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On March 8-10, the Middle States Council for the Social Studies (MSCSS) will hold its annual conference at the Best Western Hotel and Conference Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Addressing the theme "Relevancy and Rigor with a Diverse Audience," the conference...

Jeremy Spahr http://www.umbc.edu/che www.umbc.edu/che/historylabs. For more information and to register, visit the conference website at www.mscss.net. ]]> tag:www.umbc.edu,2011:/blogs/che//77.15408 2011-11-22T20:20:38Z 2011-11-22T20:28:09Z

The 91st annual National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) conference will take place from December 2-4, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Six teachers from the History Labs program in Baltimore County Public Schools will present sessions on Saturday, December 3rd....

Rachel Brubaker http://www.umbc.edu/che The 91st annual National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) conference will take place from December 2-4, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Six teachers from the History Labs program in Baltimore County Public Schools will present sessions on Saturday, December 3rd. Entitled "History Labs: Boosting Student Achievement through Guided Historical Inquiry," the sessions will demonstrate how teachers can increase engagement and achievement in U.S. history, particularly with at-risk students, at the elementary, middle and high school levels. All sessions will take place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Corjie Tarlton, Sparks Elementary, and Tina Nelson, Sparrow's Point Middle, will present on Colonial America to elementary teachers from 8:00-9:00 a.m. in Room 202B. The middle school session, with a content focus on the events leading to the American Revolution, will be presented by teachers Wendy Schanberger, Hereford Middle, and Lane Muth, Dumbarton Middle, from 2:00-3:00 p.m. in Room 143C. Finally, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911, will be discussed by high school teachers Bruce Lesh, Franklin High, and Adam Laye, Randallstown High, in Room 145A, from 3:15-4:15 p.m. History Labs is a partnership program between the UMBC Center for History Education and Baltimore County Public Schools, with funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Teaching American History Grant Program. Conference participants are invited to attend these presentations to learn more about this exciting approach to history instruction. To view the History Labs that will be presented at the conference, along with others, visit the Center for History Education's History Labs website at http://www.umbc.edu/che/historylabs/. To register or receive more information on the NCSS Annual Conference, visit http://www.socialstudies.org/conference. tag:www.umbc.edu,2011:/blogs/che//77.15356 2011-10-28T16:45:39Z 2011-11-03T14:05:18Z

The UMBC Center for History Education will host the 2012 National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) Seminar Program. Funded by the Freeman Foundation in association with the Asian Studies Center, University Center for International Studies of the University of...

Jeremy Spahr http://www.umbc.edu/che The UMBC Center for History Education will host the 2012 National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) Seminar Program. Funded by the Freeman Foundation in association with the Asian Studies Center, University Center for International Studies of the University of Pittsburgh, the Maryland NCTA Program is open to any K-12 teacher who is teaching or plans to teach about the history, geography, economics, arts, literature or culture of East Asia. The program will include eight workshops (30 hours total), held on Saturday mornings at UMBC between January 7th and April 28th, including a session at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. Two follow-up sessions (6 hours total) will take place next fall. The seminar program provides teachers with instructional and course materials, as well as a $300 stipend. Teachers who enroll in the program will be eligible to take part in Asian study tours and in-country experiences in 2013. For more information, visit www.umbc.edu/che/ncta. There is no cost to join the program and space is limited to the first 20 applicants. Applications should be submitted by Friday, December 21, 2011. Applicants must also submit a letter of recommendation from their school principal or assistant principal. Apply online at www.umbc.edu/che/ncta/apply.php. Contact the UMBC Center for History Education at che@umbc.edu or call 410-455-2046 with questions. tag:www.umbc.edu,2011:/blogs/che//77.15268 2011-09-08T16:49:14Z 2011-09-08T19:24:30Z

Teacher participants in the Center's History Labs Program with Baltimore County Public Schools will present their work at the annual Maryland Council for the Social Studies Conference on Friday, October 21st, at Bates Middle School in Annapolis. Registrations are being...

Jeremy Spahr http://www.umbc.edu/che Maryland Council for the Social Studies Conference on Friday, October 21st, at Bates Middle School in Annapolis. Registrations are being accepted now for in-service and pre-service teachers. Catherine Holden, Franklin High School, will present her lab entitled "Considering Oliver North and the Iran-Contra Controversy." Wendy Schanberger, Hereford Middle School, and Lane Muth, Dumbarton Middle School, will present "History Labs: Boosting Student Achievement through Guided Historical Inquiry." The content focus of the session is the events that led to the American Revolution. History Labs is an innovative, inquiry-based instructional method that places students in the role of historians. Utilizing an overarching question to drive the investigation, students examine source materials, analyzing their authorship for context and subtext, to construct evidence-based responses to the question. This approach increases engagement and achievement for students of all levels, and helps to meet the goals of the Common Core Standards for literacy in History/Social Studies. The Maryland Council for the Social Studies (MDCSS) is a leading professional organization for social studies teachers in the state of Maryland and the state affiliate of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). CHE History Labs will be presented at the NCSS Conference in Washington, D.C., from December 2-4, 2011. The Baltimore County History Labs program is a Teaching American History partnership between the Baltimore County Public School System and the UMBC Center for History Education. For more information about History Labs, including several labs that have been published by the CHE, please visit www.umbc.edu/che/historylabs/. Any questions about the Center for History Education and its programs can be sent to our email address, che@umbc.edu. ]]> tag:www.umbc.edu,2011:/blogs/che//77.14882 2011-04-12T17:15:54Z 2011-04-12T19:55:56Z

Teachers in Baltimore County Public Schools and the Howard County Public School System are participating in "History Labs," a new instructional project, funded by the United States Department of Education's Teaching American History Grant Program. Through History Labs, teachers engage...

Rachel Brubaker http://www.umbc.edu/che www.umbc.edu/che/historylabs. Check back as more History Labs are added. ]]> tag:www.umbc.edu,2011:/blogs/che//77.14871 2011-04-12T17:05:46Z 2011-04-12T17:14:51Z

This common refrain heard in social studies classrooms is the title and subject of a new book, written by CHE Lead Master Teacher, Bruce Lesh. Lesh, who has taught for the CHE since 1999, has refined a method of teaching...

Rachel Brubaker http://www.umbc.edu/che http://www.stenhouse.com/shop/pc/viewprd.asp?idProduct=9337. ]]> tag:www.umbc.edu,2010:/blogs/che//77.13932 2010-10-14T16:23:35Z 2010-12-02T19:46:16Z

The Center for History Education is pleased to announce that UMBC will host the 2011 National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) Seminar Program. Funded by the Freeman Foundation in association with the Asian Studies Center, University Center for International...

Jeremy Spahr http://www.umbc.edu/che The Center for History Education is pleased to announce that UMBC will host the 2011 National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) Seminar Program. Funded by the Freeman Foundation in association with the Asian Studies Center, University Center for International Studies of the University of Pittsburgh, the Maryland NCTA Program is open to any K-12 teacher who is teaching or plans to teach about the history, geography, economics, arts, literature or culture of East Asia. The program will include eight workshops (30 hours total), held on Saturday mornings at UMBC between January 8th and April 30th, including a session at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. Two follow-up sessions (6 hours total) will take place next fall. The seminar program provides teachers with instructional and course materials, as well as a $200 stipend. Teachers who enroll in the program will be eligible to take part in Asian study tours and in-country experiences in 2012. For more information, visit www.umbc.edu/che/ncta. There is no cost to join the program and space is limited to the first 20 applicants. Applications should be submitted by Friday, December 17, 2010. Applicants must also submit a letter of recommendation from their school principal or assistant principal. Apply online at www.umbc.edu/che/ncta/apply.php. Contact the UMBC Center for History Education at che@umbc.edu or call 410-455-2046 with questions. tag:www.umbc.edu,2010:/blogs/che//77.13229 2010-05-13T15:02:15Z 2010-12-02T19:46:16Z

Hampton: A Revolutionary Place, a new field trip resource from the UMBC Center for History Education, challenges upper elementary and middle school students to examine the complex social and economic interactions among landowners, paid workers, indentured servants and slaves living...

Rachel Brubaker http://www.umbc.edu/che Hampton: A Revolutionary Place, a new field trip resource from the UMBC Center for History Education, challenges upper elementary and middle school students to examine the complex social and economic interactions among landowners, paid workers, indentured servants and slaves living at the Hampton estate near Towson, Maryland at the time of the Revolutionary War. In the process of investigating the Hampton National Historic Site, students will answer the question: What impact did the American Revolution have on the lives of people at Hampton? Created by teachers in the Making American History Master Teachers in Baltimore County Program, Hampton: A Revolutionary Place features videos, teaching materials, a virtual field trip, and information for conducting this field trip at the Hampton National Historic Site. The project was made possible through a grant to Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) from the United States Department of Education's Teaching American History Grant Program. Resource support was provided by Hampton National Historic Site, National Park Service; the Maryland State Archives; and the Maryland Historical Society. The UMBC New Media Studio, UMBC Martha Ross Center for Oral History, and The BCPS Education Channel assisted in the production of the digital media. Visit Hampton: A Revolutionary Place at www.umbc.edu/hampton Additional Resources: From Maryland State Archives Documents for the Classroom: Hampton National Historic Site Runaway Slave Advertisements from Hampton National Historic Site From Hampton National Historic Site: History & Culture For Teachers ]]> tag:www.umbc.edu,2009:/blogs/che//77.11026 2009-10-07T16:23:48Z 2010-12-02T19:46:16Z

Beginning in January 2010, the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) and UMBC Center for History Education will conduct a seminar series on East Asia for K-12 teachers. The seminars will take place over 8 Saturday mornings (30 hours...

Jeremy Spahr http://www.umbc.edu/che Beginning in January 2010, the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) and UMBC Center for History Education will conduct a seminar series on East Asia for K-12 teachers. The seminars will take place over 8 Saturday mornings (30 hours total) at UMBC, including one meeting at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. Two follow-up workshops will be held in Fall 2010. The seminar program will provide teachers with instructional and course materials, as well as a $200 stipend. Additionally, teachers who enroll in the program will be eligible to take part in an Asian studies tour in the summer of 2011. There is no cost to join the program, and space is limited to the first 20 applicants. For more information, visit http://www.umbc.edu/che/ncta/index.php. Apply online at http://www.umbc.edu/che/ncta/apply.php. Applicants must submit a letter of recommendation from a school administrator. Contact the UMBC Center for History Education at che@umbc.edu or call at 410-455-2046 with any questions. This national program is funded by the Freeman Foundation, in association with the Asian Studies Center, University Center for International Studies of the University of Pittsburgh, and National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA). The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Department of History (UMBC) and UMBC Center for History Education present the Maryland NCTA Seminar Program. tag:www.umbc.edu,2009:/blogs/che//77.10584 2009-08-06T18:18:56Z 2010-12-02T19:46:16Z

In July 2009, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) and the UMBC Center for History Education were awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a new project, entitled "History Labs: Inquiry-Based Teaching of American History." The...

Jeremy Spahr http://www.umbc.edu/che In July 2009, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) and the UMBC Center for History Education were awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a new project, entitled "History Labs: Inquiry-Based Teaching of American History." The grant was awarded as part of the Teaching American History Program, a federally-funded initiative aimed at improving student performance and teacher knowledge of traditional American History. The CHE has collaborated on seven TAH grants since 2001, including two other projects with Baltimore County Public Schools. Over three years 60 elementary, middle and high school teachers from Baltimore County public schools will design and implement History Labs, in conjunction with UMBC historians and Baltimore County master teachers. The Maryland State Archives and education researchers from the University of Maryland, College Park are also partners in the project. Through History Labs student historians will learn how to utilize primary source documents and critical thinking skills to construct historical narratives and interpretations. The first cohort of 30 teachers will begin work in October 2009. Check back for more news on this exciting new project!