Immediate Action Needed
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Michael Honda form California's 15th Congressional District and Tom Cole from Oklahoma's 4th District are co-sponsoring HR 3464 the Sandra Day O'Connor Civic Learning Act, a bi-partisan bill with significant importance to social studies educators. Contact your Congressional Representative ASAP. Find out more at along with congressional contact information at http://www.ccss.org/Action
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SLAVERY by Another Name
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Visual and video resources for teaching social studies have never been better. Now another recent PBS documentary is just being released for online viewing called SLAVERY by Another Name. It examines the period between reconstruction and World War II when the rapid increase in Jim Crow laws resulted in the criminalization of huge numbers of African Americans. Incarcerated Blacks were then "leased out" to work in mines and factories in a system of forced labor as repressive worse than enslavement. For summer school or end-of-the-year Civil Rights units there is plenty of authentic footage supported by primary source dialogue and lesson material to make this little known story compelling for students and teachers alike. See http://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/watch/
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Making Sense of the Civil War
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Thanks to the partnered efforts of the California H-SS Project, the American Library Association, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, four libraries in California will host scholar presentation and book discussion on the legacy of the Civil War and emancipation. The books selected for the lectures and discussion include: Geraldine Brooks' March; James McPherson's Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam; and Edward Ayers' America's War: Talking About the Civil War and Emancipated on the 150th Anniversaries. If your liver or work nearby, visit one of these libraries to check-out the books and learn more about the events: June 2, San Diego Public Library http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/; June 10, Sacramento Public Libraryhttp://www.saclibrary.org/; September 15, Berkley Public Library http://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/; September 22, Long Beach Public Library http://www.lbpl.org/.
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What's Happening in Sacramento That Affects Us?
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Under The Dome: Time To Squeeze-Back Social Studies
Fred Jones, CCSS Legislative Analyst
March 2012 During this stubborn recession, national, state and district-level education budgets are significantly contracting. This is why policymakers must re-evaluate the fundamental purposes of taxpayer-funded compulsory education, including many recent education reforms and high-stakes programs. Read what Mr. Jones and CCSS leaders are doing to bring social studies strongly back to the curriculum at http://www.ccss.org/Under_the_Dome
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May Sunburst is in Production
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If you want to receive your May Sunburst you need to be a CCSS member and have a correct email in our electronic database that doesn't filter out emails such as CCSS News. Your email address may need updating or your membership may have lapsed. This Sunburst will have important and timely information for every H-SS teacher and administrator. Contact info@ccss.org to update your email or follow the steps listed for membership renewal at Join Us http://www.ccss.org/Join_Us
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