Professional Education

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The George Washington Teacher Institute is excited to announce our online Teaching Slavery in Washington’s World Symposium. This program will provide participants with the opportunity to learn about the complexities of 18th-century slavery and share best practices for teaching this difficult subject. The program is free for current K-12 educators, but registration is required. Recordings Read More ⟶

This teacher professional development institute brings a select group of high school social studies teachers to Washington, D.C., for an immersive six days of educational activities related to teaching about the U.S. Supreme Court. The Institute is co-sponsored by the Supreme Court Historical Society. The application period for the 2021 Supreme Court Summer Institute opened October 5, 2020. The deadline is March 15, 2021. Learn more here. Read More ⟶

NewseumED offers a series of free classes this fall that explore a different First Amendment topic for lifelong learners. This month, attendees will explore how people have applied the First Amendment to advocate for change. The first class on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 1 p.m. Eastern, looks at the American women’s suffrage movement. Sign up Read More ⟶

The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation offers $24,000 James Madison Graduate Fellowships to individuals desiring to become outstanding teachers of the American Constitution at the secondary school level. Fellowship applicants compete only against other applicants from the states of their legal residence. As funding permits, the Foundation plans to offer one fellowship per state per Read More ⟶

The National Constitution Center offers free, online teacher workshops via Zoom. Two formats are available: open-source webinars and on-demand workshops requested by schools, districts, or other educational agencies. All online workshops introduce the Center’s framework for constitutional literacy education and highlight a range of free, online resources and classroom application strategies to support your teaching Read More ⟶

The National Constitution Center is looking for members of the classroom education field to join our Teacher Advisory Council as an NCCed Adviser and help us to promote constitutional literacy. NCCed Advisers are active and engaged educational professionals who support, promote and represent the National Constitution Center with outreach and professional development opportunities. NCCed Advisers Read More ⟶

This new mini-webinar series from the National Archives is specifically geared to support educators who will be teaching virtually. Each 30-minute session will highlight a different way to use DocsTeach.org with students who are learning from home. Discover how to use DocsTeach to help your students make sense of the stories, events, and ideas of Read More ⟶

We’ve decided to do something different with our Saturday Webinars for this school year, splitting the year into two 5-episode seasons, each on a different theme. The programs will still be 75 minutes long each, with a moderator and two panelists, all from our graduate faculty pool. They’ll all still be based in a set Read More ⟶

The Bill of Rights Institute has released a new digital textbook, “Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of Happiness.” This textbook for high school students is the first entirely free U.S. history resource that aligns with AP standards. Free registration required. Go here to register. Read More ⟶