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Our Place In History

Course Calendar

 

Year 4 - 2009-2010 School Year

 

Fall
Winter
Spring Summer

 

Year 3 - 2008-2009 School Year

 

Fall
Winter
Spring Summer

 

Year 2 - 2007-2008 School Year

 

Fall
Winter
Spring Summer

 

Year 1 - 2006-2007 School Year

 

Fall
Winter
Spring Summer

 

Items in green refer to Our Place in History activities. 

Items in gray designate additional opportunities for Social Studies teachers in the region.

Ongoing Opportunities

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/

 

October, 2006

October Participants notified of grant award

 

November, 2006

Friday, November 3 Introductory Workshop, Lewis County Historical Museum, Chehalis, 10 am - 4pm

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February, 2007

Thursday and Friday, February 8 and 9 Winter Workshop, WA State Archives/Depart. of Natural Resources, Olympia, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

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March, 2007

Thursday, March 15 Monthly Middle School Videoconference Study Group, 3:30 - 5:30pm
Tuesday, March 20 Monthly High School Videoconference Study Group, 3:30 - 5:30pm

 

April, 2007

Tuesday, April 24 Monthly High School Videoconference Study Group, 3:30 - 5:30pm
Thursday, April 26 Monthly Middle School Videoconference Study Group, 3:30 - 5:30pm

 

May, 2007

Thursday and Friday,
May 10 and 11
Spring Workshop, Squaxin Island Museum, Library, & Research Center
Thursday, 1-4pm; Friday 9:30am to 4:30pm
Tuesday, May 22 Monthly High School Videoconference Study Group, 3:30 - 5:30pm
Thursday, May 24 Monthly Middle School Videoconference Study Group, 3:30 - 5:30pm

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June, 2007

Monday through Friday,
June 25 through 29
Summer Academy, Week 1 - The Evergreen State College

 

July, 2007

Monday through Friday,
July 30 through August 3
Summer Academy, Week 2 - The Islander Resort in Westport, WA

 

August, 2007

Monday through Friday, July 30 through August 3 Summer Academy, Week 2 - The Islander Resort in Westport, WA

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October, 2007

Saturday - Monday, October 13-15 Regional Tour

 

November, 2007

Friday-Saturday, November 2-3 Fall Workshop, Friday 9am-4pm and Saturday 9am-12pm, Morton, WA

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February, 2008

Friday-Saturday, February 8-9 Winter Workshop, Friday 9am-4pm and Saturday 9am-12pm, TESC-Tacoma
Tuesday, February 26 Optional Tech Workshop at the ESD, 4-7pm - Intro to Movie Software in the Classroom.  Email Anna if you will be attending, and indicate if you will be bringing your own laptop.

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May, 2008

Friday-Saturday, May 9-10 Spring Workshop, Friday 9am-4pm and Saturday 8am-12pm, Lake Quinault Lodge

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June, 2008

Monday - Friday, June 23 - 27 Summer Academy, Week 1 - The Evergreen State College

 

July, 2008

Monday - Friday, July 28 - August 1 Summer Academy, Week 2 - Long Beach, WA

 

August, 2008

Monday - Friday, July 28 - August 1 Summer Academy, Week 2 - Long Beach, WA
Wednesday, August 6 Panel of Our Place in History teachers present at the Place Based Education Institute at the Northwest Regional ESD in Hillsboro, OR, 10:45am - 12pm.

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October, 2008

Thursday-Sunday, October 9-12 Regional Tour - Washington Economies
Tuesday, October 21 Google Maps Technical Workshop, ESD Office in Olympia, 4-7pm

 

November, 2008

Friday-Saturday, November 14-15 Fall Workshop, Friday 9am-4pm and Saturday 9am-12pm, Centralia, WA
Wednesday, November 19 Online Historical Research Technical Workshop, ESD Office in Olympia, 4-7pm

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March, 2009

Thursday-Saturday,
March 26-28
Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting and Winter Workshop, Seattle, WA

 

May, 2009

Friday-Saturday,
May 15-16
Spring Workshop, Friday 9am-4pm and Saturday 9am-12pm, Port Angeles, WA

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June, 2009

Monday-Friday,
June 22-26
Summer Academy, Week 1, The Evergreen State College

 

July, 2009

Monday-Friday,
July 27-31
Summer Academy, Week 2, Friday Harbor, WA

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October, 2009

Friday - Sunday,
October 9-11
Regional Tour: Eastern Washington

 

November, 2009

Saturday, November 14 Fall Workshop, 9am - 4pm, Satsop Development Park, Satsop, WA

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March, 2010

Saturday, March 19 Final Workshop, 9am - 4pm, Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Library

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Our Place in History is part of a nationwide Teaching American History federal grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement, Education Academic Improvement and Demonstration Programs Award #U215X060204.