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Professional Development Monthly

April 26, 2023 | May 2023 Edition (#33)

Celebrate Pacific Islander and Asian-American Month

May marks the beginning of Pacific-Islander and Asian-American Month. This edition of PD Monthly is packed with resources to increase your knowledge on current and past state of affairs.

Virtual Town Hall Meeting

The Fight for Representation: The State of Chinese

Americans Survey

Tomorrow Night! April 27, 2023 | 7:00 PM ET to 8:30 PM ET

In the largest survey of its kind ever conducted, nearly 6,500 Chinese Americans from 46 states answered 77 key questions about the Chinese American experience in research conducted jointly by Columbia University and Committee of 100. Join experts from the worlds of policy, politics, and research for the unveiling of this data at a virtual town hall. Register here.

Selected Resources

Free Elementary E-book Download

Using Inquiry to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic Life: Elementary Grades - This resource features inquiries about Japanese American incarceration and Chinese immigration in the 1800s. Download now!

NCSS Podcast and SSYL Combo

Dan Krutka and Michael Milton chat with Van Anh Tran about her article published in Social Studies & the Young Learner, “We Are Here: Civic Education through Southeast Asian Deportation Community Defense.” Listen and read.

Critical Inquiries

Critical inquiries centering Asian American histories were created by CUFA's Teacher Education Research Collective (TERC). This project was supported by the NCSS Teaching with Primary Sources grant from the Library of Congress to highlight the effectiveness of using primary sources with the C3 Framework Inquiry Arc. Access the inquiries here.

Social Education - Special Edition

Take a look back at this special edition of Social Education offering extensive background and teaching activities for incorporating the histories of Asian Americans in the classroom throughout the school year. Log-in to your NCSS account and read here.

Upcoming Webinars & Summer Institutes

What Can a Citizen Do? Author Interview with Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris

(co-sponsored by NCSS and inquirED)

May 4, 2023 | 4:30 PM ET to 5:30 PM ET

Dave Eggers, best-selling writer, editor, and publisher will join us along with illustrator Shawn Harris to discuss their book, What Can a Citizen Do? The book is inspiring young students across the country to participate in the civic life of their communities. Learn more and register here.

Teaching Media Literacy to Combat Misinformation

(co-sponsored through the Civics, Service, and Leadership program of iCivics)

May 18, 2023 | Time 7:00 PM ET

Dr. Jimmeka Anderson will be guiding educators with a framework for incorporating media literacy skills in the classroom. This session is relevant for middle and high school educators. Learn more and register here.

Choose Your Summer Institute!

June - July 2023 | Registration is open

There is a summer institute waiting for you! Choose from these upcoming professional learning opportunities and get ready to learn and network.

Spotlight: Virginia Council for the Social Studies

Is Holocaust Education Making Anti-Semitism Worse?

A Podcast Response by Virginia Council for the Social Studies

Virginia Council for the Social Studies President, Sam Futrell, is joined by Matt Simpson from the Virginia Holocaust Museum to discuss The Atlantic's article, "Is Holocaust Education Making Anti-Semitism Worse? Using Dead Jews as Symbols Isn't Helping Living Ones." Listen on iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Read the background story here.

Take the Economics Survey - Deadline May 17, 2023

Please help our partners at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis learn more about how economics is taught by completing their brief survey. This survey is voluntary and should take about 10 minutes to complete. Take the survey.