Course Calendar

Washington State Historical Society launches ColumbiaKids, a new online children's magazine, in August 2008.  Writers and illustrators interested in submission guidelines should email columbiakids@wshs.wa.gov.

Colonial Dames History/Social Studies Scholarships for American history teachers.  Information at www.coldameswa.net.

Invite a State Legislator to Class with the Legislator's Back to School Program.  More information is available at http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/BacktoSchool.

Washington State History Museum offers In-Service Trainings at your school, free of charge.  For information, contact Curator and Head of Education Patricia Erikson at perikson@wshs.wa.gov.

Civil Justice High School Education Project from The Washington State Trial Lawyers Association.  For more information email adrianne@wstlaoly.org or call 360-786-9100.

Washington State History Museum - History Lab & History Boxes.  Immerse students in a hands-on experience at the Washington State History Museum's History Lab. Choose from six boxes including Ring of Fire: Volcanoes of Washington State, Northwest Native Heritage, Petroglyphs and Pictographs, The Journey of Lewis and Clark, Frontier Towns, and Makah Culture. To reserve these boxes, call Joan Martin at (253) 798-5876. For more information go to www.wshs.org.

View additional workshop opportunities at the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction calendar page: https://eds.ospi.k12.wa.us/EventsManager/Public/Calendar.aspx

View additional Washington State Social Studies conference information at WSCSS the ListServ: http://www.wscss.org/.  Archives are available at http://wscss.org/pipermail/wscss_wscss.org/