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Teaching Inclusively: African American History Across the Curriculum

Continuing Professional Development for NJ Teachers Teaching Inclusively: African American History Across the Curriculum The Amistad Curriculum serves as a model for districts across the country of what should be occurring within classrooms. The empowerment of educators to effectively infuse African American history into their curriculum is essential to its success. This experience is focused

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 States

Presented 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

Nazism in America: The Front of Youth Camps

Kean Skylands 243 Mount Paul Road, Oak Ridge, NJ

Dr. 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.

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.

Infusing Civics Into K-5 Curriculum

Livington Campus Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue Lucy Stone Hall, A352-354, Piscataway, NJ, United States

Presented by Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences New Jersey Center for Civic Education. The primary purpose of social studies is to help students become the citizens our democracy requires, and the foundation for effective citizenship is laid in elementary school. Young students can grasp many of the essential concepts of civic education if presented

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Growing Healthy Minds Project ECHO

Purpose: The Growing Healthy Minds Project ECHO brings together school physicians, school nurses, school counselors, school administrators, educators, and other school-based mental health professionals from across the state to improve mental health support for middle and high school students. Participants will collaborate to achieve the goal of improving understanding of how to promote holistic mental/behavioral wellbeing