SCSSA

 Southern California Social Science Association

SCSSA BOARD
(2011-2012)

President
Damon Huss

Vice President
Michael Denman

Past President
Michelle Herczog

President-Elect
Christian Lindke

Secretary
Martha Infante

Co-Treasurers
Jackie Purdy

Members at Large
Joel Rothblatt
Linda Mehlbrech
Phyllis Hayashibara
Mark Elinson
Peggy Thill
James Keipp
Linda Kidd

Webmaster
Amanda Roraback
 

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SCSSA Endorses Michelle Herczog for Vice President of NCSS!

The SCSSA is proud to officially endorse the candidacy of its own immediate past president, Michelle Herczog, for the vice presidency of our affiliate organization, the National Council for the Social Studies. Michelle’s unique and tireless contributions to quality social studies education in Los Angeles County and the State of California are substantial and well-known, most recently highlighted in her effective advocacy for civic literacy in our state capital, which resulted in the passage of AB 250, signed by Governor Brown in October. We can only see this advocacy multiplied if she were to hold this key national office, and she has already been a proven advocate for social studies in the nation’s capital. The SCSSA joins the California Council for the Social Studies in endorsing Michelle Herczog!

Voting is for NCSS members only, so please be sure your membership is current as of December 31, 2011! Join or renew your membership at the NCSS web site.

Useful Links

PERRYMAN FUND
For the Social Studies

Center for Active Learning and International Studies
at USC

CALIS

LACOE History/Social Science

LACOE Service Learning

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The 51^st Annual California Council for the Social Studies Conference

March 2–4, 2012

Hyatt Regency, Orange County, CA

Join us for the annual CCSS conference, “Social Studies to the Core!".  The conference is a dazzling array of the best in history-social science education and leadership opportunities in California. Choose from dozens of sessions by the best educators in the state on an array of topics for all grade levels.  Topics include subject areas from U.S. history, world history, civics, geography, and economics. 

Visit the CCSS website for registration, rates, pre-conference program, and other information.

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History Day L.A.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Azusa Pacific University

History Day is coming! This event encourages students to create posters, exhibits, papers, web sites, performances, and documentary presentations on a historical theme. The theme for 2012 is Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History. Winners from all categories are invited to compete at the state level. On top of it all, History Day is a lot of fun for students, teachers, and judges alike.

Visit the official History Day L.A. website for entry forms, resources, mentoring, and other information.

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California Geographic Alliance/SCSSA Workshop for 4th Grade Teachers
Saturday, April 21, 2012
TreePeople, Beverly Hills, CA

Join the SCSSA for this exciting event in which each teacher gets a set of the NEW California Atlas from the California Geographic Alliance.

For more information, please e-mail Damon Huss (damon@crf-usa.org) or Michelle Herczog (Herczog_Michelle@lacoe.edu), and bookmark the TreePeople website for future announcements about the event.

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CITIZENS, NOT SPECTATORS
Mini-Conference
April 7, 2012
Pickwick Gardens, Burbank, CA
This is an election year and a perfect time to get students informed and engaged in the electoral process. The Arsalyn Project hosts this annual one-day conference on how to do just that. Bookmark http://www.arsalyn.org/ for registration information.

7th Annual

Constitution Day Conference

Saturday, September 17, 2011

• Key-note talk "Ten Different Ways to Love Your Framers" by Gordon Lloyd, Professor of Public Policy, Pepperdine University

• Tour of Ronald Reagan Library and Museum, Discovery Center and Air Force One

• Free give-aways,

• Continental breakfast and lunch

• $150 stipend to the first 200 registered elementary/secondary history-social science public school teachers in Los Angeles.

• And more

Click here for more information

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Perryman Fund annual

Bargain Bonanza

Books and other educational materials in social studies on sale for a fraction of the retail price.

Sat., October 1, 2011 from 9:00 to 12 noon

Social Studies School Service

10200 Jefferson Blvd. Culver City

Click here for more information

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Perryman Fund Mini-Grants

Up to $1000 will be granted to selected teachers, departments or programs in Los Angeles county.

Applications must be submitted by Nov. 1, 2011

Click here for more information and an application

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Call for Nominations

Southern California Social Science Association

Merrell Frankel

Innovative Social Studies Teacher Award 2011

Deadline to submit nominations: Monday April 25, 2011

Click here for more information

PDF Flyer

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SCSSA/Perryman Fund 2011

Annual Banquet

Thursday, May 5, 2011
5-6:00 pm -- General SCSSA Meeting
6:00 Banquet and Awards

At Four Points Sheraton in Culver City

Click here for PDF Flyer

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Women and the West Workshop

How Women Made the West

Saturday, May 14, 2011

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.

At the Autry National Center of the American West

Click here for PDF Flyer.

Welcome Los Coyotes!!

It's official! 

The Los Coyotes branch of CCSS has merged with SCSSA.

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Citizens not Spectators Conference

Sponsored by Arsalyn

Pickwick's Garden

April 9, 2011

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SCSSA

Professional Development Scholarships

For new attendees to the CCSS Conference

Click Here for more details

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Fred T. Korematsu Day
Of Civil Liberties and the Constitution
FORUM FOR EDUCATORS

Japanese American National Museum
369 E. First St., L.A. Calif. 90012

Thursday Jan. 6, 2011
 

PDF Flyer

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HISTORY DAY 101

Introductory Workshop for Teachers
Saturday, October 16, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Autry Museum of the American West
 

PDF Flyer

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Perryman Fund Grants
2010-2011

(Teachers in Los Angeles area only)
See PDF Flyer

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Dead Sea Scrolls
Exhibition and Workshop

for Teachers

Saturday, July 17, 2010

9:00-1:00 p.m.

See PDF Flyer

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SCSSA/Perryman Fund
2010 AWARDS BANQUET

AWARDS

George Moffett Award:
Linda Mehlbrech, Long Beach USC

Perryman Fund Grant Awards:  

Merrell Frankel Innovative Social Studies Award
(Click here for more information about this new award)

Questions and reservations:
Contact Michelle Herczog, (562) 631-7084
Price: $35 members, $40 non-members

To make reservations please download and print the following: SCSSA_Banquet_Flyer_2010.pdf

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INNOVATIVE CIRCLES

Read about our January 2010 Innovative Circle

For all educators who teach History/Social Studies. Energize your classroom! Reinvigorate your teaching! Motivate your Students!

More Information

What is an Innovative Circle?

Innovative Circles (iCircles) are small groups of social studies teachers dedicated to sharing and learning best practices on how to teach social studies to their students.  These free sessions are limited to 12 educators so please RSVP early.     

When and where do they meet?

iCircle groups are scheduled to meet from 4:15-5:30pm at various locations around Los Angeles

Next Innovative Circle

May 6, 2010 at Cleveland High School

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GRANT OPPORTUNITY

PERRYMAN FUND

To support the furtherance of Social Studies, the Donald Perryman Fund will be awarding mini- grants not to exceed $1,000. Social Studies departments, individual teachers, projects, and special programs are invited to apply for these grants.

Grants applications can be submitted at 5 different times during this fiscal year. Applications will be considered at each meeting of the Perryman Fund Board of Trustees.  Deadlines are: June 1, 2009, September 1, 2009, December 1, 2009, February 1, 1010, and June 1, 2010. Grant applications received after any of these dates will be considered at the next quarterly meeting of the Board.

E-mail completed application to: Bonnie Sima, President, The Perryman Fund for the Social Studies, at bontchr1@hotmail.com OR mail to 4326 Park Arroyo, Calabasas, CA  91302 

Click HERE for more information

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SCHOOL VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Participate in the School Violence Prevention Demonstration and receive an honorarium of $800 or 2 LAUSD salary point credits and $300. Trainings take place once a month on Saturdays form 9 am-3pm in Burbank. For 5th and 8th grade students in U.S. History, civic and government.

Center for Civic Education: School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program.

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SCSSA and Arsalyn Program in collaboration with the
LACOE, CRF and the Center for Civic Ed. are proud to present

Saturday, May 15, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m

Pickwick Gardens
1001 Riverside Drive
Burbank, CA 91506

This very special mini conference for elementary, middle school and high school teachers will offer materials and lessons for classroom use. This mini conference is free to teachers. A continental breakfast and a full lunch will be served. There  will be three workshops for every grade level, and all materials are free. Civics, civic responsibility, service-learning, the history of voting rights, and mock elections are just a few of the topics covered.

Participating teachers will receive a $100 stipend from Arsalyn.

To register, please email Amanda Roraback (amanda@enisen.com)

Registration is limited to the first 50 teachers who respond via email.  Confirmations will be emailed back with a map attached.

Please include the grade level taught or the subject taught. Groups will be broken down by elementary, middle school and secondary.

Photo from October 21, 2009 back-to-school event presenting topics such as: "'Teach me? I dare you!' How to Teach and Motivate your Unmotivated Students" (presented by Ron Sima) and "How to Go Home Happy at the End of the Workday" (presented by Martha Infante, above).

SCSSA PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE:

Inconvenient Truths (Sept. 2009)

I began watching Al Gore’s movie last night while I rode my new exercise bike.  It’s part of my “New Year’s” Resolution to keep healthy and lower my blood pressure. 

I started thinking:  there are a lot of “inconvenient truths” facing social studies educators now.   Funds for education in general and professional development in particular are drying up.  School sites and districts are cutting the budgets for attending conferences and other trainings.  Schools and teachers are once again asked to do more with less.

For more please click here.

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TEACHER TRAINING SEMINAR

WHAT: First Annual Teacher Training: Simulating Elections on Your Campus

WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009,  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

WHERE: Glendora Unified School District, 500 N. Lorraine, Glendora, CA 91741

STIPEND: $100 stipend for the first 50 registered history-social-science public school teachers who attend. Open to all grade levels.

CONTACT: Christian Lindke, Program Director -- arsalyn Program (626) 914-5404 lindkec@arsalyn.org

PDF FLYER

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

at the

UCLA Faculty Center

Read the PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS here.

Moffett Award Winner

Dr. Thomas Andrews

and Perryman Board President, Bonnie Sima

Friend of SCSSA Winner

Bo Martin

and

Jackie Purdy

President's Award Winner

Amanda Roraback

and Past-President

Martha Infante

The New Board

President Joel Rothblatt, Member-at-large Jackie Purdy, Past-President Martha Infante, President-Elect Michelle Herczog, Vice President Amanda Roraback, Member-at-large Mark Elinson, Member-at-large Merrell Frankel, Perryman Liaison Ron Sima

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HISTORY DAY LA
March 14, 2009
Visit the new website for entry forms, resources, mentoring and other information

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