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From: Michael Weber, Gettysburg College (mweber@gettysburg.edu)
We are pleased to announce this summer's World History Institute at Gettysburg College, focused upon Asia in World History. During July 26 to 31, we are inviting teachers at the middle school, high school, and collegiate level to join us for a week of instruction and conversation at the college. This year Michael Adas, Howard Spodek, and Megan Greene will be our guest lecturers; in addition, we will have experienced master teachers, members of Gettysburg's faculty, and specialists in using computers in world history instruction and research on hand. Of course, we are going to offer tours of the Battlefield and the Eisenhower farm just for our group, accompanied by experienced guides. Accommodations are in single rooms with private baths.
Last year we had a great group of participants from across the United States-from middle school to collegiate teachers--and we are looking forward to another fun and worthwhile session.
If you have any questions, you can email me (mweber@gettysburg.edu) or Liz
Johns (johnel05@gettysburg.edu) for registration information.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Rethinking Multicultural Education
From: Rethinking Schools <rsonline@execpc.com>
New from Rethinking Schools
Rethinking Multicultural Education: Teaching for Racial and Cultural Justice
Save $5 off each book you order
The early praise for our latest book says it all: Rethinking Multicultural Education: Teaching for Racial and Cultural Justice, edited by Rethinking Schools editor Wayne Au, is "thoughtful and timely" and an "essential text."
Rethinking Multicultural Education is a collection of the best articles from Rethinking Schools on race and culture over the last 23 years, with topics ranging from how we teach Christopher Columbus to the need to recognize the value of home languages in the classroom to the myth of Model Minority.
Among the writers featured in this seminal work include contributions by the late Asa G. Hilliard III, Lisa Delpit, Geneva Smitherman, Enid Lee, Christine Sleeter, Linda Christensen, Bill Bigelow, Bob Peterson, Stan Karp, Stephen Krashen, Harold Berlak, and Carol Tateishi.
By using the promo code 5BREMU5, you can purchase each copy of Rethinking Multicultural Education for $13.95--that's $5 off the list price!
You can purchase Rethinking Multicultural Education by calling 800-669-4192 or visiting http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/rme/rme.shtml. Remember to use the promo code 5BREMU5.
Practical, rich in story, and analytically sharp, Rethinking Multicultural Education reclaims multicultural education as part of a larger struggle for justice and against racism, colonization, and cultural oppression—in schools and society.
Rethinking Multicultural Education features 40 chapters, split into four sections: Anti-Racist Orientations; Language, Culture, and Power; Transnational Identities, Multicultural Classrooms; and Confronting Racism in the Classroom. You can read the book's introduction and the table of contents at http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/rme/rme.shtml.
Gloria Ladson-Billings, Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children writes that Rethinking Multicultural Education is "both thoughtful and timely" and "the resource teachers at every level have been looking for."
Jeff Chang, author Can't Stop Won't Stop says: Rethinking Multicultural Education powerfully reminds us that any attempt at 'multicultural education' that fails to raise critical questions among students, teachers, and administrators about racial justice is inadequate to the needs of this time."
Remember, save $5 for each Rethinking Multicultural Education you buy by calling 800-669-4192 or visiting www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/rme/rme.shtml, and using the promo code 5BREMU5.
New from Rethinking Schools
Rethinking Multicultural Education: Teaching for Racial and Cultural Justice
Save $5 off each book you order
The early praise for our latest book says it all: Rethinking Multicultural Education: Teaching for Racial and Cultural Justice, edited by Rethinking Schools editor Wayne Au, is "thoughtful and timely" and an "essential text."
Rethinking Multicultural Education is a collection of the best articles from Rethinking Schools on race and culture over the last 23 years, with topics ranging from how we teach Christopher Columbus to the need to recognize the value of home languages in the classroom to the myth of Model Minority.
Among the writers featured in this seminal work include contributions by the late Asa G. Hilliard III, Lisa Delpit, Geneva Smitherman, Enid Lee, Christine Sleeter, Linda Christensen, Bill Bigelow, Bob Peterson, Stan Karp, Stephen Krashen, Harold Berlak, and Carol Tateishi.
By using the promo code 5BREMU5, you can purchase each copy of Rethinking Multicultural Education for $13.95--that's $5 off the list price!
You can purchase Rethinking Multicultural Education by calling 800-669-4192 or visiting http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/rme/rme.shtml. Remember to use the promo code 5BREMU5.
Practical, rich in story, and analytically sharp, Rethinking Multicultural Education reclaims multicultural education as part of a larger struggle for justice and against racism, colonization, and cultural oppression—in schools and society.
Rethinking Multicultural Education features 40 chapters, split into four sections: Anti-Racist Orientations; Language, Culture, and Power; Transnational Identities, Multicultural Classrooms; and Confronting Racism in the Classroom. You can read the book's introduction and the table of contents at http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/rme/rme.shtml.
Gloria Ladson-Billings, Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children writes that Rethinking Multicultural Education is "both thoughtful and timely" and "the resource teachers at every level have been looking for."
Jeff Chang, author Can't Stop Won't Stop says: Rethinking Multicultural Education powerfully reminds us that any attempt at 'multicultural education' that fails to raise critical questions among students, teachers, and administrators about racial justice is inadequate to the needs of this time."
Remember, save $5 for each Rethinking Multicultural Education you buy by calling 800-669-4192 or visiting www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/rme/rme.shtml, and using the promo code 5BREMU5.
CRF Summer Law Institute
--- From Herczog_Michelle <Herczog_Michelle@lacoe.edu>:
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Summer Law Institute
Co-Sponsored by UCLA School of Law and
California Bar Foundation
July 26 – August 1, 2009
Constitutional Rights Foundation and the California Bar Foundation are pleased to announce CRF’s Summer Law Institute (SLI) 2009. SLI is a weeklong program for students entering 10th, 11th, and 12th grade, who are interested in learning more about the American legal system. Students live on the UCLA campus for seven days and six nights, attend law-related classes, and engage in discussions led by university professors.
Participants will have the opportunity to attend a trial, interact with prominent judges and attorneys, and visit law and government offices. Additional activities include participation in trial-skills workshops led by experienced attorneys, participation in a mock trial, and team building and leadership activities.
More information can be found in the attached files.
Applications are due April 7th, 2009.
Tuition is $1,200, however a substantial amount of need-based scholarships are available.
For more information,
please contact:
Katie Moore
(213) 316-2104
katie@crf-usa.org
or
Laura Wesley
(213) 316-2128
laura@crf-usa.org
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Summer Law Institute
Co-Sponsored by UCLA School of Law and
California Bar Foundation
July 26 – August 1, 2009
Constitutional Rights Foundation and the California Bar Foundation are pleased to announce CRF’s Summer Law Institute (SLI) 2009. SLI is a weeklong program for students entering 10th, 11th, and 12th grade, who are interested in learning more about the American legal system. Students live on the UCLA campus for seven days and six nights, attend law-related classes, and engage in discussions led by university professors.
Participants will have the opportunity to attend a trial, interact with prominent judges and attorneys, and visit law and government offices. Additional activities include participation in trial-skills workshops led by experienced attorneys, participation in a mock trial, and team building and leadership activities.
More information can be found in the attached files.
Applications are due April 7th, 2009.
Tuition is $1,200, however a substantial amount of need-based scholarships are available.
For more information,
please contact:
Katie Moore
(213) 316-2104
katie@crf-usa.org
or
Laura Wesley
(213) 316-2128
laura@crf-usa.org
King Tut Exhibit -- School Reservations
From: DeYoung Museum, SF
TUTANKHAMUN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE PHARAOHS
de Young Museum, 2009–2010
School Group Information, K–12
http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?exhibitionkey=1015
TUTANKHAMUN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE PHARAOHS
de Young Museum, 2009–2010
School Group Information, K–12
http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?exhibitionkey=1015
New Lincoln Podcast and Online Exhibition
From: Gilder Lehrman Institute [mailto:gli@gilderlehrman.org]
NEW ONLINE EXHIBITION:
LINCOLN AND THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery and its abolition were clearly expressed in speeches and action throughout his political career. This online exhibition traces his evolution from antislavery advocate to emancipator. Click here to see the exhibition:
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/online/emancipation/index.html
NEW PODCAST: LINCOLN, EMANCIPATION,
AND THE RIGHTS OF BLACK AMERICANS
Professor Eric Foner discusses Lincoln's views on the future of emancipated slaves; colonization versus integration into American society. To hear this podcast, click here:
http://gilderlehrman.org/wp/?p=122
LINCOLN RESOURCES
To hear more of the lectures in our Lincoln series, see a calendar of Lincoln events and look at our full library of Lincoln resources, click here:
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/institute/lincoln.html
Gilder Lehrman Institute | 19 West 44th Street, Suite 500 | New York | NY | 10036
NEW ONLINE EXHIBITION:
LINCOLN AND THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery and its abolition were clearly expressed in speeches and action throughout his political career. This online exhibition traces his evolution from antislavery advocate to emancipator. Click here to see the exhibition:
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/online/emancipation/index.html
NEW PODCAST: LINCOLN, EMANCIPATION,
AND THE RIGHTS OF BLACK AMERICANS
Professor Eric Foner discusses Lincoln's views on the future of emancipated slaves; colonization versus integration into American society. To hear this podcast, click here:
http://gilderlehrman.org/wp/?p=122
LINCOLN RESOURCES
To hear more of the lectures in our Lincoln series, see a calendar of Lincoln events and look at our full library of Lincoln resources, click here:
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/institute/lincoln.html
Gilder Lehrman Institute | 19 West 44th Street, Suite 500 | New York | NY | 10036
Page Program at U.S. House of Representatives
From: Awele [mailto:amakeba@earthlink.net]
Do you know anyone who is 16 years old with a G.P.A. of 3.0?
This email is directed to those of you who know someone who is 16 years old and has a 3.0 GPA who might be interested in serving during the Obama Administration as a page.
To Counselors and Educators:
Please share this information with friends, family and potential US House of Representatives Page candidates. The honor of serving as a page during the Obama administration will be an invaluable experience. Help identify students to participate in this enlightening educational opportunity.
Page Program , U.S. House of Representatives
http://pageprogram.house.gov/
Do you know anyone who is 16 years old with a G.P.A. of 3.0?
This email is directed to those of you who know someone who is 16 years old and has a 3.0 GPA who might be interested in serving during the Obama Administration as a page.
To Counselors and Educators:
Please share this information with friends, family and potential US House of Representatives Page candidates. The honor of serving as a page during the Obama administration will be an invaluable experience. Help identify students to participate in this enlightening educational opportunity.
Page Program , U.S. House of Representatives
http://pageprogram.house.gov/
Civic Education in History-Social Studies Framework Revision
From: crf@crf-usa.org [mailto:crf@crf-usa.org]
On Feb. 5, the California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools presented a white paper on Civic Education Policy at the first meeting of the California Department of Education's History-Social Science Framework Revision Committee Meeting. We wanted you to see a copy of the paper and extend a special thanks to Cricket Kidwell for her authorship. In addition to our presentation, the Hon. Ronald B. Robie, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District and State Senator Wyland each also presented testimony on the importance of including civic education in the framework.
As the CA History-Social Science Framework includes course descriptions for each grade level and other resources for teaching K-12 History-Social Science in our state, we believe this is an important opportunity for the California Civic Mission of Schools Campaign to ensure that civic education and the promising practices are included in a thorough and meaningful way. As the process continues throughout the year, we will keep you informed of our progress and may call upon our coalition members to make public comments at the Revision Committee meetings to keep the committee focused on civic education.
Click here to view the white paper: http://www.cms-ca.org/Civic_Educ_Calif_Policy_Recommendations.pdf
Debbie Genzer
Senior Program Director
Educating for Democracy: California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools
Constitutional Rights Foundation
601 S. Kingsley Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90005
(415) 383-3022 (Ph)
(415) 383-4780 (FAX)
www.crf-usa.org
www.cms-ca.org
On Feb. 5, the California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools presented a white paper on Civic Education Policy at the first meeting of the California Department of Education's History-Social Science Framework Revision Committee Meeting. We wanted you to see a copy of the paper and extend a special thanks to Cricket Kidwell for her authorship. In addition to our presentation, the Hon. Ronald B. Robie, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District and State Senator Wyland each also presented testimony on the importance of including civic education in the framework.
As the CA History-Social Science Framework includes course descriptions for each grade level and other resources for teaching K-12 History-Social Science in our state, we believe this is an important opportunity for the California Civic Mission of Schools Campaign to ensure that civic education and the promising practices are included in a thorough and meaningful way. As the process continues throughout the year, we will keep you informed of our progress and may call upon our coalition members to make public comments at the Revision Committee meetings to keep the committee focused on civic education.
Click here to view the white paper: http://www.cms-ca.org/Civic_Educ_Calif_Policy_Recommendations.pdf
Debbie Genzer
Senior Program Director
Educating for Democracy: California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools
Constitutional Rights Foundation
601 S. Kingsley Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90005
(415) 383-3022 (Ph)
(415) 383-4780 (FAX)
www.crf-usa.org
www.cms-ca.org
Constitutional Rights Foundation
From: Constitutional Rights Foundation [mailto:crf@crf-usa.org]
Dear Friend of CRF,
Through its many and varied programs, CRF helps young people become informed, engaged and involved citizens of their communities and nation. We give them opportunities to experience how the law and the government work and why democracy matters.
In these challenging times, CRF is a prescription for a healthier democracy.
This year:
Your support and interest have been a vital part of this process, and we thank you for making it possible for CRF to do its work.
If you have not seen our new website, we invite you to explore it at www.crf-usa.org.
Best wishes,
Jonathan Estrin, President
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Dear Friend of CRF,
Through its many and varied programs, CRF helps young people become informed, engaged and involved citizens of their communities and nation. We give them opportunities to experience how the law and the government work and why democracy matters.
In these challenging times, CRF is a prescription for a healthier democracy.
This year:
- Young people have had their lives changed through our innovative Expanding Horizons Internship program.
- Teachers all across the country have used our publications to enrich the work in their classrooms.
- Tens of thousands of young people have had transformational experiences in our Mock Trial competitions.
- We have helped teachers sharpen their skills and approaches to teaching young people what it means to be citizens of this remarkable democracy.
- The richness of history has been experienced by tens of thousands of students who researched and expressed their discoveries through our History Day competition.
- Students in the U.S, have been connected to their peers in Eastern Europe to engage in constructive dialogue about the meaning of democracy.
Your support and interest have been a vital part of this process, and we thank you for making it possible for CRF to do its work.
If you have not seen our new website, we invite you to explore it at www.crf-usa.org.
Best wishes,
Jonathan Estrin, President
Constitutional Rights Foundation
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