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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
2008 CASET Economics in Education Conference - San Diego - October 24, 2008
From: Bernard [mailto:bmauricia@csusb.edu]
Great professional development opportunity!
The California Association of School Economics Teachers (CASET)
Presents our 13th Annual, Economics in Education Conference 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Cuyamaca College
900 Rancho San Diego Parkway
San Diego, CA 92019
-Substitute scholarships/travel stipends (up to $125 value) are available to the first 100 teachers to register with their conference fee of $75 -Lunch -One unit of Continuing Education Credit Available - $65/unit -Every teacher that attends will receive a demonstration and copy of Virtual Economics ($100 value)
A few session topics
Trans-Border Economics
Best Practices
Circular Flow
Economics and Literature
Capital Markets Contest (state of the economy through students’ eyes)
Economic and financial literacy
Guest Speaker: Yoram Bauman, Ph.D.
Yoram Bauman, "the world's first and only stand-up economist", has appeared at venues ranging from the New York Improv to the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting, and also on YouTube, where his videos have over 350,000 hits. He has a BA in mathematics from Reed College, a PhD in economics from the University of Washington, and spends his non-comedy hours teaching in the UW environmental studies program and researching the economics of climate change. He has authored or co-authored three books (Tax Shift, Quantum Microeconomics, and Quantum Microeconomics with Calculus) as well as articles in popular and scholarly publications. He lives in Seattle, where he appears regularly at the Comedy Underground and runs a political comedy benefit show called Non-Profit Comedy that has raised over $40,000 for local non-profits. He also acts as the Specialized Co-Editor for Miscellany of the journal Economic Inquiry. In 2008 his Supply Side World Tour included shows at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Bank for International Settlements, and Oxford. His website is www.standupeconomist.com.
Scholarships to attend the conference are available:
1) P.O.s from schools or districts are accepted for payment of registration fees
2) you must send in your registration fee of $75 - scholarships may be used to cover registration fee cost
3) scholarship will be reimbursed to your school following the conference - maximum amount of $125
4) for Northern/Central CA teachers - scholarship can be used towards sub-fees/or travel expenses
-The CASET teacher scholarships are brought to you through a generous contribution from K. Robert Hahn
**For further information, please contact Bernard Mauricia at 800-845-9799 or email bmauricia@csusb.edu. You may also fax registration forms in at 909-537-7251.
Bernard Mauricia
Program Manager
California Council on Economic Education 5500 University Parkway San Bernardino, CA 92407
909-537-5494 - Phone
909-537-7251 - Fax
bmauricia@csusb.edu
www.ccee.org
Great professional development opportunity!
The California Association of School Economics Teachers (CASET)
Presents our 13th Annual, Economics in Education Conference 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Cuyamaca College
900 Rancho San Diego Parkway
San Diego, CA 92019
-Substitute scholarships/travel stipends (up to $125 value) are available to the first 100 teachers to register with their conference fee of $75 -Lunch -One unit of Continuing Education Credit Available - $65/unit -Every teacher that attends will receive a demonstration and copy of Virtual Economics ($100 value)
A few session topics
Trans-Border Economics
Best Practices
Circular Flow
Economics and Literature
Capital Markets Contest (state of the economy through students’ eyes)
Economic and financial literacy
Guest Speaker: Yoram Bauman, Ph.D.
Yoram Bauman, "the world's first and only stand-up economist", has appeared at venues ranging from the New York Improv to the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting, and also on YouTube, where his videos have over 350,000 hits. He has a BA in mathematics from Reed College, a PhD in economics from the University of Washington, and spends his non-comedy hours teaching in the UW environmental studies program and researching the economics of climate change. He has authored or co-authored three books (Tax Shift, Quantum Microeconomics, and Quantum Microeconomics with Calculus) as well as articles in popular and scholarly publications. He lives in Seattle, where he appears regularly at the Comedy Underground and runs a political comedy benefit show called Non-Profit Comedy that has raised over $40,000 for local non-profits. He also acts as the Specialized Co-Editor for Miscellany of the journal Economic Inquiry. In 2008 his Supply Side World Tour included shows at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Bank for International Settlements, and Oxford. His website is www.standupeconomist.com.
Scholarships to attend the conference are available:
1) P.O.s from schools or districts are accepted for payment of registration fees
2) you must send in your registration fee of $75 - scholarships may be used to cover registration fee cost
3) scholarship will be reimbursed to your school following the conference - maximum amount of $125
4) for Northern/Central CA teachers - scholarship can be used towards sub-fees/or travel expenses
-The CASET teacher scholarships are brought to you through a generous contribution from K. Robert Hahn
**For further information, please contact Bernard Mauricia at 800-845-9799 or email bmauricia@csusb.edu. You may also fax registration forms in at 909-537-7251.
Bernard Mauricia
Program Manager
California Council on Economic Education 5500 University Parkway San Bernardino, CA 92407
909-537-5494 - Phone
909-537-7251 - Fax
bmauricia@csusb.edu
www.ccee.org
Teachers For Social Justice Conference: Building Power, Making Change
From: Teachers 4 Social Justice [mailto:teachers4socialjustice@yahoo.com]
JOIN US! for the 8th annual Teachers 4 Social Justice Conference
"Teaching for Social Justice: Building Power, Making Change"
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 o 9am-5pm
Mission High School, San Francisco, CA
To register, visit http://www.t4sj.org.
o Keynote Speaker - Dr. Antonia Darder: Professor of Education Policy and Latino/a Studies o Workshops - Building Classroom Community, Media Literacy, Action Research and more!
o Resource Faire - Dozens of local artists, book publishers and authors. Come visit Rethinking Schools booth at the conference!
o Childcare - space is limited please sign up asap.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE!
Visit http://www.t4sj.org to register
JOIN US! for the 8th annual Teachers 4 Social Justice Conference
"Teaching for Social Justice: Building Power, Making Change"
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 o 9am-5pm
Mission High School, San Francisco, CA
To register, visit http://www.t4sj.org.
o Keynote Speaker - Dr. Antonia Darder: Professor of Education Policy and Latino/a Studies o Workshops - Building Classroom Community, Media Literacy, Action Research and more!
o Resource Faire - Dozens of local artists, book publishers and authors. Come visit Rethinking Schools booth at the conference!
o Childcare - space is limited please sign up asap.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE!
Visit http://www.t4sj.org to register
ORIAS (U.C. Berkeley) Programs
From: ORIAS [mailto:orias@berkeley.edu]
COMING EVENTS AT ORIAS
ORIAS joins BAGEP Globalizing World History Study group
The BAGEP Globalizing World History Study group is currently in its twelfth year of providing Bay Area teachers with a highly engaging and interactive professional development opportunity. With BAGEP transitioning out of the World Affairs Council in San Francisco, ORIAS is stepping in as co-host. The group has examined various topics related to global interconnectedness, ranging from the causes and effects of the African Diaspora to the Modern Middle East to Global Trade during the Renaissance to Global Poverty, Politics and Power. The group chooses five or six books per school year dealing with an annual theme; the book discussions are facilitated by Alan Karras, author and professor in the International and Area Studies department at University of California, Berkeley.
Our topic this year is Central America and the Caribbean. The first two books are:
A Brief History of Central America by Perez-Brignoli and Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution by Laurent Dubois.
The group is open to all Bay Area classroom teachers, grades K – 12. Space is limited to 20 teachers. A travel stipend and books will be provided for those attending 4 out of 5 meetings.
LOCATION: The World Affairs Council Headquarters, 312 Sutter Street, btwn Grant and Stockton Streets. BART to Powell street. Parking available at Sutter/Stockton garage.
TIME: The Fall, 2008 meeting dates are:
October 15, November 19 and December 17
5 to 7 pm.
Spring dates to be decided.
If you are interested in joining the group please contact either Michele or Anna:
Michele Delattre at ORIAS
orias@berkeley.edu | 510-643-0868
Anna Bolla at BAGEP
acbolla@sbcglobal.net
ORIAS/Humanities West
ORIAS will hold a working group for teachers to accompany the April 17-18, 2009 Humanities West program, “Confronting Napoleon: European Culture at the Crossroads. More on this later.
In the meantime, check out the Humanities West web site for the other programs coming up in this great lecture series held at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco (special ticket pricing for teachers.):
· Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America
October 17-18, 2008
· India Rising: Tradition Meets Modernity
February 27-28, 2009
· Confronting Napoleon: European Culture at the Crossroads
April 17-18, 2009
Note: The Humanities West web site includes excellent resource pages for their past and present events.
http://www.humanitieswest.org/index.html
CAMPUS EVENTS:
U. C. Berkeley Events Calendar
http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php
Other campus calendars by area|
http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/?view=other_calendars
ONLINE RESOURCES:
Archived resources from ORIAS summer events
Pestilence and Public Health in World History
Institute lecture summaries, glossary, bibliography, and links.
http://orias.berkeley.edu/summer2008/Summer2008home.htm
War, Justice and Human Dignity: Exploring Humanitarian Law Workshop for Educators – Organized by American Red Cross International Services with support from: Bay Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, International Committee of the Red Cross, and ORIAS.
Hard copies of the EHL curriculum and videos are available from the ORIAS lending library. You can also see web-based resources to help teachers introduce the basic principles of international humanitarian law to students in secondary schools. A wide range of teaching resources is available on the website, such as learning modules, workshops, training videos and an online discussion forum.
http://www.ehl.icrc.org/
Some good browsing spot for fall planning inspiration:
Archive of classroom resources developed during ORIAS workshops.
http://orias.berkeley.edu/lessonplan.html
Archive of resources and links from past ORIAS events.
http://orias.berkeley.edu/internat.html#ORIAS
FORA.tv’s World forum has a tremendous library of multimedia commentary, discussion, and debate on world events and ideas by leading area experts recorded during public forums. Engaging and useful material for high school classroom discussion “starters” abounds.
http://fora.tv/section/world
World History Connected: the Ejournal of Learning and Teaching. This issue features a variety of essays on world history pedagogy, as well as interviews, regular columns, and book reviews.
http://www.worldhistoryconnected.org
_______________________________________________
Michele Delattre, Program Representative
University of California Berkeley
ORIAS (Office of Resources for International and Area Studies
2223 Fulton Street Room 338 #2324
Berkeley CA 94720-2324 orias@berkeley.edu 510-643-0868
http://www.ehl.icrc.org
http://orias.berkeley.edu
COMING EVENTS AT ORIAS
ORIAS joins BAGEP Globalizing World History Study group
The BAGEP Globalizing World History Study group is currently in its twelfth year of providing Bay Area teachers with a highly engaging and interactive professional development opportunity. With BAGEP transitioning out of the World Affairs Council in San Francisco, ORIAS is stepping in as co-host. The group has examined various topics related to global interconnectedness, ranging from the causes and effects of the African Diaspora to the Modern Middle East to Global Trade during the Renaissance to Global Poverty, Politics and Power. The group chooses five or six books per school year dealing with an annual theme; the book discussions are facilitated by Alan Karras, author and professor in the International and Area Studies department at University of California, Berkeley.
Our topic this year is Central America and the Caribbean. The first two books are:
A Brief History of Central America by Perez-Brignoli and Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution by Laurent Dubois.
The group is open to all Bay Area classroom teachers, grades K – 12. Space is limited to 20 teachers. A travel stipend and books will be provided for those attending 4 out of 5 meetings.
LOCATION: The World Affairs Council Headquarters, 312 Sutter Street, btwn Grant and Stockton Streets. BART to Powell street. Parking available at Sutter/Stockton garage.
TIME: The Fall, 2008 meeting dates are:
October 15, November 19 and December 17
5 to 7 pm.
Spring dates to be decided.
If you are interested in joining the group please contact either Michele or Anna:
Michele Delattre at ORIAS
orias@berkeley.edu | 510-643-0868
Anna Bolla at BAGEP
acbolla@sbcglobal.net
ORIAS/Humanities West
ORIAS will hold a working group for teachers to accompany the April 17-18, 2009 Humanities West program, “Confronting Napoleon: European Culture at the Crossroads. More on this later.
In the meantime, check out the Humanities West web site for the other programs coming up in this great lecture series held at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco (special ticket pricing for teachers.):
· Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America
October 17-18, 2008
· India Rising: Tradition Meets Modernity
February 27-28, 2009
· Confronting Napoleon: European Culture at the Crossroads
April 17-18, 2009
Note: The Humanities West web site includes excellent resource pages for their past and present events.
http://www.humanitieswest.org/index.html
CAMPUS EVENTS:
U. C. Berkeley Events Calendar
http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php
Other campus calendars by area|
http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/?view=other_calendars
ONLINE RESOURCES:
Archived resources from ORIAS summer events
Pestilence and Public Health in World History
Institute lecture summaries, glossary, bibliography, and links.
http://orias.berkeley.edu/summer2008/Summer2008home.htm
War, Justice and Human Dignity: Exploring Humanitarian Law Workshop for Educators – Organized by American Red Cross International Services with support from: Bay Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, International Committee of the Red Cross, and ORIAS.
Hard copies of the EHL curriculum and videos are available from the ORIAS lending library. You can also see web-based resources to help teachers introduce the basic principles of international humanitarian law to students in secondary schools. A wide range of teaching resources is available on the website, such as learning modules, workshops, training videos and an online discussion forum.
http://www.ehl.icrc.org/
Some good browsing spot for fall planning inspiration:
Archive of classroom resources developed during ORIAS workshops.
http://orias.berkeley.edu/lessonplan.html
Archive of resources and links from past ORIAS events.
http://orias.berkeley.edu/internat.html#ORIAS
FORA.tv’s World forum has a tremendous library of multimedia commentary, discussion, and debate on world events and ideas by leading area experts recorded during public forums. Engaging and useful material for high school classroom discussion “starters” abounds.
http://fora.tv/section/world
World History Connected: the Ejournal of Learning and Teaching. This issue features a variety of essays on world history pedagogy, as well as interviews, regular columns, and book reviews.
http://www.worldhistoryconnected.org
_______________________________________________
Michele Delattre, Program Representative
University of California Berkeley
ORIAS (Office of Resources for International and Area Studies
2223 Fulton Street Room 338 #2324
Berkeley CA 94720-2324 orias@berkeley.edu 510-643-0868
http://www.ehl.icrc.org
http://orias.berkeley.edu
Back to School News from the California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools
From: Constitutional Rights Foundation [mailto:crf@crf-usa.org]
Welcome back to school! Below are some immediate civic education opportunities for you to share with your schools, as well as a few updates on campaign work done during the summer.
MOCK ELECTION
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen is again sponsoring the popular Mock Election program and is expanding it to include middle schools. Hundreds of schools participated last year, and we are looking forward to big turn out with middle schools involved. Schools that sign up can print free materials from the website. So please have your schools register soon at: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/studentmockelection.htm
AB 2544
We are disappointed to report that AB 2544, sponsored by Assembly Members Mullins and DeSaulnier, requiring the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to create a model civic education professional development plan for California was not enacted in this legislative session. Though it passed the Assembly easily by 71-3, sailed through Senate Education Committee with a 9-0 vote, and enjoyed broad support from more than a dozen statewide education groups, representing thousands of members, it died in the Senate Appropriations Suspense file with many other bills as a result of the state budget crisis. We are actively working to learn more and to evaluate next steps.
HISTORY SOCIAL SCIENCE SUMMIT
CMS is partnering with the History Social Science Project on a new statewide movement to fight back against the marginalization of History and Social Science in California schools. The initiative was launched in May with the first of a series of History Summits, and has developed free tools for educators to use when they face cutbacks in history and social science education. To access advocacy resources and learn more about the History Summits, visit: http://historysummit.ucdavis.edu
Welcome back to school! Below are some immediate civic education opportunities for you to share with your schools, as well as a few updates on campaign work done during the summer.
MOCK ELECTION
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen is again sponsoring the popular Mock Election program and is expanding it to include middle schools. Hundreds of schools participated last year, and we are looking forward to big turn out with middle schools involved. Schools that sign up can print free materials from the website. So please have your schools register soon at: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/studentmockelection.htm
AB 2544
We are disappointed to report that AB 2544, sponsored by Assembly Members Mullins and DeSaulnier, requiring the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to create a model civic education professional development plan for California was not enacted in this legislative session. Though it passed the Assembly easily by 71-3, sailed through Senate Education Committee with a 9-0 vote, and enjoyed broad support from more than a dozen statewide education groups, representing thousands of members, it died in the Senate Appropriations Suspense file with many other bills as a result of the state budget crisis. We are actively working to learn more and to evaluate next steps.
HISTORY SOCIAL SCIENCE SUMMIT
CMS is partnering with the History Social Science Project on a new statewide movement to fight back against the marginalization of History and Social Science in California schools. The initiative was launched in May with the first of a series of History Summits, and has developed free tools for educators to use when they face cutbacks in history and social science education. To access advocacy resources and learn more about the History Summits, visit: http://historysummit.ucdavis.edu
California Council for the Social Studies: JOIN!
From: Michelle Herczog [mailto:herczog_michelle@yahoo.com]
The California Council for the Social Studies
is the leading voice for History-Social Science education in
California. It represents educators in all fields of the Social Studies
including history, geography, economics, political science, civics,
law, archaeology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and the
humanities at all educational levels from kindergarten through
university.
CCSS Serves the Profession and the Membership Through:
• Advocacy for expanded quality Social Studies education programs for all K-12 students
• Visibility and communication of a strengthened History-Social Science discipline in California schools
• CCSS 48th Annual Conference: Historical Literacy in a Changing World, March 6-8, 2009 at the Ontario Convention Center
• Social Studies Review Journal with articles and teaching ideas related to specific high priority topics
• The Sunburst, quarterly newsletter with current and critical information about school reform issues, social studies professional development and leadership opportunities, and curriculum support
• Leadership Opportunities to participate on CCSS committees such as Curriculum & Instruction, Diversity and Social Justice, Governmental Relations, Membership, Professional Standards and Awards, and Publications
• Professional Recognition and celebration of excellence in social
studies leadership, programs and teaching at the elementary, middle, secondary, and higher education levels
EVERY HISTORY-SS TEACHER IN CALIFORNIA SHOULD BE A MEMBER OF CCSS, OUR PREMIER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION – SEE THE ATTACHED MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION AND JOIN NOW!!!
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The California Council for the Social Studies
is the leading voice for History-Social Science education in
California. It represents educators in all fields of the Social Studies
including history, geography, economics, political science, civics,
law, archaeology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and the
humanities at all educational levels from kindergarten through
university.
CCSS Serves the Profession and the Membership Through:
• Advocacy for expanded quality Social Studies education programs for all K-12 students
• Visibility and communication of a strengthened History-Social Science discipline in California schools
• CCSS 48th Annual Conference: Historical Literacy in a Changing World, March 6-8, 2009 at the Ontario Convention Center
• Social Studies Review Journal with articles and teaching ideas related to specific high priority topics
• The Sunburst, quarterly newsletter with current and critical information about school reform issues, social studies professional development and leadership opportunities, and curriculum support
• Leadership Opportunities to participate on CCSS committees such as Curriculum & Instruction, Diversity and Social Justice, Governmental Relations, Membership, Professional Standards and Awards, and Publications
• Professional Recognition and celebration of excellence in social
studies leadership, programs and teaching at the elementary, middle, secondary, and higher education levels
EVERY HISTORY-SS TEACHER IN CALIFORNIA SHOULD BE A MEMBER OF CCSS, OUR PREMIER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION – SEE THE ATTACHED MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION AND JOIN NOW!!!
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"Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America" at Humanities West
From: Patricia Lundberg [mailto:patti@humanitieswest.org]
“BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE INVENTION OF AMERICA” on October 17 and 18, 2008
http://www.humanitieswest.org/currentBen.html
This fabulous program is now open to teachers AND their students across Alameda County!!
Humanities West is pleased to offer special programming and discounts to U.S. History teachers and students at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, 401 Van Ness at McAllister.
· Reduced admission for all teachers and students
· $100 stipend for teachers who bring 5 or more students and co-lead discussion group
· Exclusive session before Saturday program and during lunch, including a discussion with CSU East Bay historian Dee Andrews and UCLA historian Gary Nash
· Free lunch on Saturday
See the attachment for details.
Patricia Lundberg, PhD
Executive Director, Humanities West
P O Box 546
San Francisco, CA 94104
Direct line: 415 994 5929 (cell)
www.humanitieswest.org
“BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE INVENTION OF AMERICA” on October 17 and 18, 2008
http://www.humanitieswest.org/currentBen.html
This fabulous program is now open to teachers AND their students across Alameda County!!
Humanities West is pleased to offer special programming and discounts to U.S. History teachers and students at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, 401 Van Ness at McAllister.
· Reduced admission for all teachers and students
· $100 stipend for teachers who bring 5 or more students and co-lead discussion group
· Exclusive session before Saturday program and during lunch, including a discussion with CSU East Bay historian Dee Andrews and UCLA historian Gary Nash
· Free lunch on Saturday
See the attachment for details.
Patricia Lundberg, PhD
Executive Director, Humanities West
P O Box 546
San Francisco, CA 94104
Direct line: 415 994 5929 (cell)
www.humanitieswest.org
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