[bpfb_link url=’http://wfpl.org/kentucky-students-say-superintendent-selections/’ title=’Should Kentucky Students Have a Say in Superintendent Selections?’ image=’http://wfpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/school-test.jpg’]A group of Kentucky students has convinced a lawmaker to file a bill that would add an elected peer to a school district’s s…Read More

Here is a shout out to the Community Problem Solving projects that are going on in the KVEC region. I have had the opportunity to visit three schools thus far and the projects are amazing.
Jenkins Middle School has taken on a revitalization project along a railroad track in Jenkins.
Southside has been engaged in a river clean up project where…Read More

Our next SSTLN meeting will be February 24th at HCTC. This will be a hard day of working with the new Social Studies standards. You might bring a laptop to do some of the work. More info will come by email. See you then!

WONDERFUL RESOURCE The US Holocaust Memorial Museum offers an online experience, “Some Were Neighbors” to explore the role of “onlookers”” during the Holocaust…those who helped the victims and those who helped the Nazis. Includes teacher resources for lessons on analyzing images, etc.
http://somewereneighbors.ushmm.org/#/exhibitions

ASCD article on questioning in social studies/history classes
http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol10/1009-mount.aspx?utm_source=ascdexpress&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=express1009