Teaching Slavery and Place Based Learning
Lessons rooted in the places where students live help them make important connections to their own communities.
12 events found.
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Teacher Leadership & the Teacher Leader Academy
Teacher Leadership & the Teacher Leader Academy is presented by NJEA’s PDII Division. Join us for an overview of the Teacher Leader Academy and the benefits of being a teacher leader.
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Journeys of Inclusion: Charting Compassion, Courage, and Community
Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, United StatesEngage in vital dialogues, interactive workshops, and insightful panels as we discover lessons from history to inspire today’s inclusive classrooms.
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Infusing Civics, New Jersey, and Economics into High School United States History
Livington Campus Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue Lucy Stone Hall, A352-354, Piscataway, NJ, United StatesPresented by Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences New Jersey Center for Civic Education. New Jersey law requires the infusing of civics, the study of New Jersey, and economics into the mandated high school United States History courses. This workshop will provide sample lessons and strategies to help teachers meet this requirement. The workshop will
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Teaching the Truth about Colonialism
Most Americans have learned an oversimplified version of colonial America that leaves out the voices and stories of enslaved Africans, Indigenous people and indentured servants.
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Teaching Controversial Issues and Media Literacy
Livington Campus Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue Lucy Stone Hall, A352-354, Piscataway, NJ, United StatesPresented by Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences New Jersey Center for Civic Education. We live in a highly partisan era and teachers are concerned about how to address controversial issues in a non-partisan manner that creates a safe classroom environment and promotes civil discourse. Media literacy is a key aspect of this. This workshop
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Nazism in America: The Front of Youth Camps
Kean Skylands 243 Mount Paul Road, Oak Ridge, NJDr. Krasner, a historian and prize winning poet, will present the history of the Bund in America, the establishment of these camps with a special emphasis on Nordland.
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Strangers in Their Own Land: Jewish Self-Awareness in Holocaust Memoirs — Via Zoom
Virtual - ZoomParticipants will discuss short excerpts describing the painful realization of what it means to be oppressed. Texts from different national origins and living situations will be presented for consideration.
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The Vel d’Hiv Round-Up: The Largest Mass Arrest in Wartime French History — Via Zoom
Virtual - ZoomDr. Eileen Angelini’s presentation will discuss how the Vichy Government planned the Vélodrome d'Hiver round-up and how the French government and people have since dealt with the pain and shame of this traumatic event.
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From Generation to Generation: Author Michelle Weinfeld Shares Her Grandfather’s Holocaust Survival Story — Via Zoom
Virtual - ZoomAuthor, Michelle Weinfeld, will share her grandfather's story of surviving the Holocaust, the life lessons he taught her, and how being the grandchild of a survivor has influenced her life.
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An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Presented by NJEA’s PDII Consultants, this two-hour workshop is a basic overview of artificial intelligence and its practical applications.
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Getting to Know the Sex Education Standards
Getting to Know the Sex Education Standards is presented by NJEA & Answer. Tazmine Weisgerber from Answer (Rutgers) will address the updates, the additions, the standards, and much more.