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Social Studies Central is intended to provide resources with a focus on the Social Studies, to support teachers as they improve their instruction and to help educators engage kids in learning. You will find lesson plans, new web sites, links to standards and assessment advice, technology integration resources and information about workshops and staff development.
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Glenn Wiebe
Social Studies Curriculum Specialist
Hot Workshop
Teaching - Inspiring - Writing - Creating
When:
Thursday July 10 & Friday July 11, 2008
Where:
ESSDACK office / Hutchinson, Kansas
Who:
Grades 5-12
Join the 2004 Kansas State Teacher of the Year and National Semi-Finalist Teacher of the Year Keil Hileman to learn more about how to motivate and engage your social studies students.
Keil will start with powerful stories from the classrooms that remind us why we are teachers and what a difference we make every day. You will study specific artifacts, books, video clips, pictures, models and reproductions that help students come up with creative ideas for stories. Time will be provided for planning ways to use these tools in specific grade levels and content areas.
The students are having so much fun being creative and sneaky in using the materials that they forget they are learning and utilizing 6 - Trait Writing. Fun and very useful, this is applicable for all grade levels and any class using writing skills.
The workshop will also look at ways to use free, online projects that can be tied to state standards. You will leave energized and loaded with great ideas for hands-on learning!
Contact Pam at 620-663-9566 for more info or register online.
