a computer with an internet connection and the ability to accommodate speakers and a microphone.

Recertification Credit: Three National Humanities Center online seminars will provide ten and a half contact hours or 1 CEU credit. Because the seminars are conducted online, they may qualify for technology credit in districts that award it. The Center will provide documentation of participation.

Registration Deadline: May 31, 2011

This program is made possible by a grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.

SUMMER 2011 SCHEDULE

Tuesday, June 28; 10:00-11:30 a.m. Building a Nation: Westward Expansion and the Coming of the Civil War?, Elliott West, Univ. of Arkansas

Wednesday, June 29; 10:00-11:30 a.m. The Cult of Domesticity; Lucinda MacKethan; North Carolina State Univ.

Thursday, June 30 10:00-11:30 a.m. Religion and Reform in Nineteenth-Century America Robert Abzug; Univ. of Texas

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Learn NC online courses available for the month of May

LEP 101

This course will prepare you as you take on the role of a LEP Coordinator or ESL Teacher. You may be a new ESL teacher or have been assigned the role of a LEP Coordinator without receiving any training.

Although you may already know theories or strategies for teaching ESL students, this course is like a manual to teach you the policies, procedures, and required duties that accompany your job dealing with LEP students specifically in NC schools. All material in the course is based on North Carolina LEP policy and is created with the input of the DPI ESL Consultants.

The Connected Writer

Embrace blogging as a way to enhance your students' writing and to reach your own curriculum goals. Writing platforms like blogs, wikis, and forums inspire opportunities for collaboration, peer review, and critical thinking that traditional writing assignments cannot.

Fear not -- we won't send you into the wilderness of social media without a map. You'll learn about not just the available tools, but also internet safety considerations, evaluation materials like rubrics and surveys, examples of successful classroom blogs and blogging assignments, and a variety of web-based platforms specifically designed for education purposes. In addition, throughout the course you will have many opportunities for self-reflection and professional collaboration with educators from across the state.

Best Practices for Vocabulary Instruction in Elementary School

A broad vocabulary is crucial to reading with fluency and comprehension. Because most words are learned indirectly through multiple exposures, it is important to teach word learning strategies. Good vocabulary instruction means fostering word consciousness -- the interest and motivation to learn and use new words.

This course will teach you to create a classroom culture of word consciousness. You'll learn how to model and to encourage independent word-learning strategies that your students can apply while engaging in wide and varied reading. You will also explore the value of instructing students in grades 3 through 5 how to infer the meaning of words from context and word parts.

Financial Literacy Across the Curriculum

Countless students are graduating high school financially illiterate, and overall, as American and world citizens, we are struggling economically. Financial literacy isn't a luxury, but a necessity for every child in every school in America.

Everything you do in this course will relate to developing effective lesson plans and strategies you can use in your own classroom, in addition to fulfilling recommendations of 21st Century Schools. You'll participate in a collaborative environment where a variety of activities and assignments will help you learn the specifics of financial literacy, differentiation, and their relationship to the 21st Century Schools goals. You'll leave the course having completed an integrated financial literacy lesson plan that fulfills recommendations of 21st Century Schools, as well as features differentiated design principles to better communicate this important content to all learners.

Project-Based Learning in the 21st Century

Inspire your students by connecting classroom content to real-world situations. Project-based learning promotes a more engaging learning experience than traditional, text-based classroom activities, helping students gain cross-curricular skills and take ownership of their learning experience.

In this course you will collaborate with peers from across North Carolina to share ideas, learn about available resources, and discuss different perspectives of project-based learning, student achievement, interdisciplinary curriculum, and standards. As a final product, you will create a project-based learning assignment you can use in your own classroom.

Reading First: Supporting Early Reading Instruction with Technology

Participants in this workshop will discover the many ways in which new technologies can support classroom reading instruction in kindergarten through third grade. As they examine existing research on literacy technologies, participants will also review or familiarize themselves with the five areas of instruction discussed in the National Reading Panel's 2000 report on early reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension. The workshop will put special emphasis on evidence-based uses of technology for reading instruction.

Teaching Writing in the Elementary Classroom

All students have the capacity to be good writers, and writers learn to write by writing. These are the basic tenets of this workshop, during which participants will learn instructional strategies to teach upper-elementary students how to write narrative and informational text.

Participants will explore how to teach their students about the traits of good writing through mini-lessons and writing workshops, and how to use established criteria to evaluate writing. Participants will also recognize that writing is a process and consider how to organize instruction to guide students through the stages of that process. This course will take participants through the instructional cycle, from writing prompt to revision as they create their final projects.

Innovate to Transform the Classroom with Web 2.0 Tools

K-12 education has entered a new technological era. In increasingly dynamic educational settings, technological resources can be integrated into the curriculum to promote student engagement and achievement. In order to take advantage of these settings, teachers need to have the appropriate knowledge and experience.

In this course, you will learn to integrate technologies such as Web 2.0 tools and mobile learning devices to create engaging learning experiences for your students. By taking advantage of the latest classroom technology, you can help your students communicate, share ideas, and collaborate with students across the globe.

Promoting Reading Comprehension Skills in the Elementary School Classroom

Researchers have identified the strategies that expert readers use to understand text. Develop your students into active, purposeful readers by teaching these strategies in your classroom.

In this course, you'll study teaching techniques that help students in grades 3 through 5 develop concrete strategies for constructing meaning from both narrative and expository text. You'll collaborate with educators from across the state and explore cutting-edge instructional procedures designed to bolster students' key comprehension strategies.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

World View and the UNC European Union Center of Excellence PD on The European Union & the Euro

The European Union & the €uro
A Workshop for K-12 Educators

Co-sponsored by World View and the UNC European Union Center of Excellence

May 12-13, 2011

FedEx Global Education Center, UNC at Chapel Hill

Join colleagues for a 1½ day workshop designed to help North Carolina K-12 teachers better understand our interconnected world by learning more about the European Union. This workshop will include presentations by EU scholars on the European Union and the Euro currency. Resources that use technology to enhance content and better integrate the EU in the school's curriculum will be provided. One CEU will be offered.

NC Civic Education Consortium Professional Development on the Supreme Court

Calling All Supreme Court Watchers!

Finish the school year on the right track by applying for this FREE and exciting professional development opportunity with the NC Civic Education Consortium.

1. From Kelo to Citizens United: Telling the Stories of the US Supreme Court

Deadline: April 29, 2011

Educators teaching Civics and Economics, US History or Contemporary Law & Justice are invited to join Duke University School of Law and the NC Civic Education Consortium for a unique teacher training on the Supreme Court and its role in American Society. Participants will receive a set of DVDs created by Duke Law’s Voices of American Law project, each covering a critical US Supreme Court case. These 20-minute documentaries, including interviews with the parties themselves, their lawyers, and the judges who shaped the case, expose students to the stories of the real people affected by the Court’s opinions. Participants will also receive an accompanying lesson plan for each DVD, designed for simple and immediate implementation in the Social Studies classroom.

For more information about the Voices of American Law Project, and details regarding the Supreme Court cases featured in the DVDs, go to: http://voicesofamericanlaw.org.

To register for this terrific opportunity, visit the Consortium’s Training website.

(Please note: Due to the costs associated with this training, we require a FULLY REFUNDABLE deposit with your registration form. We will return your deposit when you attend the training.)

World View Global Updates, April, 2011

To view this newsletter online, click here or paste
http://www.unc.edu/world/Global_Updates_2011/Mar_Apr/April_11.htm in your browser.

Friday, April 15, 2011

"Making the Wright Connection" An Online Community for the Study of Richard Wright

Virtual Seminar Series Presents

A Very Average Negro?: Using Richard Wright's

Life to Teach African-American History

Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. CST

Taught by Jennifer Wallach, Assistant Professor of History

at the University of North Texas

REGISTRATION IS FREE

Abstract:

When explaining his decision to write his autobiography, Black Boy, Richard Wright once remarked that he did so in part because he realized that he was a "very average Negro." He hoped that his story would be read as representative of the experiences of others who lacked his access to the reading public. Due to his extraordinary talent and unprecedented success as an African-American novelist, his claim initially sounds like false modesty. However, it also manifests his sensitivity to the fact that he did not walk through history unaccompanied. This seminar will demonstrate how Richard Wright's life can be used as an example for teaching many aspects of African-American history. Topics covered will include Reconstruction, the Great Migration, African-American life during the Great Depression, and various African-American cultural and political responses to racial oppression.

Upcoming Virtual Seminars

"The Global Vision of Richard Wright" Saturday, April, 23, 2011 at 10am CST

Presented by Amritjit Singh, Langston Hughes Professor of English at Ohio University

"Facing Death: The Fear of Death vs. the Death of Fear" Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 11am CST

Presented by Abdul JanMohamed, Professor of English at the University of California (Berkeley)

Join us: Presented by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Project on the History of Black Writing at the University of Kansas, this virtual seminar (webinar) will be presented online and participants should have access to a computer with an internet connection and audio speakers or headphones.

Registration: Please register in advance on our website:

www.wrightconnection.ku.edu to receive login information for the virtual seminar.

More Information

UCPS Endorsement