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SUMMARY:Teaching the Presidential Election in Polarizing Times
DESCRIPTION:A Two-Part Virtual Series for Grade 8-12 Teachers made possible by Citizens Count.\nThursdays October 19 and November 2 – 4:00-5:00 pm \nWatch the video recordings here: Part One (Election Processes) and Part Two (Candidacy and Campaigns)
URL:https://www.nhcivics.org/event/teaching-the-presidential-election-in-polarizing-times/
CATEGORIES:For Educators,Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Bringing Global Civics to the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:SESSION 1: An Introduction to Council on Foreign Relations’ Education Resources (virtual) \nView the webinar here. \n 
URL:https://www.nhcivics.org/event/bringing-global-civics-to-the-classroom/
LOCATION:UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law\, 2 White Street\, Concord\, NH\, 03301\, United States
CATEGORIES:For Educators,Professional Development
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SUMMARY:NH's Kid Governor® Orientation & Boot Camp (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:For 5th grade teachers and administrators planning to participate in NH’s Kid Governor Program for the 2023-2024 school year. If you haven’t yet signed up\, but want to know more\, please join us!\nPresenter: Jo Ann Robichaud\, NH’s Kid Governor Project Coordinator\nRegister here.
URL:https://www.nhcivics.org/event/nhs-kid-governor-orientation-boot-camp-virtual/
CATEGORIES:For Educators
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SUMMARY:Integration of Civics in Elementary Grades
DESCRIPTION:Register here.
URL:https://www.nhcivics.org/event/integration-of-civics-in-elementary-grades/
CATEGORIES:For Educators
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SUMMARY:Discovery Education K-8 (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:This virtual workshop is for K-8 school educators and administrators and will provide an overview of the Discovery Ed platform\, along with opportunities for hands-on learning. \nRegister here.
URL:https://www.nhcivics.org/event/discovery-education-k-8-virtual/
CATEGORIES:For Educators
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SUMMARY:Restorative Practices for Administrators  August 8 & 9\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:We are grateful to the Center for Education Equity for making these days of learning possible. \nREGISTER HERE.
URL:https://www.nhcivics.org/event/restorative-practices-for-administrators-august-8-9/
LOCATION:UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law\, 2 White Street\, Concord\, NH\, 03301\, United States
CATEGORIES:For Educators
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SUMMARY:Restorative Practices in Schools Professional Development Workshop
DESCRIPTION:In this two part PD (sessions on March 23rd and May 10th)\, school teams will be using “Getting Started with Restorative Practices\,” a newly published toolkit from the Center for Education Equity. They will learn the rationale and results of implementing a Restorative Practices approach to building student\, staff\, and family relationships and a positive school climate\, that yields increased instructional time because students are rarely suspended from school for disciplinary reasons. This workshop is appropriate for district and school administrators\, teachers\, counselors\, and other school personnel. School or District teams of 2-4 are encouraged! “Singles” are welcome as well. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. REGISTER HERE. \nWe’ve reached capacity for the Restorative Practices in Schools PD workshop. To be added to the waitlist\, please email communications@nhcivics.org. Thank you! \nPresenter:\nSusan Villani\, Ed.D.\nSenior Program Associate\, WestEd \nFive PD hours are earned for each session and a certificate can be provided upon request. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. \nWe are thankful to the Center for Education Equity for making these days of learning possible.
URL:https://www.nhcivics.org/event/restorative-practices-in-schools-professional-development-session/2023-03-23/
LOCATION:UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law\, 2 White Street\, Concord\, NH\, 03301\, United States
CATEGORIES:For Educators
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SUMMARY:Youth Voice & Experiential Civics Education Professional Development Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join NH Civics on March 10th\, 2023 for a day of civics education professional development! Learn about ways to bring youth voice and experiential civics education into your classroom and communities through Mikva Challenge and other NH Civics curriculum. Three PD hours are earned for this session and a certificate can be provided upon request. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. REGISTER HERE. \nPresenters:\nAmanda Maguire\, Partner Site Director\, Mikva Challenge\nMallory Langkau\, Groveton Social Studies Teacher and Mikva Challenge Teacher Leader \nThis workshop is appropriate for middle and high school educators. Teachers and administrators are welcome! \nWe are grateful to the Weyerhauser Foundation for making this day of learning possible.
URL:https://www.nhcivics.org/event/youth-voice-experiential-civics-education-professional-development-workshop/
LOCATION:North Country Education Services\, 300 Gorham Hill Rd.\, Gorham\, NH\, 03581\, United States
CATEGORIES:For Educators
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SUMMARY:Cartoon Civics: PD for Grades 7-12
DESCRIPTION:Max Registrations: 60\n\n\nRegister Here \n\nPresented in partnership with the History & Social Studies Education Program and the Political Science Program at Plymouth State University.  \nWednesday\, August 3\, 2022\, from 9:00 am -3:00 pm \nRegister by July 19\, 2022.  \nPlymouth State University  \nThis free professional development workshop will guide middle and high school teachers through how to use comics and cartooning to engage students with complex topics. The workshop will be co-taught by Marek Bennett\, recipient of the Governor’s Arts Award for Arts Education\, and James Sturm of the Center for Cartoon Studies\, co-author ofThis Is What Democracy Looks Like\, A Graphic Guide To Governance. \nBreakfast and lunch will be provided. \n5 PD hours for day only participation. \n10 PD hours and $75 stipend for full participation (day participation\, follow up in your classroom\, submitted lesson and reflection submitted to NH Civics by Jan. 31\, 2023). \nRegister by July 19\, 2022.  \nIn-Person at Plymouth State University \n \nThis program is supported in part through New Hampshire Humanities and the Mellon Foundation. \n  \nPresenter Bios \nMarek Bennett:  \n \nNH-based cartoonist\, musician\, and educator Marek Bennett leads discovery-based Comics Workshops for all ages throughout New England and the world beyond!  His comics work includes the graphic novel series\, The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby\, as well as drawing\, translating\, & editing for The Most Costly Journey (2021) with the bilingual El Viaje Project. His crowd-funded cartoon travel memoirs include Sharjah Sketchbook (2020) and SLOVAKIA: Fall in the Heart of Europe (2013). \nHe plays Civil War folk music with The Hardtacks and “hot gonzo primitive folk jive” with The Cold River Ranters. \nMarek is the recipient of the 2021 New Hampshire Governor’s Arts Award for Art Education. \nHis website is: www.MarekBennett.com \n  \nJames Sturm:  \nJames Sturm is a cartoonist and the cofounder of The Center for Cartoon Studies. He is the editor of CCS’s graphic guide series and his writings and illustrations have appeared in publications that include The Chronicle of Higher Education\, Slate\, The Paris Review\, The Onion\, The New York Times and on the cover of The New Yorker. James was a 2020-21 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow and a 2008 and 2015 MacDowell Colony Fellow. \nRegister by July 19\, 2022.  \nWed\, Aug 3\, 2022  9:00am – 3:00pm \n\nMax Registrations: 60\nRegister Here \n\nSee all events
URL:https://www.nhcivics.org/event/cartoon-civics-pd-for-grades-7-12/
CATEGORIES:For Educators
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SUMMARY:Lights\, Camera\, Civics! What the Constitution Means to Me
DESCRIPTION:Max Registrations: 100\nRegister Here\nFilm Viewing and Discussion with Nick Capodice and Hannah McCarthy of Civics 101 \nFree Event \nJune 21 from 7:00 -9:30 pm \nRed River Theatres\, Concord\, NH  \n  \nJoin NH Civics for a viewing of Heidi Schrek’s What the Constitution Means to Me followed by a post-viewing discussion led by Nick Capodice and Hannah McCarthy of Civics 101. \n  \n“Fifteen year old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious\, hopeful and achingly human new play\, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.” \n  \n \nThis program is supported in part through New Hampshire Humanities and the Mellon Foundation. \n  \nPresenter Bios \nNick Capodice \n \nNick has been the co-host and Education Outreach Producer for Civics 101 since 2018\, where he creates episodes and works with teachers across the country to design lesson plans to pair with the show. He has presented to schools across the country on how to make podcasts in the classroom. \n  \nBefore that he worked in the Education Department at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum\, focusing on content creation and storytelling in a digital age. In his spare time he picks apples and plays country harmonica\, board games and trivia. \n\n \nHannah McCarthy \nHannah has been co-host of Civics 101 since 2018. Prior to that she worked as a producer and reporter at New Hampshire Public Radio\, concentrating on goings on at the State House and understanding the primer-level basics of New Hampshire’s state government. \n  \nPrior to her career at NHPR\, Hannah worked as a reporter and actor in Brooklyn\, NY. In another life she would’ve spent her days studying analytic philosophy and manages to sneak it into a Civics 101 episode whenever possible. \nTue\, Jun 21\, 2022  7:00pm – 9:30pm \nContact: Amanda Pawlik – amanda.pawlik@nhcivics.org \n\nMax Registrations: 100\nRegister Here
URL:https://www.nhcivics.org/event/lights-camera-civics-what-the-constitution-means-to-me/
CATEGORIES:For Educators
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SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:Max Registrations: 60\nRegister Here\nWednesday\, August 10\, from 9:00 am -3:00 pm \nRegister by July 25\, 2022. \nIn-Person at Keene State College \n  \nJoin Paula McAvoy\, co-author of The Political Classroom and Mary Ellen Daneels\, Director of the Illinois Civics Hub and Illinois Democracy School Network\, for a full-day\, in-person workshop focused on structuring respectful conversations in the classroom\, giving students the skills to hear and consider both sides of a topic. \n**The first 10 people to register and attend will receive a free copy of Making Classroom Discussions Work (a $38 dollar value.) Both Daneels and McAvoy have articles within this book\, edited by Jane Lo.  \nBreakfast and lunch will be provided. \n5 PD hours for day only participation. \n10 PD hours and $75 stipend for full participation (day participation\, follow up in your classroom\, submitted lesson and reflection submitted to NH Civics by Jan. 31\, 2023). \nRegister by July 25\, 2022. \nIn-Person at Keene State College \n \nThis project was made possible with support from New Hampshire Humanities\, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation. Learn more at www.nhhumanities.org. \nPresenter Bios \nPaula McAvoy \n \nPaula McAvoy earned her PhD in philosophy of education in 2010 at UW-Madison’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. Since then\, she has worked as an assistant professor at Illinois State\, an associate program officer at the Spencer Foundation and as the Director of the Center for Ethics and Education at UW-Madison. Prior to this\, she taught high school social studies for 10 years at the Foothill Middle College Program in Los Altos\, California. \n  \nMary Ellen Daneels \n \nMary Ellen Daneels is a National Board Certified teacher who taught at West Chicago Community High School for 27 years. She serves as the Director of the Illinois Civics Hub and Illinois Democracy School Network\, leading efforts to support the implementation of the middle and high school civics course requirements and Illinois social science standards. \nShe has been recognized as the Law-related Educator of the Year from the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago\, Teacher of the Year by the 19th District of the Veterans of Foreign Wars\, and American Civic Education Teacher from the Center for Civic Education and the Illinois Education Association Teacher of the Year. Mary Ellen has presented on the proven practices of civic learning throughout the nation. She has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning and highlighted in numerous publications such as Education Week\, Social Education\,and Educational Leadership. \nMary Ellen has advocated for civic education before federal and state lawmakers. She served on the Board of Directors for the National Council of the Social Studies and worked on both the Steering Committee and Pedagogy Committee for the Educating for American Democracy Roadmap. \nRegister by July 25\, 2022. \nWed\, Aug 10\, 2022  9:00am – 3:00pm \nContact: Amanda Pawlik – amanda.pawlik@nhcivics.org \n\nMax Registrations: 60\nRegister Here
URL:https://www.nhcivics.org/event/2763/
CATEGORIES:For Educators
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SUMMARY:2022 Project Soapbox NH Showcase Mainstage
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the fall and winter\, middle and high school students across New Hampshire have been crafting their best Soapbox speeches about issues important to them and their communities.\n\nWe encourage you to watch and engage with these powerful videos\, and share your support in the comments!  \nProject Soapbox is a public speaking opportunity \nthat calls on young people to develop and deliver \nan original speech on an issue that matters to \nthem. Students’ speeches answer the question: \n“What is the biggest issue facing your  \ncommunity\, and what should be done about it?” \nContact: Amanda Pawlik – amanda.pawlik@nhcivics.org
URL:https://www.nhcivics.org/event/2022-project-soapbox-nh-showcase-mainstage/
CATEGORIES:For Educators
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