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• 2024 SCCAAS/ISRE Professional Learning Opportunity-Beaufort County

  • When
    May 10, 2024
  • Location
    Online Application Due Date

  
  

  The South Carolina Council for African American Studies (SCCAAS), in partnership with the Institute for the Study of Reconstruction Era (ISRE) at USC-Beaufort, is accepting applications to work with 16 Social Studies teachers in grades 2, 4, 7, 8 and 11 who will participate in a 5-day professional learning opportunity that will explore several African American historical sites in Beaufort County. Teachers accepted in the seminar opportunity will be required to develop at least two inquiry-based instructional units with primary document text sets that explore the topic, “Sins of Omission: Beaufort, South Carolina, Civil War and Reconstruction.”  Visit www.sccaas.org for the full schedule.  

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  Application Dates:

  • Application Deadline: Friday, May 10, 2024, by 11:59 p.m.
    
  • Applicants Notified by: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
    
  • Waitlisted Applicants Notified by: Thursday, May 23, 2024

  
  Mandatory Attendance Dates:

  • Wednesday, May 29: Pre-meeting workshop, via Zoom, 6-7:30 p.m., introductions and project requirements.
    
    
  • Sunday, June 9 - Friday, June 14, 2024: Five-day Field Study, Beaufort County

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• Free Spring Webinar Series: Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement

  • When
    May 16, 2024
  •  
    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Webinar Online

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  SCCAAS will host a Free Spring Webinar Series: 

  • Tuesday, February 27, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., (Reconstruction)
    Reconstruction Institute in Beaufort, SC,Summer 2023. Join to learn how the Institute teachers used the lesson plans created in their classrooms. (8.3.P, 8.4.CX, 8.4.CC, 8.4.E, USHC.2.CC, USHC.2.E)
    
    
  • Thursday, May 16, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., (Civil Rights Movement)
    Foster inquiry into the role of South Carolina in the Modern Civil Rights Movement with this intimate talk with Civil Rights photographer Cecil Williams. (Standard 5; 8.5.CX)

  SCCAAS brings you two free webinars this Spring that highlights teachers’ work in the classroom and a unique historical museum.

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  This is a free webinar series for everyone, but as a member of SCCAAS you will receive the following extra benefits:

  • Certificate renewal credit--1 instructional hour of credit for each webinar session attended; 
  • Access to view this webinar and other previously recorded webinars on the SCCAAS website. 
  • Discount pricing for any SCCAAS sponsored events.

  An annual membership is only $20; become a member today! 

  Bonus: Door prizes. 

  The webinar will be accessed through Zoom. On the day of the meeting sign-in at least 15 minutes prior to the meeting time.  

  
  

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