Barbara Pierce Bush (1925-2018)
Mike Purdy, presidential historian, has written an interesting blog post “Remembering Barbara Bush” that might be useful for your U.S. history or civics students. He compares Barbara Bush with Abigail Adams, the other other woman who was wife and mother to two presidents.
Check it out at http://presidentialhistory.com/2018/04/remembering-barbara-bush.html.
Check out this great article by Laura Tavares: “Looking at Citizenship Through a Literary Lens” from the Citizens in the Making issue of Educational Leadership (Nov 2017). She makes the claim that civic education must be planned across the curriculum and not just left up to social studies teachers. However, it takes a history teacher like you to make this all work. Who else is better trained to do this kind of teaching? We historians are always ready to imagine new ways to support student learning that prepare them for a robust democracy — and that preparation includes:
Tavares is part of a nonprofit organization called Facing History and Ourselves that supports teacher professional development in New England.
The Kentucky Department of Education will host the 2017 Kentucky Civics Symposium to promote best practices in civic education. This symposium will occur 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in three locations across the state:
Join us as speakers provide educators with hands-on support in creating civic curricula with robust, relevant learning experiences for students in an effort to promote the “doing” of social studies through action civics. You can:
Information regarding the new citizenship test will be provided. [See Senate Bill 159 signed into law in March that requires all public high school students to pass a civics test in order to receive a regular diploma.]
Register for this event by clicking here (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/kdecivics). For more information, see the attached flyer or contact Lauren Gallicchio, KDE’s social studies consultant.
Lauren Gallicchio, NBCT
Social Studies Academic Program Consultant
Division of Program Standards
Office of Teaching and Learning
Kentucky Department of Education
300 Sower Blvd, 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-9850, ext. 4140
lauren.gallicchio@education.ky.gov
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