TEACHER RESOURCE PROGRAMS

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LASTINGS LINKS (Third World Village)

Raymond K. Konan, Executive Director

Lastings Links

6165 Leesburg Pike, Suite 109

Falls Church, VA 22044

703/241-3700

Lastings Links offers schools, classrooms, and student clubs the chance to be partners with Third World villagers in an actual development project. Students select a project by region or country, language or cultural group, or project type (food, health, education, environment, etc.). These projects can become a classroom simulation of a Peace Corps experience-helping people in need and getting to know a Third world village. The program can generate teacher-teacher and student-student pen pal relationships, exchange of art projects, sound tapes, and even school-school partnerships.

LAW DAY USA, May 1

Tom Keefe

Nebraska State Bar Association

The Roman L. Hruska Law Center

635 South 14th Street

Lincoln, NE 68508

402/475-7091

Law Day USA, established in 1958, is celebrated annually on May 1 to show our appreciation of the liberties we Americans enjoy and to rededicate ourselves to the ideas of quality and justice under the laws. National coordinator for Law Day USA is the American Bar Association, which each year establishes a theme for the celebration. The ABA prepares a detailed planning guide to assist individuals and organizations (including schools) in conducting Law Day programs. In addition, the ABA makes available many promotional/educational/informational materials, ranging from buttons and balloons to leaflets, brochures, booklets, speech texts, and mock trial scripts.

McREL WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory

4907 Belleview

Kansas City, MO 64112

The Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory offers a variety of programs during the year in many teaching areas. These workshops and seminars are held in various locations throughout the Midlands.

MISSOURI VALLEY HISTORY CONFERENCE

Professor Jerold L. Simmons

Program Coordinator, 1989 MVHC

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Department of History

60th and Dodge Streets

Omaha, NE 68182

Over the years, the Midwest Valley History Conference has a featured the presentation of papers and panels on a wide variety of history topics of interest to all historians and history teachers in the Missouri Valley region. Invitations for papers to be presented at the conference are open. The program coordinator also invites volunteers to serve as moderators and commentators. For information about writing proposals, serving as moderators and commentators, or for general information about the conference, write Professor Jerold Simmons at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

MONTICELLO-STRATFORD HALL SUMMER SEMINAR FOR TEACHERS

C. Vaughn Stanley

Stratford Hall Plantation

Stratford, VA 22558

Co-sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and the University of Virginia, the Monticello-Stratford Hall Summer Seminar is held in Virginia each summer. Participants are chosen by a selection committee from a pool of applicants. Teachers from states west of the Mississippi are reimbursed for documented travel costs, up to $400; successful applicants are furnished all books and course materials, as well as room and board. Teachers from all grade levels are eligible. Nebraska teachers who have participated in the seminar praise the experience highly.

MULTI NATIONAL/COMPARATIVE EDUCATION, TRAVEL AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

Maria Ramierz

Center for Multinational and Comparative Education

New York State Education Department

Albany, NY 12234

The Center for Multinational and Comparative Education, a joint effort of the New York State Education Department and the University of the State of New York, publishes a list of travel and exchange programs, grants, and fellowships for multinational education, conferences and other programs, print materials related to multinational education, etc.

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION/CRAM CASH AWARDS

NCGE Central Office

16A Leonard Hall

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana, PA 15705

412/357-6290

The George F. Cram Company will give five cash awards of $750 each to K-12 teachers (or groups of teachers) for descriptions of exemplary classroom presentations that they have created.

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES

3501 Newark Street, NW

Washington, DC 20016

202/966-7840

The National Council for the Social Studies is the organization for social studies educators, NCSS members are on university faculties and in state departments of education, they are social studies supervisors, curriculum developers and publishers. But first and foremost, the Council is an organization of teachers for teachers. Join your colleagues in supporting your professional association.

NATIONAL DIFFUSION NETWORK (NDN)

Nebraska NDN Director

Nebraska Department of Education

301 Centennial Mall South

Lincoln, NE 68509-4987

402/471-3440

National Diffusion Network offers staff development a wide variety of fields, many of which are of interest to social studies teachers. Included are CERES (Career Education); Facing History and Ourselves, Folger Library Shakespeare Festivals, History Theatre of Ideas, National Faculty Programs (high school teachers work with national scholars); Philosophy for Children: An Approach to Critical Thinking, REACH (multi-cultural education); RECARE (Reading in the Content Areas); Satellite Video Teleconferences, Scholars in the Schools; and Teaching Geography. Information about these and other NDN programs can be obtained by contacting:

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES TEACHER SCHOLAR PROGRAM

National Endowment for the Humanities

100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20506

202/486-0377

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has offered grants that pay teachers to take a year off from their education duties to improve knowledge of history, literature, and foreign language. The program is called the Teacher Scholar Program.

NEBRASKA AMERICAN INDIAN DAY / MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY / BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Jessie Myles, Director of Race Equity Projects

Nebraska Department of Education

301 Centennial Mall South

Lincoln, NE 68509-4987

402/471-4694

Nebraska Indian Day is observed the fourth Monday in September each year. January 15 is Martin Luther King. Jr. Day. February is Black History Month. Ideas for observing these special events and suggestions for integrating multi-cultural education into your curriculum are available from:

NEBRASKA COMMITTEE FOR THE HUMANITIES

Nebraska Committee for the Humanities

Lincoln Center Building, Suite 422

215 Centennial Mall South

Lincoln, NE 68508

402/474-2131

The Nebraska Committee for the Humanities offers a variety of programs and services that are of interest to history teachers or teachers who are generally interested in the humanities. The Committee publishes a quarterly newsletter, Humanities, that keeps the public informed about the Committee's work and offerings.

NEBRASKA STATE COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES (NSCSS)

Richard Brown, Executive Secretary

Nebraska State Council for the Social Studies

Millard South High School

14905 Q Street

Omaha, NE 68137

402/855-8268

Nebraska State Council for the Social Studies is dedicated to improving the quality of social studies education in our state. Membership is open to all educators who have an interest in the social studies; elementary as well as secondary teachers are invited to join. Membership fees are low and NSCSS provides a variety of services to members, including a newsletter highlighting social studies education and a fall conference, held in conjunction with NSEA Teachers Convention, that always features an outstanding program.

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This page was last modified on Thursday, August 9, 1996 by John LeFeber