Larry L. Powell
Superintendent

   

English / Language Arts, 
History / Social Science, and 
the Arts Block

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History/Social Science Mini-Grants    

We are pleased to announce that elementary, middle, and high school history-social science teachers in Fresno County will be eligible to apply for mini-grants of up to $500 each for original and creative projects to enhance their students’ education about the U.S. Constitution and related subjects.  Up to 9 grants will be awarded from a generous bequest to the League of Women Voters from the Billings I & R Foundation of Fresno.  Projects may include guest speakers, materials and books, trips, audio-visual materials, etc.

CONTACTS
Francine M. Farber, Ed. D., President          League of Women Voters of Fresno     fmfarber@hotmail.com          (559) 226-5455
Dr. Lisa Benham, ELA/HSS Coordinator      Fresno County Office of Education       lbenham@fcoe.org                 (559) 265-3073
Jim Lloyd, History/Social Science                 Fresno Unified School District               jim.lloyd@fresnounified.org    (559) 457-3695

DOWNLOADABLE FORMS
Flyer (pdf)
Letter to Principals (pdf)
Application (pdf)

Teaching American History Grant (TAH)                                                                 

The purpose of the Teaching American History Grant (TAH) is to promote the teaching of traditional American history in elementary and secondary schools.  It will be used to improve the quality of American history instruction by supporting professional development for teachers.   

Teaching American History Grant (TAH) 
 

Teaching American History Grant (TAH2)

History / Social Science Conferences

 


49th Annual CCSS Conference, March 5-7, 2010, Pasadena, CA .  K-12 Social Studies: Laying the Foundation for a 21st Century Workforce. For more information and registration forms please visit their website at: http://www.ccss.org 

 


California Council for History Education Annual Conference September 24-26, 2009

California Council for History Education Annual Conference September 24-26, 2009 at the Hilton Orange County in Costa Mesa (3050 Bristol Street). For more information and registration information, please click here:
 
CCHE: California Council for History Education

 


National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference Presented in Conjunction with the Georgia Council for the Social Studies
November 13-15, 2009, Georgia World Congress Center and Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Visit the new NCSS website at: http://www.socialstudies.org/conference for more information and to register!  

 

The California Association of School Economics Teachers

 


Holocaust Education:
for a number of years Samuel M. Edelman, Ph.D. & Professor Carol Edelman have provided workshops and teacher training programs on the Holocaust, genocide and human rights as the State of California Center of Excellence for the Teaching of the Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights and Tolerance. They have trained over 4,000 teachers and are now scheduling workshops in many areas throughout the state (Elk Grove, San Francisco , Los Angeles and Orange County to mention a few). Please contact their graduate student Meagen Yudell to get more information or to schedule a workshop. She can e reached at: 530-898-6148.  http://www.csuchico.edu/mjs/center/ 



MyVote California Student Mock Election,


To register, click on: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/studentmockelection.htm


MyVote California Student Mock Election
at https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/studentmockelection.htm .   
MyVote California Student Mock Election Team at MyVote@sos.ca.gov or 916-651-3070.  

                                                                                                 

Resources

ADOPTION TIMELINES
2005-2008 (All)Textbook Adoption Timelines
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/timeline05to08adoptions.asp

2005-06 History/Social Science Adoption Timelines
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/im/hssadoptsigevents.asp

HISTORY TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS
2005-06 History/Social Science Adoptions Submitted for Consideration
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/im/sbehssadop.asp

"In Search of a Better History Textbook," by Nancy McTygue
https://tepd.ucop.edu/ois/eveditdownload.php/In_Search_of_a_Better_History_Textbook.pdf?file=In_Search_of_a_Better_History_Textbook.pdf&programID=46815&fileType=application%2Fpdf

TEXTBOOK ADOPTION SUPPORT
History Textbook Adoption Template (Support)
https://tepd.ucop.edu/ois/eveditdownload.php/CHSSPAdoptionTemplate.pdf?file=CHSSPAdoptionTemplate.pdf&programID=46815&fileType=application%2Fpdf

Textbook Adoption Toolkit
School/District History-Social Science K-12 Instructional Materials Adoption Toolkit (pdf)

STANDARDS
History/Social Science Content Standards
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/fd/documents/histsocsci-stnd.pdf

(All) Content Standards: Language Arts, History, Science, and Visual & Performing Arts
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/

UC CALISPHERE WEBSITE
http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu

YOUTH VOTE - Poll Worker Recruitment Video
Quicktime Version:  http://www.fcoe.tv/media/voteyouth/ovy_web_small.mov
Windows Media Version:  http://www.fcoe.tv/media/voteyouth/ovy_web.wmv