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Walter Parker, professor of education and an adjunct professor of political science at the University of Washington, and presenter at many of our conferences, has published a new book Social Studies Today: Research and Practice. You can read a review of Walter's new book.

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This is a great a review of historian Lorraine McConaghy's latest book, written by Knute Berger. She was the keynote at our fall inservice, and offered a session at our 2011 Lake Chelan Retreat.

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Quintard Taylor, a specialist in African American history in the American West at the University of Washington, was a keynote speaker at the 2012 Lake Chelan Retreat. He is in charged of BlackPast.org, an online reference center makes available a wealth of materials on African American history in one central location on the Internet. These materials include an online encyclopedia of over 1,500 entries, the complete transcript of over 125 speeches given between 1789 and 2008, over 100 full text primary documents, bibliographies, timelines and four gateway pages with links to 50 digital archive collections. Additionally 75 major African American museums and research centers and over 400 other website resources on black history are also linked to the website. The compilation and concentration of these diverse resources allows BlackPast.org to serve as the "Google" of African American history.

Announcements

Two Teacher Institutes this summer in Seattle

The U.S. District Court for the Western Washington in Seattle is collaborating with us to offer two teacher institutes this summer. Only teachers living in the 19 western counties in Washington (the jurisdiction of the US District Court for Western Washington) are eligible to attend.

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Seattle Times Newspaper in the Classroom

Teachers can find a wide variety of information and lessons (many on current events and other civic-related issues) on the Seattle Times site.

State Capitol Virtual Tour

Virtual tour offers Capitol access to all visitors.

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Fall Inservice at Edmonds Woodway High School. There won't be a fall inservice. Head for the National Social Conference this year.

National Council for the Social Studies National Conference Opening Windows to the World., Seattle, Wa. Nov. 16 - 18. Call for proposals.

K-8 Conference: Feb. 2013.

Leadership Retreat at Campbell's Resort in Lake Chelan. March 2013.

To see previous conference information, go to that conference and scroll down the page.

WSCSS Teacher of the Year Award

The Washington State Council for the Social Studies strives to promote social studies education in Washington State. Teacher support and recognition are a large part of this mission.

Get the Teacher of the Year award application in PDF or Word format.

During the 2010 Leadership Retreat at Lake Chelan Paula Korus and Terri Messing were announced as our 2010 Teachers of the year. Drop in and meet the winners!!!.