Marquis Memorial Teacher of the Year – 2012 The New Hampshire Council for the Social Studies (NHCSS) strives to promote social studies education in New Hampshire. Teacher support and recognition are a large part of this mission. To that end, NHCSS has established the annual Donald R. Marquis Memorial Teacher of the Year award. Donald… [Read more…]
January 16, 2012
Happy 2012 Everyone! We hope you all had a great holiday! History Day in NH 2012 It’s still not too late to get involved with NHD in New Hampshire! Email us if you would like to be a judge, teacher, or volunteer for this year’s competition. The competition is on March 31st! If… [Read more…]
January 16, 2012
Come Visit and Learn with Us at the Farm & Forest Expo When: February 3-4, 2012 Where: Radisson / Center of NH – Manchester NH The NH Historical Agricultural Structures Advisory Committee (“the Barn Committee”), the NH Preservation Alliance, and the NH Division of Historical Resources invite you to visit us at the 2012 NH… [Read more…]
January 9, 2012
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,100 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 52 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the… [Read more…]
January 9, 2012
Inspired by the leadership of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, ICivics is a - WEB BASED civics program for middle school students and is also used for ninth and tenth grade students. iCivics is designed to reinvigorate civic teaching and learning through game technology. - ENGAGING: Through the Games provided, students step into the roles of… [Read more…]
January 9, 2012
Jung Eun (Jessie) Hong is working on doctoral dissertation research at the University of Colorado, Boulder focusing on training middle school social studies teachers in how to create and customize web-based maps. A total of 30 teachers in Colorado participated in the designing and developing process of the study. Thanks to their support, she has… [Read more…]
January 9, 2012
Competing Visions of Human Rights July 9-13, 2012 Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI The Choices 2012 Summer Leadership Institute provides teachers with an opportunity to examine the concept of human rights and the challenges of enforcing human rights at an international level. Using the Choices curriculum unit, Competing Visions of Human… [Read more…]
January 9, 2012
Date change for Chinese New Year Gala: Now scheduled for January 31 CI-UNH announces a date change for the Chinese New Year Gala originally scheduled for January 26. The new date is January 31. The time and location remain the same: the Johnson Theatre at UNH from 6:00–8:00 pm. CI-UNH has worked hard during the holiday… [Read more…]
January 16, 2012
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