5.24.2011

Wisconsin Social Studies Teachers and Administrators Listserv

May 24, 2011 Issue

As always – find me on Twitter [|@WisDPIsocstu] or [|@WisDPIpersfin], on Facebook at “[|Social Studies Education in Wisconsin] ”, and on Diigo at [|kmickeyd] ! This may be the last listserv email of the school year – so I hope all of you have a terrific summer! If I get last-minute summer information, I’ll send it out, but otherwise will not clog your email inbox over the summer. Have a relaxing break, and I’ll be back to bug you at the end of August!

 **__Announcements __ **: **__General Conferences __ **: **__Civics/Government– More Info at __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">http://wisocstlistserv.wikispaces.com/5.24.2011 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">Economics– More Info at __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">http://wisocstlistserv.wikispaces.com/5.24.2011 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">To register for the workshop fee, visit <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|**www.uwsp.edu/conted/conferences/**] or call 800-898-9472 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">For credit registration information visit:<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|**www.uwsp.edu/cps/conted**] ,Click on the **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">SUMMER 2011 ** icon and select ECON 499/699 s792 or EDUC 370/570 s792. //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">You may earn credit under either prefix. **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">A limited number of tuition reimbursement scholarships of $100 are available through EconomicsWisconsin upon completion of the graduate credit courses **. // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Mark your calendars and make sure to join Economics//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Wisconsin // during one of our Money Smart Seminars being offered Fall 2011! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">La Crosse • September 30<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">th at The Waterfront Restaurant & Tavern <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Green Bay • October 14<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">th at Lambeau Field <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Lake Geneva • October 21<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">st at the Geneva National Golf Club <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Registration will open up August 31st for all events online - <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|www.Economics//Wisconsin//.org]. ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">Geography– More Info at __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">http://wisocstlistserv.wikispaces.com/5.24.2011 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">-- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] -- or go to the wiki page above. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">SUMMER K-12 TEACHER WORKSHOP <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">EUROPE AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD: DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND AID June 20-June 24, 2011 Madison Concourse Hotel <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Registration: The workshop registration fee is $75 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Graduate Credit: Participants can choose to take the workshop for one UW-Madison graduate credit. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">There is no fee associated with the credit option as tuition fees (and associated segregated fees) are covered by a U.S. Department of Education grant. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The deadline/s to register is June 10, 2011 (if taking for credit) & June 17, 2011 for all others. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">FREE ACCOMMODATION at the Concourse Hotel in downtown Madison for participants coming from out of town will be available. Rooms are available for 5 nights - from the evening of Sunday June 19th through to the morning of Friday June 24th. Those desiring free accommodation should register for the workshop by May 30th; we cannot guarantee accommodation for those registering after May 30th. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Workshop Description: The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for European Studies and Global Studies are offering a K-12 Teacher Workshop this summer entitled Europe and the Developing World. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This workshop will explore the history of Europe's complex relationship with the developing world from colonialism, through the uncertainties of the immediate post-colonial period to current issues that unite as well as separate the nations of Europe from the countries of the developing world. To what extent are contemporary issues in the developing world still shaped by its colonial past, and to what extent are current European policies and opinions still shaped by the era of colonialism? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">And what impact has the recent economic crisis had upon current development aid, development policy and long term development goals? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">For more information (including registration details, workshop news, resources and accommodation information) please see the Workshop Website <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">-- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] -- or contact either of the workshop's convenors: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Csanád Siklós <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Outreach Coordinator, Center for European Studies <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">siklos@wisc.edu ph 608.265.4766 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Mark Lilleleht <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Outreach Coordinator, Global Studies <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">outreach@global.wisc.edu <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">ph 608.265.6070 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">History– More Info at __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">http://wisocstlistserv.wikispaces.com/5.24.2011 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Places of the Holocaust Trip: June 27 – July 11, 2011 Visit cities that were once vibrant centers of Jewish life and important Holocaust historical sites in Lithuania, Poland and the Czech Republic. Holocaust scholar Amy H. Shapiro, PhD, of Alverno College in Milwaukee, WI will lead the trip. Open to anyone interested, but educators are encouraged to register. For more information go to <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">holocaustcentermilwaukee and click on 'Holocaust Study Institute’ or contact Joan Champion, HERC Coordinator, at <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">joanc@milwaukeejewish.org or 414-963-2719. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Have a great summer – and if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to drop me a line! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">kristen.mcdaniel@dpi.wi.gov
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">I was in Charlotte, NC last week with J P Leary (American Indian Studies Consultant) to talk with 17 other states and 15 content organizations about the work on **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Common State Standards in Social Studies (CSS_SS) **. We’re at an exciting phase as we move forward into discussions of a framework. I’ll be updating at a new wiki for social studies standards: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">http://wisocststandards.wikispaces.com/ as I’m able. I know it’s frustrating that much of this information is embargoed, and I apologize for that. It’s not meant to be clandestine, it’s safeguarding the work until something solid and ready for viewing is set.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Also, EdWeek had an article on the CSS_SS work last week: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] It does a good job of looking at the background (the “why”), as well as the careful work we have to do.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Disciplinary literacy (part of the ELA Common Core state standards) focuses on reading and writing in the content areas to help students understand, for example, what it means to be a historian or an economist. A small group of social studies educators will be meeting over the summer to look at **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies (DLSS) **. I’ve set up a page on the standards wiki <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">http://wisocststandards.wikispaces.com/Disciplinary+Literacy+in+Social+Studies to pass on information – this can be a great way to look at K-12 social studies in your district and see how it fits in -- it will tie in very well to the changes that will be made with the new standards! For more information on DLSS, check out the resources I’ve found on Diigo: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] (and if you scroll down on the left side of the screen, I also have lists for the individual social studies strands and DL).
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The National Council for the Social Studies has a number of summer professional development workshops offered, including “**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Strengthening Your Social Studies Instruction Using Practical, Engaging, Thoughtful Teaching Strategies] ”, “<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Using Film and Television to Teach 21st Century Social Studies Skills] ”, **and**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> “<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Reading Strategies for Teaching Social Studies] **”. Find more information at<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[].
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Improving Discussions in Middle and High School Courses // ** is a class offered at UW-Madison by Dr. Diana Hess. It will be held July 6, 7 & 8 and can be taken for 2 or 3 credits, or as a non-credit workshop. Among other objectives, this course will deepen your ability to create high-quality discussion in your classroom by: Examining and practicing multiple models of classroom discussion, understanding how to select topics, texts, issues, and questions, and exploring how to plan curriculum so that discussion plays a central role. Registration deadline is June 15<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">th . A flyer on the course can be found <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">at the wiki . For more information, please contact Brian Gibbs: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">bcgibbs@wisc.edu
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The 15<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">th Annual American Indian Studies Summer Institute (sponsored by DPI, Oneida Nation Elementary School, and First Nations Studies program at UW-Green Bay) will be held June 20-24 at Oneida Nation Elementary School in Oneida, WI. //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The American Indian Studies Summer Institute (AISSI) is an active, highly participatory, week-long workshop designed to increase participants’ understanding of issues related to the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized tribes and bands in Wisconsin. // Come join me – I’ll be there all week, learning from JP and the gang! Last year’s feedback included: //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #365f91; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“This experience was wonderful. I leave here with a lot more knowledge about culturally responsive, appropriate education. Sovereignty, . . . now I feel like I can explain it. All the staff members were so helpful and accepting and non-judgmental to our sometimes ignorant questions.” (2010) //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">[[file:2011 AISSI.doc]]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">American Democracy Educators’ Forum ** at UW-Madison on August 1 & 2, 2011. 7-12<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">th grade social studies teachers may attend this two-day forum looking at democratic education in Wisconsin. Paid tuition for 2 university credits available. A flyer and more info is available at the wiki page above, or go to <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[[file:ADE Forum Flyer.pdf]]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">MOCK TRIAL INSTITUTE - SUMMER 2011 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM An Institute for 7th and 8th Grade Teachers Interested in Conducting Mock Trials in the Classroom <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The Mock Trial Institute will provide 7th and 8th grade teachers with materials and strategies to effectively carry out a mock trial in the classroom. <span class="bodytext1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">State v. Roberts, // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">CRFC's new Multimedia Jury Experience and Mock Trial Program created to help students learn about our criminal court system in a dynamic and engaging way, will befeatured. Attendees receive 6 CPDUs. The institute will take place at the Chicago law firm of DLA Piper LLP, and lunch will be provided. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Click here to apply.] For information or to request a registration form please e-mail Jessica Chethik <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">(chethik@crfc.org) or Amina K. Majeed <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">(majeed@crfc.org). Registration deadline extended to Friday, May 27.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">SUPREME COURT 101 INSTITUTE __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Tuesday, July 26, 2011 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This one-day introduction to the Supreme Court of the United States is designed specifically for those teachers who have little or no knowledge of the Court or for those teachers who feel they would like a refresher course. Supreme Court 101 will feature resources about the court and its workings along with classroom-ready materials. __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">SUPREME COURT UPDATE INSTITUTE Wednesday, July 27 - Thursday, July 28 __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This two-day institute is designed to promote a <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #255283; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">greater <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">understanding of the Supreme Court of the United States and its roles in American government. Participants will meet with legal scholars, former U.S. Supreme Court clerks, and other experts to review and discuss the implications of two decisions from the Court's October 2010 Term (2010-2011). The institute will feature resources about the issues, the Court, and the decisions along with classroom-ready materials. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Both Institutes will be held at the Illinois Supreme Court in downtown Chicago. CRFC will reimburse up to $200 in lodging and travel expenses for participants from outside the Metropolitan Chicago area. 6 CPDUs available per day. To register, go to: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|www.crfc.org/programs/inst11.php#court.]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|**Globalization Workshop for History Social Studies and Economics Teachers**] - **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">June 29, 2011 ** Economics//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Wisconsin // and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Center for Economic Education are sponsoring a full-day professional development workshop for high school teachers of social studies, history, and economics. This unique interdisciplinary workshop will offer teachers practical classroom information on an inherently engaging topic for students: globalization. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">workshop Benefits include: lessons and exercises that can be uses directly in classrooms, insight from speakers who will share their views on current global issues, global issues that directly address the high school Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Social Studies in economics. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">topics at the Workshop include**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">: ** Cultural Geography of Food**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">; ** The Economics of Pollution**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">; **Global Pollution Issues; andFood and Geo-political Security Issues. Workshop participants may register for a non-credit workshop fee of $35 or for one undergraduate or graduate credit from UWSP. Additional projects are required to earn credit. More info available at the link above, or on the wiki!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">WI Jump$tart created the **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Wisconsin Institute of Financial and Economic Education ** which, at a later time, was expanded and opened to non-Wisconsin teachers becoming the National Institute of Financial and Economic Literacy. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The program is a week-long class] with the option of 3 graduate credits and taught by industry professionals and academics so that practical, hands-on curriculum is taught. Through the generosity of our sponsors, educators may attend the class for a $225 registration fee that includes room and board at Edgewood College, Madison WI, for the week. Graduate credit is offered as economic or education credits for an additional $375 for all three credits.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">[[file:2011 NIFEL Catalog_Final.pdf]]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Stock Market Simulation Workshop! **Looking for a fun game to introduce into your class? Would you like the curriculum for free? The Fall 2011 Stock Market Simulation Workshop presented by Economics//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Wisconsin // and Lakeland College, Milwaukee will be held on Monday, September 26<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">th at Northwestern Mutual in Franklin, WI. Registration is open! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Save the Date! 2011 Money Smart Series! **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">From Monday, June 27-Friday, July 1, UW-Madison's Center for South Asia and Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) will collaborate to offer a teacher workshop entitled, "**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Exploring Afghanistan’s History and Culture **." Participants will earn one UW-Madison graduate credit for successful completion of this course. Tuition will be covered by a U.S. Department of Education Grant (pending final approval) and financial aid for housing will be available on a limited basis. The workshop will be held at the Concourse Hotel in downtown Madison. There is a $75 registration fee, as well as a charge of $45.75 for university segregated fees. For more information and to register, visit: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] REGISTRATION DEADLINE: June 1, 2011 More information and a flyer can be found on the wiki.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for European Studies and Global Studies are offering a **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">K-12 Teacher Workshop this summer entitled Europe and the Developing World **. The workshop registration fee is $75. Participants can choose to take the workshop for one UW-Madison graduate credit. There is **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">no fee ** associated with the credit option as tuition fees (and associated segregated fees) are covered by a U.S. Department of Education grant. The deadline/s to register is June 10, 2011 (if taking for credit) & June 17, 2011 for all others. **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">FREE ACCOMMODATION ** at the Concourse Hotel in downtown Madison for participants coming from out of town will be available. Rooms are available for 5 nights - from the evening of Sunday June 19th through to the morning of Friday June 24th. Those desiring free accommodation should register for the workshop by May 30th; we cannot guarantee accommodation for those registering after May 30th. For more information (including registration details, workshop news, resources and accommodation information) please see the Workshop Website