NSCSS congratulates our colleague and ardent supporter, Dr. Randy Bertolas! Dr. Bertolas is a geography professor and the Chair of the History, Politics and Geography Department at Wayne State College.
He is the recipient of two prestigious awards from the National Council for Geographic Education, the Distinguished Mentor Award AND the Geographic Excellence in Media Award for the Student Atlas of Nebraska. He was honored in August at the National Conference on Geography Education.
He is the recipient of two prestigious awards from the National Council for Geographic Education, the Distinguished Mentor Award AND the Geographic Excellence in Media Award for the Student Atlas of Nebraska. He was honored in August at the National Conference on Geography Education.
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From the 2018 Conference...
From the 2018 Conference...
GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER NAMED
2018 NEBRASKA HISTORY TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Tracy Jakubowski, an American history teacher at Grand Island Senior High School was recently named the 2018 State History Teacher of the Year, an award sponsored by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
The History Teacher of the Year Award highlights the crucial importance of history education by honoring exceptional American history teachers from elementary school through high school. The award honors one exceptional K-12 teacher from each state, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense schools, and US Territories.
Jakubowski puts an emphasis on building relationships with her students. “Knowing our students inside and out is what enables us to reach them on a level that will ignite their love for learning,” says Jakubowski. She shows that relationship by acting as a facilitator in the classroom, allowing students to take responsibility for learning.
Jakubowski will receive a $1,000 award and Grand Island Senior High School will become a Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School and will receive history books and educational materials from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Jakubowski will also be one of 53 finalists for the $10,000 National History Teacher of the Year Award and will receive an invitation to a 2019 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminar, a weeklong program which offers teachers daily discussions with eminent historians, visits to historic sites, and hands-on work with primary sources.
Jakubowski will be honored with the award at the Nebraska State Council for the Social Studies annual conference on May 31st. More information on the conference can be found at http://www.nebraskasocialstudiescouncil.org/annual-conference.html.
Melissa Schram Named Reiser Economic Educator of the Year
L-R: Mary Lynn Reiser, Jennifer Davidson, Melissa Schram, Jamie Wagner
On Monday May 14, Mary Lynn Reiser, award namesake, Jennifer Davidson, NCEE President and Jamie Wagner, Director of the UNO Center for Economic Education, went to Millard West for a surprise presentation to Melissa Schram. Melissa was nominated by four different people for this prestigious award. The nominations stated "Melissa is an amazing teacher. She loves economics and works hard to help students understand its importance." Another said, "She is devoted to economics and really loves the subject. She continually works to improve her economic understanding by going to Council/Center workshops" and finally, "Melissa has tirelessly volunteered many hours developing an Economics Club at Millard West; under her guidance her students have won many awards."
It was exciting to present this award to her in one of her classes as her students watched. You could see they were proud. Fellow business teachers and Millard West principal, Greg Tiemann, also joined the presentation.
The Mary Lynn Reiser award is an annual award given by the Nebraska Council on Economic Education to recognize teachers and other educators who have made a major impact over the years on the teaching of economics and personal finance in the state of Nebraska. Melissa will have her name on a perpetual plaque at both NCEE and UNO Center offices. She also received a trophy and a $250 cash award.
It was exciting to present this award to her in one of her classes as her students watched. You could see they were proud. Fellow business teachers and Millard West principal, Greg Tiemann, also joined the presentation.
The Mary Lynn Reiser award is an annual award given by the Nebraska Council on Economic Education to recognize teachers and other educators who have made a major impact over the years on the teaching of economics and personal finance in the state of Nebraska. Melissa will have her name on a perpetual plaque at both NCEE and UNO Center offices. She also received a trophy and a $250 cash award.
2017 and Past Award Winners
Nebraska's 2016 Social Studies Awardees
Pre-Conference Workshops on June 23rd at Weitz Center
Please note on your registration if you are going to attend either of these
free 3 hour workshops. (Workshops are at different times and workshops are free when you register for the Conference)
- Population Education (1-4 pm) offers teaching materials for K-12 including lesson plans, background readings for students and teachers, wall charts and our ever-popular video animation, World Population DVD and digital lessons worth $75.
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-Teaching with Primary Sources (9am-12pm) by Judy Bee of Illinois State Univ. She is the Associate Director of the TPS Midwest Region which is funded by the Library of Congress. This program contributes to the quality of education by helping teachers use the Library of Congress digitized primary sources to engage students, develop their critical thinking skills and construct knowledge. This workshop is for Elementary and Secondary teachers.
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ANYONE attending the Conference will also receive a
6 month complimentary Digital History Archive="VOCES"
worth $299 from Teacher Discovery!!
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Conference Sessions....on June 24th
starts with registration and breakfast at 8 AM
Dr. Randy Bertolas will present the new Nebraska Atlas for 4th grade classes studying Nebraska History. Atlases will be given to all participants. This is a new resource to help celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Nebraska's statehood.
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Take a look at www.publicservicestories.com for videos about people in public service that you can use in your classes, with your advisees/mentees, and more! Like us on our Facebook page, Ask Me Why I Care!
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Teaching Asian Studies in High School presented by Dr. Maorong Jiang from Creighton University.
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Nebraska Teacher of the Year, Mr. Tim Royers of Millard West will be presenting many of the new resources that the Smithsonian has started to offer teachers. One offering is for teachers to make their own virtual museum collections to compliment their lessons.
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Our Keynote Speaker is Judy Bee from Illinois State University. She is Associate Director of the TPS Midwest Region funded by the Library of Congress. Her specialty is using the Library of Congress' primary sources to research and critically analyze for historical events in our curriculum.
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An Un-conference session of teachers talking to other teachers and sharing some of their best lessons in their favorite topics. Bring your favorite lesson plan in any subject to share with others.
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Deb Anderson presenting the many resources that National Geographic has to enhance any teacher's classroom.
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Kelsey Arends, Kent Day, & Julie Smith--Nebraskans for Civic Reform is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to create a more modern and robust democracy for all Nebraskans. Experiential learning, service learning, and civic engagement can reinforce any and all concepts delivered in social studies classes. Specifically, Nebraska State Social Studies Standard 12.1.2 requires engaging in meaningful civic participation in community issues, our area of expertise!
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Economics for Elementary Teachers,"It is where the money is!!" With Jamie Wagner, from UNO.
This session is for the elementary grades where money sense should begin. During this session we will show teachers how to use Children’s literature to teach economics in their elementary classrooms. All participants will receive a free copy of the curriculum guide “Teaching Economics Using Children’s Literature.”
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Beth Kabes and Nebraska's branded HippoCampus website will be reviewed, a free, core academic website that delivers videos, animations and simulations for high school social studies teachers and their students. Participants will be shown how to log in with an account, create playlists, and search for content correlated to the Nebraska Standards.
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Becky Walters,who is the Sister School Coordinator for Opportunity Education, an Omaha based non-profit foundation that works to break the cycle of poverty through education in Africa and India. This organization gives teachers the opportunity to establish a pen pal relationship with the worldwide schools they support.
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Sarah Elger, from Aurora, “Cardboard = Smartphone=Virtual Reality"
Using free phone apps and cardboard "glasses" teachers can take their students on virtual reality field trips. Let us show you how we took our students on tours of the Eiffel Tower, Yosemite National Park, and New York City without stepping outside the classroom. Google Expeditions is the newest way to engage students globally.
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a few others which we are working on....
Please go to the next page to REGISTER and Press 'Submit' and, THEN, you can use the convenient PayPal button at the bottom of the page to pay the registration fee. If you want to pay with a check to NSCSS, you can mail it to Heidi Reinhart, or bring a check to the conference.
Our 2015 Conference was on Friday, June 26th. It was at the Weitz Center, at UNO. Fun was had by all.
AWARD WINNERS at the '15 Conference...click the cursor on the pictures to see who is a BIG WINNER!!!
AWARD WINNERS at the '15 Conference...click the cursor on the pictures to see who is a BIG WINNER!!!
These opportunities were offered last summer--
ON JUNE 25TH...THE FOLLOWING WORKSHOPS WILL BE OFFERED. YOU MUST SIGN UP SEPARATELY FOR THE FOLLOWING ....
1. SOIL STORY MAPS-GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
CONTACT: Harris Payne
harris.payne@nebraska.gov http://bit.ly/1CWZ3MN
2. "Teaching Literacy with Historical Documents"
CONTACT: Iain Anderson
ianders2@nebrwesleyan.edu
3. "We the People" June 24-26 at Conference site
CONTACT: Pam Hastings Carrier
pam@nebarfnd.org
All three of these workshops will provide stipends for participants and included will be the $35 registration for the NSCSS Conference on June 26th.
ON June 26th....the Keynote will start at 8:30 to 9:15 then sessions 1 and 2 will be held in rooms 201 and 209.
Lunch is at 11:20. Sessions 3 and 4 will run from noon to 1:35. At 1:40 the last meeting will be to evaluate the Conference and vote on changes of the Constitution and have a raffle.
2015 Keynote speaker was Jasmine Farrier, Ph.D, Political Science, at the University of Louisville. She was excellent!
2014 Conference Flyer
ON JUNE 25TH...THE FOLLOWING WORKSHOPS WILL BE OFFERED. YOU MUST SIGN UP SEPARATELY FOR THE FOLLOWING ....
1. SOIL STORY MAPS-GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
CONTACT: Harris Payne
harris.payne@nebraska.gov http://bit.ly/1CWZ3MN
2. "Teaching Literacy with Historical Documents"
CONTACT: Iain Anderson
ianders2@nebrwesleyan.edu
3. "We the People" June 24-26 at Conference site
CONTACT: Pam Hastings Carrier
pam@nebarfnd.org
All three of these workshops will provide stipends for participants and included will be the $35 registration for the NSCSS Conference on June 26th.
ON June 26th....the Keynote will start at 8:30 to 9:15 then sessions 1 and 2 will be held in rooms 201 and 209.
Lunch is at 11:20. Sessions 3 and 4 will run from noon to 1:35. At 1:40 the last meeting will be to evaluate the Conference and vote on changes of the Constitution and have a raffle.
2015 Keynote speaker was Jasmine Farrier, Ph.D, Political Science, at the University of Louisville. She was excellent!
2014 Conference Flyer
