The Social Studies Teacher Leader Network meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Feb 24th has been cancelled. The next meeting will be March 27th (note the change from March 31 originally scheduled).

KDE CEP Regional Work Sessions for 50-50 Committees
These regional meetings, held typically at county extension offices, will allow for up to 6 members of your district’s 50-50 committee to spend the morning learning about updates for the 2015-16 school year. In the afternoon, the district teams will work together to begin the process of deciding…Read More

I hope everyone is somewhere safe and warm during this historic winter storm. I’m attaching a link to the Project RED research below that is well worth a look as time allows…… http://pearsonfoundation.org/downloads/ProjectRED_TheTechnolgyFactor.pdf

Teachers,

Here is a gold-mine for primary sources… Oral-histories for the Appalachian Region. Some of these are amazing!
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/collections/appalachia-oral-history-collection’ title=’Appalachia Oral History Collection | Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History’ image=”]Residents of Appalachia discuss…Read More

Ok… every person that has any dealings with adolescents needs to watch this… Explains so much!!!
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain?language=en#t-239740′ title=’Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain | Talk Video | TED.com’…Read More