Debbie,
Thanks! I also shared with our Social Science department and they LOVED the
workshop at Berkeley. Thanks for these gems!
Jennifer
On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 11:53 PM, Debbie Abilock <dabilock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Baisl-members:
1. Thought I’d alert you to the Berkeley Social Studies unconference
http://ucbhssp.berkeley.edu/events/un-conference-teaching-
contemporary-issues-k-12-classrooms
Add your voice (or listen) – share those amazing ideas and lessons from
our last meeting! Here’s what they say: “…we have tried to address
contemporary issues through our Global History Series
<http://ucbhssp.berkeley.edu/global-history>, lessons that respond to the
racialized killing in the black community (housing discrimination
<http://ucbhssp.berkeley.edu/content/struggles-justice-segregation-housing-united-states>,
police and protestors
<http://ucbhssp.berkeley.edu/content/blacklivesmatter-perspectives-protesters-and-police>,
use of media
<http://ucbhssp.berkeley.edu/content/role-media-black-activism>), and
immigration
<http://ucbhssp.berkeley.edu/content/struggles-justice-mexican-immigration-20th-century>.
We will share these lessons, and look forward to see how you are
approaching issues from climate change to terrorism and from gun violence
to economic inequality.”
2. And for those who are on the Peninsula – it’s a chance to hear Nate
Silver (OMG – a data literacy god) talk – free!
https://events.stanford.edu/events/635/63591/ “Join us tonight--our last
session of this Presidential Politics course--as we break down the outcome
of the 2016 presidential race. To aid this election autopsy, panelists
include the New York Times' Nate Cohn
<http://www.nytimes.com/by/nate-cohn?8qa>, who writes about elections,
polling and demographics; CCSRE's Gary Segura
<https://politicalscience.stanford.edu/people/gary-m-segura>, professor
of political science; and Lynn Vavreck
<http://www.polisci.ucla.edu/people/lynn-vavreck>, professor of political
science and communication studies at UCLA. This panel is part of
"Presidential Politics: Race, Gender, and Inequality in the 2016 election,"
a free course on Monday evenings open to the public. Throughout the course,
weekly panelists discuss the complexities of identity and its role in
uniting--and dividing--the electorate. The course features panels covering
the media, political participation and group affiliation, and is taught by
Stanford professors Tomás Jiménez
<https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/tom%C3%A1s-jim%C3%A9nez>
(sociology), Paula Moya <https://english.stanford.edu/people/paula-moya>
(English) and Gary Segura
<https://politicalscience.stanford.edu/people/gary-m-segura> (political
science).
When: Monday, November 14, 2016 7:00 pm – 8:50 pm Where: NVIDIA Auditorium
(Huang Engineering Center), 475 Via Ortega
3. Here’s my column about teaching MLA8. http://blog.
schoollibraryconnection.com/2016/11/03/whats-important-to-
teach-from-the-new-mla-8th/
No…that’s NOT me in the picture.
4. Last one, I promise – share with your faculty…The *Normandy: Sacrifice
for Freedom® Albert H. Small Student & Teacher Institute* takes students
and teachers on the journey of a lifetime to explore WWII history through
the life of a Silent Hero who is memorialized in the Normandy American
Cemetery. This program is made possible through the generous support of Mr.
Albert H. Small.
Applications are now being accepted and it is free to apply:
• All applicants must be available June 17–29, 2017.
• All courses, materials, and overseas travel are covered for accepted
teachers and students.
• Applications are due by November 30, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
• All participants must apply as one team.
• Students must be either a *sophomore or junior* in high school as of
fall 2016.
• Teachers can *be middle or high school teachers*.
• All applications must be fully completed and submitted as a single PDF
document.
https://nhd.org/normandy-sacrifice-freedom
best,
debbie
Debbie Abilock
NoodleTools/NoodleTeach
*Smart tools, smart research, smart teaching*
Abilock, Debbie, Kristin Fontichiaro, and Violet H. Harada, eds. *Growing
* *Schools: Librarians as Professional Developers*
<http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A3723P>. Santa
Barbara: Libraries Unlimited-ABC CLIO, 2012.
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