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Housed at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, participants will have a large, unique collection of primary documents to peruse and use for lesson development. Use of primary documents is part of the Common Core Standards which are to be implemented across the curriculum. This time in Philadelphia not only promises excellent content and skill building, [...]

American Immigration Law Foundation’s Teacher Grant ProgramIn an effort to support educators in engaging their students and communities in thoughtful dialogues centered on the issue of immigration and multiculturalism, the American Immigration Council awards bi-annual grants for immigration- themed classroom and community-based projects. Applications are limited to educators teaching in public or private primary, intermediate, [...]

 The 15th annual Eisenhower Academy, a summer institute for teachers, will  be held July 8 – 13, 2012 at Gettysburg College and Eisenhower National Historic Site in Gettysburg, PA. Sponsored by the National Park Service, Gettysburg College, and The Dwight D. Eisenhower Society, the Academy presents an in-depth perspective of Dwight D. Eisenhower as president and world [...]

The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) and Program for Teaching East Asia (TEA) at the University of Colorado invite applications to two national summer institutes. The 2012 institutes are open to secondary teachers nationwide who teach about Asia; the institutes are also designed to provide enrichment for teachers who have previously completed an [...]

The Veterans National Education Program presents: Tuskegee Airmen package consisting of: a 37 minute film/history that will be separated into 8 segments. Lesson Plans and quizzes Trailer of “Red Tails”(Story of the Tuskegee Airmen) — Full Length film produced by George Lucas.  Premiers Jan 20 2012. Book on the life of Tuskegee Airmen  by Luther [...]

Follow this link to the CRF’s Civic Action Project upcoming webinars. http://www.crfcap.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=141

There is a young Pennsylvania Central Pennsylvania student Jordan Brown, a WWII buff who has embarked upon a campaign to ensure that the WWII vets who served on D-Day are memorialized. Visit Jordan’s Website to learn more about his inspiring effort at http://www.hangtough6644.org/.  

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills and National Council for Geographic Education developed a skills framework for Geography. Click Here to download the framework.