Oregon Social Sciences Teacher Update #143
July 1, 2015
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Classroom Law Project Events and Resources
World War II: A World at War, A State Transformed at Oregon Historical Society
Willamette Heritage Center “History was Here: the Home Front in WWII”
Educating for Peace--The Hiroshima Ground Zero Museum Exhibit from Japan: Never Again
2015-2016 Blue Book Still Available
Deadline for Nominating Endangered Places is August 7
The American Presidency Project
NCSS Opportunities
Asia Society Newsletter Grants and Opportunities
New Online Course Offering from Colonial Williamsburg
ODE Resources (in every issue)
1. Classroom Law Project Events and Resources
Project Citizen Workshop
Monday, August 17; 9am-4pm; Portland metro-area, location TBC
Looking for a curriculum that goes beyond civics and integrates language arts and math?
Then Project Citizen is for you. This award-winning, cross-curricular program has students
working together to discover, research, and develop solutions to problems in their community.
The workshop combines content related to government and public policy, and connections with
state standards and the Common Core with a hands-on approach. It's fun!
To register, go to: http://www.classroomlaw.org/event/august-17-2015-project-citizenworkshop-for-teachers/.
We the People Workshop
Tuesday, August 18; 9am-4pm; Portland metro-area, location TBC
Looking for an effective and engaging curriculum and strategy for teaching the
Constitution and Bill of Rights? Join Classroom Law Project for an interactive and informationpacked workshop! This workshop explores the acclaimed We the People: The Citizen and the
Constitution curriculum developed by the Center for Civic Education. Teachers will examine
content, practice simulated hearings and discuss classroom implementation.
To register please visit http://www.classroomlaw.org/event/august-18-2015-we-thepeople-workshop/.
2. World War II: A World at War, A State Transformed at Oregon Historical Society
On exhibit June 26-December 7, 2015.
This original exhibition presents the worldwide conflict through artifacts and manuscripts from the
premier Mark Family Collection, including a Nazi enigma machine, Gen. Patton’s military uniform,
and the life preserver from the USS West Virginia, which was damaged at Pearl Harbor. Letters from
soldiers as well as presidential correspondence and military documents provide a lens onto the many
events of World War II, from prominent battles to critical political decisions.
Items drawn from the Oregon Historical Society’s archives and from collections across the state
tell of events that dramatically changed Oregon, including the operation of the Kaiser shipyards, the
internment of Japanese Americans, and the balloon bomb, which caused the only WWII combat
casualties in the continental U.S.
Free admission for veterans and active duty military to the Oregon Historical Society June 26December 7.
Up-coming programs related to WWII:
 1942 Was Oregon’s Most Exciting Year by Dr. G. Thomas Edwards; July 12, 2015 at 2pm
 Claire Phillips: Oregon's Legendary Actress and Spy by Sig Unander; July 21, 2015 at 7pm
 Good Work, Sister! Women Shipyard Workers of WWII an oral history by the Northwest
Women’s History Project; August 9, 2015 at 2pm
 WWII on the Homefront History Pub at McMenamins Kennedy School; August 31, 2015 at 7pm
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Jewish Resistance against the Nazis by Dr. Patrick Henry, in partnership with the Oregon
Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education; September 10, 2015 at 7pm
Courage, Hope, & Survival of the Holocaust by Eva and Les Aigner, in partnership with the
OJMCHE; October 11, 2015 at 2pm
Kaiser Healthcare and Childcare during WWII by Dr. Jeffrey Sanders and Lincoln Cushing;
October 15, 2015 at 7pm
WWII Perspectives: Global Dimensions, Debates of Science, and Changes to Society by
Drs. Marisa Chappell, Jake Hamblin, & Christopher McNight Nichols ; November 8, 2015 at 2pm
Visit the OHS events calendar for more WWII related programs and full event details.
3. Willamette Heritage Center “History was Here: the Home Front in WWII”
July 11, 2015 10:00 to 4:00 pm
This event is for all ages, with a focus on the home front of the Willamette Valley. Special
speakers will present on Camp Adair, Japanese and Japanese-American mass removal and
incarceration, and the Portland shipyards and Vanport. Meet Rosie the Riveter and authors of books on
Camp Adair and the experiences of a war bride. Learn about Victory Gardens, the Oregon Coast Guard,
Civil Defense Stations and how to record family memories.Children can train as expert plane spotters,
break codes and enter our "Scrappo" contest with their own creations. There will be military vehicles,
including a DUKW amphibious vehicle, and uniforms on display, period music and dance and a
scavenger hunt through the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill to learn about its role as an essential war time
industry.
$7/adults $6/seniors $4/ students 6 - 18, WHC members, active and retired military
For more information contact Kathleen Schulte at 503-585-7012,
kathleens@willametteheritage.org or our website at www.willametteheritage.org
4. Educating for Peace--The Hiroshima Ground Zero Museum Exhibit from Japan: Never
Again
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Opening of the Exhibit at George R. White Library at Concordia University; 2811 NE Holman Street,
Portland, Oregon 97211
 11am to 11:30am – Concordia University Library - Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the
Hiroshima Bombing; Prayers for the 250,000 who perished in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki
(August 9th) & Prayers to reduce and eliminate nuclear weapons in the world; City of Portland
Proclamation joining Mayors for Peace supporting never using nuclear weapons.
 Noon to 2pm – Peace Lunch featuring Mr. Ed Kawasaki Hiroshima Atom Bomb Survivor will give
a presentation and answer questions about what it was like to be in the City of Hiroshima when
the Atom Bomb exploded.
o Lunch is $35 per person and there is limited seating, please
o Please pay in advance by August 1st so we can order you a lunch, by sending the $35
check to Wholistic Peace Institute, PO BOX 597, West Linn, and Oregon 97068. Or
purchase tickets via the Pay Pal button on our website www.wholisticpeaceinstitute.com
o For more information email chris@wholisticpeaceinstitute.com or call 503-621-8554
 Tour the Hiroshima Exhibit until closing; and until it leaves the campus on September 20 th. CoSponsored with the Concordia University Library
 Hiroshima has become a nearly universal symbol that has entered the individual and collective
consciousness of people across the planet. The Exhibit will explore how this tragic event has
influenced History and to focus international attention on progress toward a nuclear-weapons free
world. The program wishes to examine the devastation that nuclear weapons might cause; the
implementation of existing nuclear weapons treaties; the challenge of nonproliferation; and the
threat of nuclear terrorism.
Thanks to the Co-Sponsors: Hiroshima, Japan Ground Zero Museum; Mayors for Peace; Art &
Culture Program – Concordia University Libraries; Portland Rotary Committee for Peace Building; Sho
Dozono; Ed & Grace Kawasaki; Yukiyo Kawano; Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center; Western Oregon
University; Mt Hood Community College; Baker Prairie Middle School; Athey Creek Middle School.
The Hiroshima Exhibit Will Also Be Shown At
 Mt Hood Community College; September 20th until October 3rd – contact Melinda Bullen at
Melinda.bullen@mhcc.edu;
 October 16th through November 1st 2015 – Western Oregon University Library; please contact
Ms. Jerrie Lee Parpart, Exhibits Coordinator; Hamersley Library; 345 Monmouth Ave.,
Monmouth, Oregon 97361; Phone 503-838-8419; Email: parparj@wou.edu;
 November Athey Creek Middle School, Tualatin, Oregon;
 Baker Prairie Middle School, Canby, Oregon December 7th to 11th, 2015; Contact: Jennifer
Turner, Principal; turnerj1@canby.k12.or.us; Phone: 503-263-7170 x 3603;
 University of Oregon – January, 2016;
 To Host the Hiroshima Ground Zero Museum “Never Again” Exhibit please contact Gary at
garyspanovich@wholisticpeaceinstitute.com or call 503-314-5955.
5. 2015-2016 Blue Book Still Available
A limited number of the newly released 2015 - 2016 Oregon Blue Book are still available. This
new edition features an expanded color section exploring Oregon's early rural schools with photos,
artwork and memorabilia from Oregon's historical societies. This exhibit looks back at the colorful history
of rural education in Oregon before World War II when small town life revolved around the local
schoolhouse.
The Blue Book also features - for the first time - winning essays from a statewide contest with that
asked elementary and middle school children what they love about Oregon. These essays provide a fresh
perspective on our state and create a time capsule for Oregonians in the future.
Serving as an official fact book and almanac for the state, Oregon began publishing in 1911 and
has updated it every two years since then. It is an institution, a state icon and a collector's item. This
year's Blue Book had a limited run and only about 1,300 remain. It is available in both paper and
hardback. For information about obtaining a copy, visit the Oregon Archives online, email Julie Yamaka or
call (503) 378-5199.
6. Deadline for Nominating Endangered Places is August 7
Restore Oregon is looking for properties from around the state to include on the annual list of
Oregon’s Most Endangered Places – and the deadline for submissions is just weeks away, Aug. 7. Listing
as a Most Endangered Place garners the support, resources, ideas, and technical assistance needed to
find solutions for challenged historic properties. Previous Endangered Place success stories include
Oregon City’s 1844 Ermatinger House and Coos Bay’s 1925 Egyptian Theater.
Since 2011, Restore Oregon has awarded over $40,000 in seed grants, offered thousands of hours of
pro bono technical assistance, generated public and political support, and helped leverage over $2 million
in rehabilitation activities for properties listed as Most Endangered. For more information about
nominating a property, visit Restore Oregon online and for additional questions, call Brandon SpencerHartle at (503) 243-1923.
7. The American Presidency Project
Whenever an historian needs to verify information, or gather resources for research on a topic
concerning our Commander-in-Chief, living and otherwise, there is only one place necessary to look: The
American Presidency Project. Political debates will never be the same, with this tool at the fingertips of
anyone with an Internet connection. With over 100,000 documents consolidated into one place, we may
be looking at a more educated society, with a higher level of transparency within the realm of political
debate. For Americans in the academic community and elsewhere, everybody is getting more excited
about this project started by two UC Santa Barbara professors in 1999. - See more at:
http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/159552#sthash.QtHU4Gx1.dpuf.
8. NCSS Opportunities
Improving Historical Reading and Writing- MOOC
June 22- September 9
Improving Historical Reading & Writing is a free Massive Online Open Course offered by
NCSS through the Canvas Network (www.canvas.net). The course is designed to help history
teachers improve their skills in teaching historical reading and writing. The MOOC will be organized
into 15 online modules that will be open from June 22 – September 7, 2015. Each module will contain
multiple resources, 3-5 short lecture videos, 2-3 readings, 2-4 online discussions and an online quiz.
Course participants will be able to choose which modules to participate in and will have flexible
deadlines when completing course work. Those who complete the course will receive a grade based
on reading and video quizzes and can earn badges and/or certificates of completion. There is also an
option to purchase graduate credit from Ashland University for work completed. The course blog is
located at www.historyrewriter.com. The instructors for this course will be Corbin Moore and Scott
Petri.
Webinar Series: The Reconstruction Amendments: A Constitutional Revolution
Tuesday evenings from July 7 through July 21 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm ET / 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm PT
This series of three webinars concerns the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments and the change
in the Constitution that they represented and did not represent. We will seek to understand these
amendments within the Constitution's basic structure to see how they fix problems endemic to the
Constitution, while also understanding these amendments in their immediate context as vehicles to
bring peace and protection for freedmen at the end of the Civil War. We will look at the layers of
context and the immediate effects of these amendments--and also why they failed to secure their
goals in the years immediately following the Civil War.
http://www.socialstudies.org/professional_learning/webinar_series_the_reconst
9. Asia Society Newsletter Grants and Opportunities
For Teachers/Administrators
National High School Journalism Teacher Awards Program identifies outstanding
high school journalism teachers with at least three years of experience. Winners receive
expense-paid travel, a laptop computer, and more. A senior student at the winning
teacher's school will receive a $1,000 college scholarship to major in news-editorial
journalism. Deadline: July 9.
Thomson Reuters Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award: This award
recognizes innovative contributions by information science teachers. Prize includes
$1,000 in cash and $500 towards travel to the American Society for Information Science
and Technology annual meeting. Deadline is August 1.
Mockingbird Foundation Music Education Grants: Several grants are available for
music projects that encourage self-expression by children and that foster self-esteem.
Grants range from $100 to $5,000. Deadline: August 1.
Japanese Teaching Material Purchase Grant: Educational institutions that wish to
purchase teaching materials for their Japanese language courses may receive $1,000
from JFLA. Deadline: September 15.
Association for Asian Studies (AAS) invites submissions for the Franklin R. Buchanan
Prize awarded annually to recognize an outstanding curriculum publication on Asia
designed for any educational level, elementary through university. Deadline: November 1.
For Students
David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships: Boren Awards provide unique funding
opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study in Africa, Asia,
Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can
add important international and language components to their educations. Deadlines vary
by campus, ending in February 2016.
10. New Online Course Offering from Colonial Williamsburg
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's ENLIGHT online learning initiative and The College of
William & Mary School of Education are collaborating to offer the online course titled Teaching with
Exhibits in History/Social Sciences for the first time this summer.
This online course for teachers provides an introduction to using museum exhibits in the classroom
as an effective interdisciplinary and interactive learning strategy. The course offers students the option of
earning one to three graduate credits. The format for the course includes:
 Project-based instruction on planning, designing and building classroom museum exhibits
 Creation of resources for immediate classroom implementation on using exhibit concepts for
discovery education
 Panel discussions with museum experts and School of Education professors
 Opportunity to virtually explore Colonial Williamsburg and The College of William & Mary's
museums and interact with staff
Course Details:
Dates: July 6 - August 7, 2015
Format: Online via Blackboard. Synchronous online meetings may occur every other Friday of
the course's duration. More details will be forthcoming once the course is underway.
Credits: variable, 1.0-3.0
 1 credit: Submit project plan for exhibit
 2 credits: Present mock-up examples of project plan for exhibit
 3 credits: Implement method in classroom instruction during Fall 2015, and submit
a report on classroom outcomes by December 2015
Tuition: $322.50 per credit
For more information on this course, click here.
11. ODE Resources (in every issue)
Past editions of Social Sciences Teacher Update: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=1707
Social Sciences Announcements: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=24
Social Sciences Performance Standards: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=223
Current Social Sciences Standards (adopted August 15, 2011):
http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/subjects/socialscience/standards/oregon-social-sciences-academic-contentstandards.pdf.
Oregon Social Sciences Standards Crosswalk:
http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/subjects/socialscience/standards/oregon-social-sciences-standards-crosswalk-2011.pdf
Common Core State Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects:
http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/real/newspaper/newspaper_section.aspx?subjectcd=ELA
Oregon Social Sciences Standards Review: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=2429
FAQ: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1808
Review and Revision of the Oregon Social Sciences Standards information: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=2429
Social Science Analysis Scoring Guide: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=32
State Adopted Instructional Materials for Social Sciences:
To see the list of adopted materials 2012-2018, go to http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/instructionalmaterials/or-ssadop-list-2013-10_21_11.pdf.
For publisher representative information 2012-2018, go to
http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/instructionalmaterials/reps-contact--soc-sciences-10_21_11.pdf
For a list of materials viewing sites, go to http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1823
ODE Social Sciences web pages:
Social Science “landing” page: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=24
Curriculum: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1738
Assessment: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=241
Resources for Educational Achievement and Leadership (REAL): http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/real/
Oregon Diploma: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=368
Civics and Financial Literacy Task Force: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=1836
ELL Resources: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=106
Contact the State Specialists:
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Andrea Morgan, Curriculum, andrea.morgan@state.or.us, 503.947.5772
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Rachel Aazzerah, Assessment, rachel.aazzerah@state.or.us, 503.947.5835
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