October 25, 2019 Civics

Week Five

Civics

FRIDAY FUNNY

TEACHING RESOURCES

OBJECTIVES you can use on your lesson plans:
CASAS Civics Objectives

From the Free Tech for Teachers Blog:

64 Years of Presidential Campaign Commercials - A Lesson Plan

A Tool to Simulate Text Messages Between Historical Figures

A Good Collection of PowerPoint Presentations for AP US History and World History

From the New York Times Learning Network:

STUDENT OPINION What Are Your Reactions to the Impeachment Inquiry of President Trump?

STUDENT OPINION What Do You Think of the Field of Democratic Presidential Candidates?

From TESOL press:

Need some fresh ideas for classroom activities? Download 12 FREE activities from TESOL Press's popular New Ways series! Each book is filled with easy-to-use activities for teaching students of all ages and proficiency levels.

https://www.tesol.org/read-and-publ…/bookstore/new-ways-now

TEACHER READING

Teaching Adults Newsletter

Blended learning: what is it and when should you use it?

CLASSROOM SHOWCASE

BLC T/TH 12-3 NRS 4/5/6

HL TABE M/D M/W 12:30- 3:30 class working on a crossword puzzle.

Please send me pictures, and be sure to include the branch name and level. I need them by the end of the business day on Wednesday. If I already have enough submissions for the week- that just means your pictures will be published the next week. Personally, I think the pictures that you share are the best part of the blog.

Thank you! elizabethschade@nypl.org

CALENDAR

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Fall 2019 term: September 30 - December 16

No classes on the following dates:

November 11: Veterans Day

November 27 - December 1: Thanksgiving

2020 Dates

Winter: January 27 - April 5

Spring: April 27 - June 30

Summer: July 27 - August 23

Fall: September 28 - December 16

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

A New, Free Online Conference for Teachers

I've decided to try something new to end 2019. That new thing is organizing a free online conference for teachers. I'm calling it the Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference. It will be held over the course of three afternoons/ evenings in December (10-12). But I can't do it alone. So I'm looking for people who would like to share a creative classroom project.

Call for Proposals
If you have a creative project that you think other teachers would benefit from learning about in the course of a 30-45 webinar, please fill out the proposal form here. If you've never presented in a webinar format before, I'll give you some training in advance.

Read the entire blog post here: FTfT Conference

GOOGLE RESOURCES

How to Use Google Drive to Share Videos

Thank you for all that you do! Have a great week!

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