Happy (Belated) 4th of July!
It is hard to believe that we have reached the middle of the summer. I hope that you are enjoying your summer and are anxiously waiting for school districts to make final decisions for the upcoming school year. In whatever capacity that ends up looking like, I know that our students are better for the work and preparation that you do for them. I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing many of you in weekly webinar trainings from Region 10.
Also, a heartfelt thank you goes out to those that joined us on June 23rd for our first annual Metroplex Social Studies Conference. We were so pleased with the outcome! We had a grand total of 320 educators from districts throughout the Region 10 and Region 11 areas. A special thank you goes to our three Keynote speakers Keith Hyndshaw from the DBQ Project, Charlotte Decoster and Claire Robinson from the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum and Janie Worst and Dr. Jim Calvi from Texas Law Related Education. In addition, I would like to thank all of our breakout group presenters.
Please do not hesitate to ever reach out with questions, concerns, ideas or training needs.
Check out Humanities Texas for all kinds of resources! They have:
Online Summer Institutes - Free of charge!
Online Professional Development Webinars - Free of charge!
Texas Originals! - Texas Originals is a radio series profiling individuals who have had a profound influence upon Texas history and culture.
They have also curated online resources for Texas History, 8th grade US History and 11th grade US History that are aligned with the TEKS…
Teachers Law Day Teleconference (FREE CPE credit)
Greetings!
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas will host a Teachers Law Day Teleconference via Zoomgov.com on August 5, 2020.
This year’s Law Day theme celebrates the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Presentations by Chief District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn and Professor Meg Penrose of Texas A&M University School of Law will address the women’s suffrage movement with an introductory session on The Rule of Law.
Eligible Attendees: High school teachers who teach civics, government, history, law, or criminal justice. Feel free to forward this message to interested teachers.
Date and Time: 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 5, 2020.
Location: Zoomgov.com
CPE Hours: 1.5 hours (TEA CPE #902-701)
Register by reply email to: Kim Schaefer at kim_schaefer@txnd.uscourts.gov stating your desire to attend or call 214-753-2192. No application is needed.
Registration Deadline: July 31, 2020
Elementary Updates:
- Performance Assessments, Assessment Items & Units will be updated
- Elementary Social Studies Streamlining Updates Should Be Live Mid-June
- Backward Design Documents Already in Resources
New Items Coming to Resources for Social Studies
- Vocabulary Flashcards for Elementary (Secondary Already Available)
- NEW - Mental Mapping Guide
- NEW - Learning Goals Planning Tool
- NEW - Vertical Alignment Tool Based on Concepts
- NEW - Social Studies GAP Tool
KELLY BELLAR - Region 10 K-12 Social Studies Consultant - Teaching & Learning
Email: kelly.bellar@region10.org
Website: https://www.region10.org/programs/social-studies/service-offerings/
Location: Richardson, TX, USA
Phone: 972-348-1432
Twitter: @Region10SS