Here are just a few items to bring to your attention in this issue:

We are excited to announce the dates for our 2nd Annual Metroplex Social Studies Conference on June 22nd and 23rd. Registration is LIVE NOW! We are looking for presenters so please share this with your colleagues.

Other items of note in this issue:

• We still have openings for our remaining Spring Sessions and would love to see you.
• Summer PD opportunities will be coming soon.
• Presentation proposals are open for the TCSS Conference in November in Round Rock at the new Kalahari Resort and for the TEKS Resource System TEKSCon in San Antonio in July. (see below)
  
• We are also excited to announce that Region 10 & 11, along with Frisco ISD, Dallas ISD & the Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum will be hosting a FACE TO FACE Ethnic Studies Conference on July 21st & 22nd at Lebanon Trail High School in Frisco. Registration & Presentation proposal information is included below.

As always, I would like to help in any way that I can to take something off your plate. Please feel free to reach out any time for a resource, idea, or support of any kind.

Region 10 will be hitting the road again this summer! We can wait to see you in person!

• Roadshow 1: McKinney - June 8 & 9 @ Faubion Middle School

• Roadshow 2: Greenville - June 22 & 23 @ Greenville High School – CTE Center

** Note - This road show is the same date as the 2nd Annual Metroplex Social Studies Conference (see information below). There will not be any Social Studies offerings at this road show. For Social Studies training on these dates, please register for the Social Studies Conference. **

• Roadshow 3: Red Oak - July 14 & 15 @ Red Oak Middle School

If your role is to develop a Social Studies curriculum for your district, please join us for a series of monthly cohort meetings this spring to explore the process of implementing Ethnic Studies courses (specifically the Mexican-American and African-American Studies courses) in your district. If you have already implemented these courses, we encourage you to join in and share your experiences as well as learn new ideas to implement next year. We will discuss proposal ideas, planning the courses, instructional resources, and strategies for teaching with cultural sensitivity. Find support from educators in both Region 10 and Region 11 to create a curriculum that will be ready to implement in the 2021-2022 school year.

UPDATE:

OUR COHORT WILL CONTINUE THIS SUMMER WITH DATES ON JUNE 29, JULY 12 AND AUGUST 10. REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

The Bee in a Box is a classroom competition that 8th grade teachers can use as another way to access their students’ knowledge and understanding of key concepts in American history? Students use an online guide to prepare for a two-part classroom competition. Every effort has been made to use content for the online guide from the 8th grade TEKS as well as enrichment on the U.S. Constitution.

Click HERE for more information about Bee in a Box

Check out the Content Modules for 8th and 11th grade U.S. History for great review concepts

On July 26-30, 2021, the Museum will hold its annual Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference. This Conference is a full immersive program geared toward not only social studies but ELAR teachers and librarians. This year’s Conference themes will be Sports, Race, and Human Rights – The Nazi Olympics to Tokyo 2021 (July 26-28, 2021) and Antisemitism and Hate Speech – From the Holocaust to Today (July 28-30, 2021). The Conference will be virtual with in-person at the Museum options.

The Conference includes:

• Break out sessions with leading educational and human rights organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, Echoes and Reflections, USC Shoah Foundation, Special Olympics Texas, International Rescue Committee, and Genocide Watch.
• Survivor Speakers Keynote Panel with Texas of the Year and Holocaust Survivor Max Glauben, Cambodia Genocide Survivor Thear Suzuki, and Rwanda Genocide Against the Tutsis Survivor Yvonne Umugwaneza
• Keynote speakers on the Conference’s themes, including best-selling author Andrew Maraniss, Centre for Sports and Human Rights, and Dr. Robert Williams from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
• Access to exclusive digital resource drive
• CPE credit
• Continental breakfast

Registration deadline: July 12, 2021

Registration link: https://dhhrm.formstack.com/forms/2021_hhrec

Registration fee: $25.00

See the attached flyer and tentative schedule for more information, or go to: https://www.dhhrm.org/educators/educator-professional-development/

Check Them Out Below:

2018-2019:

September 2018, November 2018, February 2019, March 2019, April 2019, May 2019, June 2019

2019-2020:

August 2019, September 2019, October 2019, November 2019, December 2019, January 2020, February 2020, March 2020, April 2020 (Part 1), April 2020 (Part II), May 2020 (Part I), May 2020 (Part II) June 2020, July 2020

2020-2021:

August 2020, September 2020, October 2020, October 2020 (Part II), November/December 2020, December 2020, January 2021, February 2021, March 2021 (Part I), March 2021 (Part II), April 2021 (Part I)

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