Until October 1, 2017. GEEO.org is offering a 5% Early Booking Discount on all 2018 spring and summer programs. To see the discounted program fees for all of the 2018 programs, visit www.geeo.org.Winter Break Programs: The Peru Winter Break program is almost sold out (9/14). There is room on the Galapagos Winter Break, "which is a great time to go on one of GEEO's most popular programs. The winter break programs are not on sale." Spring Break Programs: There are four spring break departures on sale for 5% off: • Galapagos Spring Break (March 24 to April, 2018) • Peru Spring Break (March 31st…

The Beacon, a technology blog featuring the Technology Teacher Grant, is offering teachers the chance to earn up to $1,000 for purchasing classroom supplies or technology for their classroom. Teachers can submit a tech-focused lesson plan no later than 11:59 PM ET on December 9, 2017. View the Technology Teacher Grant guidelines: http://fios.verizon.com/beacon/technology-teacher-grant. The Beacon chooses six lesson plans that follow all submission guidelines and meet or exceed the judging criteria mentioned above. Grant amounts, to be awarded in the form of Visa gift card, are as follows:…

"The World of 7 Billion" student video contest is back for the 2017-2018 school year. The contest helps teachers bring technology and creativity into middle and high school classes. It challenges students to create a short video connecting world population growth and one of three global challenges: Advancing Women and Girls, Feeding 10 Billion, or Preventing Pollution. Students can win up to $1,000, and participating teachers will receive free curriculum resources. The contest deadline is February 22, 2018. A lesson plan to get started, guidelines, resources for research, past winners, and…

At the beginning of the 2017-18 school year, entering high school juniors and seniors may obtain a USSYP application through their high school principals, guidance counselors, and social studies teachers, OR they may inquire directly to their state selection contacts using this website (see selection contacts listing on home page, at https://ussenateyouth.org/selection_process_qualify/). All student delegates to the United States Senate Youth Program are selected by state-level education officials – the United States Senate and The Hearst Foundations do not provide individual states’…

The Social Science Education Consortium (SSEC) 2018 Conference will take place in Florence, Italy, June 5-10, 2018. The conference theme is "Democracy at a Crossroads: Examining the Past and Facing the Future." Presenters and attendees "will be given an opportunity to discuss the future of world democracy by looking at recent historical cross-cultural phenomena and noting what these portend for social science and social studies educators now and in the future. Florence is the perfect site for this exploration as it is an epicenter of the evolution of modern government, art, and socio-cultural…

The Social Science Education Consortium (SSEC) 2018 Conference will take place in Florence, Italy from June 5-10, 2018. The conference theme is "Democracy at a Crossroads: Examining the Past and Facing the Future." Presenters and attendees will be given an opportunity to discuss the future of world democracy by looking at recent historical cross-cultural phenomena and noting what these portend for social science and social studies educators now and in the future. Florence is the perfect site for this exploration as it is an epicenter of the evolution of modern government, art, and socio-…

Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s iconic community improvement nonprofit organization, has launched its second annual effort "to tap into the imagination and innovation of our nation’s youth to continue to advance its fight to End Littering in America." The “How Will You … End Littering?” Video Contest, open to students in grades 9-12, asks the next generation of community stewards to share their ideas about how to end littering by educating and motivating people to properly dispose of their trash. The contest is sponsored by the Wrigley Company Foundation. Entries will be accepted from…

The Social Science Education Consortium (SSEC) has announced the 2018 Young Scholars Travel Award. SSEC will select four young scholars for awards of $1,000 each plus a waiver of the conference fee to support their participation in the 2018 SSEC Conference, which will take place in Florence, Italy, June 5-10, 2018. The conference theme is "Democracy at a Crossroads: Examining the Past and Facing the Future." Eligible applicants include doctoral students in good academic standing and early career faculty (employed in a tenure track position as an assistant professor) in the fields of social…

 The United States Senate Youth Program is entering its 56th year of bringing 104 of the most talented student leaders to the nation’s capital for a week in March for leadership development and public service engagement. The student delegates will visit Capitol Hill, the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, the Supreme Court and other historic sites in Washington. The agenda routinely includes meetings with senators, the president, Cabinet secretaries, a justice of the Supreme Court, senior members of the national media and other policymakers. Students also receive a $10,000…

The Lerner-Scott Prize is given annually by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) for the best doctoral dissertation in U.S. women’s history. The prize is named for Gerda Lerner and Anne Firor Scott, both pioneers in women’s history and past presidents of the OAH. A dissertation must be completed during the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 to be eligible for the 2018 Lerner-Scott Prize. The prize will be presented at the 2018 OAH Annual Meeting in Sacramento, California, April 12–14. Applications must be submited by October 2, 2017. Visit www.oah.org/programs/awards/lerner-…