UCI will host the first  California History Social Science Framework Conference on September 10, 2019 at the University of California, Irvine. This new and expanded conference will allow administrators and teachers to learn through interactive and engaging presentations from educators across the state on how to best implement the new Framework.  Following a plenary on the State of History-Social Science, attendees have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the instructional shifts outlined in California’s History-Social Science (HSS) Framework, including new content and disciplinary strategies developed to improve critical thinking. To take advantage of this opportunity, see this link for registration and this link for session topics. The cost is $225 per person. We hope to see you there!

Join the UCI History Project at the California Council for Social Studies in San Diego in March. We will be part of the conference exploring the topic, “Using the new Framework to Revise the Modern World History Course” Friday at noon.

Water: Foundation of Civilization – Past and Present

Workshop for Middle and High School History-Social Science Teachers

Location: University of California, San Diego

Date: Thursday, November 3, 2016

Time: 8:30  am – 3:00 pm

Free workshop for grades 6- 12 at UC San Diego’s Making of the Modern World program (Breakfast, Lunch and Free Parking Provided)

This workshop explores water and its critical role in shaping history, from the Neolithic Revolution to the present, and offers teachers an opportunity to lean about this topic, while receiving standards-aligned lessons for implementation at each grade level.

Teachers will receive: Content presentations by experts, including Matthew Herbst, Faculty Director of the Making of the Modern World Program, grade-level lessons, time for collaboration, parking, breakfast, and lunch.

Register now! The cost is free if you register before October 24, 2016. SPACE IS LIMITED.

Registration: 

To register for the workshop, visit our online registration form at: https://goo.gl/forms/KL4epA5UJD52alrj1

OR fill out the form below and mail it to UCI History Project Nicole Gilbertson 120 Theory Ste. #150 Irvine, CA 92697-2505

Name:

Email:

Grade level, school and district, and principal’s name:

For more information, contact Nicole Gilbertson at gilbertn@uci.edu

History-Social Science Workshops

Workshops where educators learn history-social science content aligned to the Common Core and California’s new Framework. Each session will include a content presentation by an expert in the field, lessons aligned to the new Framework, literacy strategies, and time to discuss implementation with colleagues. Teachers will also receive a parking pass, breakfast, lessons, standards-aligned texts, technological resources, and access to all materials online. Teachers who attend the series can apply for UCI Extension credit.  The cost is $125 for each workshop or $300 for all three in the series. Each workshop will be held at UC Irvine and run from 8:45-3:00.

2016 Workshops at UC Irvine

4th Grade: California’s First Immigrants, November 7

6th Grade: India, November 17

8th Grade: Antebellum Slavery, October 19

10th Grade: Imperialism, November 9

Registration

To register and pay by credit card, visit our online store at http://tinyurl.com/h5ghvl2.

To register by mail or pay by check, email Nicole Gilbertson at gilbertn@uci.edu.

Registration for 2016 – 2017 program is now open.

Click here to register

Teachers, are you looking for model lessons to integrate History disciplinary skills and content, Common Core, and English Learner support? The California History-Social Science Project has developed three model lessons to support teachers as they implement state standards. Each lesson contains a background introduction for educators; a question of historical significance that guides students’ investigation into the material; standards alignment for the state’s content, Common Core, and ELD guidelines; a bibliography of primary and secondary sources; procedures to guide educators’ instruction; student handouts including all secondary and primary sources, literacy activities to provide all students access to the documents, primary source analysis supports, opportunities for discussion, and writing activities in which students make claims of historical significance.

The lesson topics are:
The Road to Revolution (5th grade)
Western Expansion (8th grade)
Tyranny and the Rule of Law (10th grade)

Find the lessons here:
http://chssp.ucdavis.edu/el-support/lessons