Presented by Michelle Herczog, this recorded webinar describes how Social Studies and English Language Arts Methods Instructors at Schools of Education can utilize the C3 Framework as a vehicle for training teacher education students how to use the C3 Framework to meet the Common Core State Standards through the social studies curriculum. Presenter Michelle Herczog 2014-15 NCSS President Consultant III, History-Social Science, Los Angeles County Office of Education Documents shared during the webinar are available as downloadable documents below.  

Tuesdays, September 13-27, 2016PBS/Ozy Media This eight-part series reveals the humanity, the twists of fate and the surprising mistakes behind 16 of the most compelling and tumultuous presidential campaigns in modern history. Revisit the past 50 years of presidential election history to see how previous campaigns are still influencing politics in unexpected ways. Visit ww.pbs.org/the-contenders/home.

PBS/WNET View an update to the 12-year documentary project that visited seven classrooms in seven countries and offers a glimpse of seven children struggling to get a basic education. The film catches up with the seven, who are now adults, to see how their lives have turned out. Learn more at ww.pbs.org/show/time-school.

PBS/ITVS Explore innovative approaches to education with hosts Baratunde Thurston and Sara Ramirez. Speakers, including Anna Deavere Smith and Sal Khan, discuss the school-to-prison pipeline, micromanaging kids, and turning struggling students into scholars. Visit ww.pbs.org/program/ted-talks/ted-talks-education-revolution.

PBS/WGBH/ITVS (Check local listings) This film offers three stories featuring teachers and local leaders, in struggling rural American communities, who join forces to beat the odds and guide their children toward the long-term goal of graduating high school in 2027. Visit http://worldchannel.org/programs/episode/arf-s4-class-of-27.

PBS/LWP On September 11, 2001, Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon, killing 184 people. What happened behind the walls of the Pentagon is a largely untold chapter in history. Fifteen years later, survivors and first responders shed light on that tragic day. Visit www.pbs.org/program/911-inside-pentagon.

PBS/Futuro MediaLearn how Asian-American, black millennial, Arab-American and Latino evangelical voters are exerting their growing strength and influence in this 2016 election special about power and politics, demographics and democracy. Visit http://futuromediagroup.org/media-property/america-by-the-numbers.

PBS/Ken Burns This documentary tells the story of an American couple who in 1939 embarked on a secret mission in Eastern Europe to save refugees and dissidents from the Nazis. The producers have partnered with two education organizations -- Facing History and Ourselves and the Holocaust Educators Network -- to make this project useful to teachers. See the lesson plans at www.facinghistory.org/defying-nazis. The 90-minute film tells the story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, a Unitarian minister and his wife from Wellesley, Massachusetts, who left their children behind in the care of their…

A new series of short videos is being offered free by Bowdoin College as its contribution to a national effort aimed at improving civics education in the United States. “Founding Principles: American Governance in Theory and Action,” is a series comprising 15 video episodes, each 11-15 minutes in length, that serve as a readily available instructive tool for use in grade 9-12 classrooms and by anyone interested in better understanding the American system of government. Written and narrated by Bowdoin College Government Professor Andrew Rudalevige, “Founding Principles” provides an…

M. Gail Hickey, ed. Reflecting on Service‐Learning in Higher Education. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. 230 pages. $80.0 cloth; 79.77 eBook.This book examines forms of pedagogy such as service‐learning, experiential learning, and problem‐based learning in order to determine how students make connections between and among abstract academic concepts and real‐life issues. This edited collection is divided into three sections—“Reflecting on Community Partnerships,” “Reflecting on Classroom Practice,” and “Reflecting on Diversity”—so as to represent interdisciplinary…