Events

Announcing our 2012 Summer Institutes

In the summer of 2012, UCB History-Social Science Project will offer a content institute with the Legion of Honor focusing on ancient civilizations in the sixth grade curriculum, a content institute with the UC Davis Jewish Studies Program on the cultural histories of Judaism, a literacy institute, a content institute with the Asian Art Museum on medieval Japan, and a content institute focusing on American history.

The UCBH-SSP invites you to attend our 2012 summer institutes where we seek to help you engage your students in history and help them become better historical thinkers. Email ucbhssp@berkeley.edu to be added to our online mailing list to receive announcements about our upcoming programming.

Download our printable Summer Institutes 2012 Flyer.

Download our printable World History Summer Institutes 2012 Flyer.

Supported through a generous contribution from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Co-Sponsored by the Townsend Center for the Humanities at UC Berkeley. Due to this support, this institute is offered at no cost for 18 educators.

This institute features historical content for the 6th grade curriculum on Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome and resources from the museums' collections. Featuring content presentations by UC Berkeley History professors and FAMSF curators, participants will receive history content, academic literacy strategies, and standards-based applications for the classroom. Participants will develop their own lesson incorporating academic literacy strategies and primary and secondary sources. June 25th will be held at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. June 26-27 will be at the UC Berkeley campus.

To Register for this Institute:

1. Download and print the Registration Form. You may type into this form and print.
2. Return the completed and signed registration form and $100 deposit check made out to UC Regents to us.
3. Download the School/District Support Form. Complete the fields and give to your principal to sign. This form may be faxed to us at (510-643-2353) or it may be included with your registration form and deposit check.
Your registration is only complete once we have received your registration form, deposit check, and support form.

Download:
Ancient Civilizations Registration Form
Ancient Civlizations School/District Support Form

Supported through a generous grant from the Posen Foundation. Due to this support, this institute is offered at no cost for 20 educators. Participants who successfully complete the institute will receive a $500 stipend.

The UCB History-Social Science Project and UC Davis are partnering to offer a teacher institute on cultural histories of the Hebrew Bible for the world history curriculum based on the Content Standards for California Public Schools and the Common Core Standards.  The aims of the institute are to enhance teachers’ content knowledge of Judaism, give them teaching tools to incorporate into their classroom instruction and thus improve students’ understanding of Judaism’s historical and cultural significance in Western Civilization. Inspired by content presentations by UC professors, participants will develop their own lesson incorporating academic literacy strategies and primary and secondary sources. Participants will receive history content, academic literacy strategies, and standards-based applications for the classroom. Participants who attend all days of institute, complete a lesson plan, attend the Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 follow-ups and bring student work to the follow-ups will receive a $500 stipend. Held at the UC Berkeley campus.

To Apply for this Institute:

1. Download and print the Application Form. You may type into this form and print. Be sure to complete the Intent to Apply Statement.
2. Return the completed and signed application form and $100 deposit check made out to UC Regents to us.
3. Download the School/District Support Form. Complete the fields and give to your principal to sign. This form may be faxed to us at (510-643-2353) or it may be included with your application form and deposit check.
Your application is only complete once we have received your application form, deposit check, and support form. Priority is given to teachers who attended the March 31st kick-off meeting. Successful applications will be notified in May.

Download:
Cultural Histories of the Hebrew Bible Application Form
Cultural Histories of the Hebrew Bible School/District Support Form

Implementing the Common Core Standards Through History Instruction* An Institute for 4th-12th Grade Teachers July 16-20, 2012, 8:30am to 4:30pm

Click here for our printable flyer for this institute.

This is the 11th year we have offered this institute. Each year, through our teachers' classroom inquiries we've deepened our understanding of how to help all history students be better readers, writers, and thinkers. In this five day institute, we focus on discipline-specific literacy strategies designed to increase student achievement by developing reading, writing, and critical thinking skills while teaching the California History-Social Science Content Standards. Local teachers lead workshops with classroom-tested model lessons. Teacher participants create their own standard-based lesson integrating literacy strategies learned at the institute. Held on the UC Berkeley campus.

*Formally known as the Building Academic Literacy Through History institute

Registration Rates:

Teacher Feedback:

• I feel more confident doing grade-level expository text with my students (rather than “dumbing it down”).  The strategies we learned are great building blocks for helping students read, analyze, and respond to text.  I also plan to use the theses-drafting strategies.

• The more we can help ‘break’ history down, use literacy strategies, use primary sources, and a “hands on” approach, I feel will help students grow more confident and become more successful in their understanding of history.

• Very practical, useful information; loved the input from the professor about undergraduate writing; one of the best professional trainings I’ve been to – you treated us as intelligent professionals – not always easy to find in teacher trainings.

To Register for this Institute:

1. Download and print the Registration Form. You may type into this form and print.
2. Return the completed and signed registration form and Registration Fee. We accept checks or purchase orders made out to UC Regents.
3. Download the School/District Support Form. Complete the fields and give to your principal to sign. This form may be faxed to us at (510-643-2353) or it may be included with your registration form and registration fee.
Your registration is only complete once we have received your registration form, registration fee, and support form.

Download:
Implementing the Common Core Registration Form
Implementing the Common Core School/District Support Form

Medieval Japan for the Seventh Grade Curriculum A Workshop for World History Teachers of Grade 7 July 23-27, 2012, 8:30am to 4:30pm In partnership with and generously supported by the Asian Art Museum

Supported through a generous contribution from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Due to the Museums' support, this workshop is offered at no cost for 18 educators.

The UCB History-Social Science Project and Asian Art Museum are partnering to offer an institute on medieval Japan for the 7th grade world history curriculum based on the Content Standards for California Public Schools and the Common Core Standards. Inspired by content presentations by UC Berkeley History professors and Asian Art Museum curators, participants will develop their own lesson incorporating academic literacy strategies and primary and secondary sources. Participants will receive history content, academic literacy strategies and standards-based applications for the classroom, a disk of Asian Art Museum collection images, and priority registration for museum school programs.  Held at the Asian Art Museum.

To Register for this Institute:

1. Download and print the Registration Form. You may type into this form and print.
2. Return the completed and signed registration form and $100 deposit check made out to UC Regents to us.
3. Download the School/District Support Form. Complete the fields and give to your principal to sign. This form may be faxed to us at (510-643-2353) or it may be included with your registration form and deposit check.
Your registration is only complete once we have received your registration form, deposit check, and support form.

Download:
Medieval Japan Registration Form
Medieval Japan School/District Support Form

American Democracy in Word and Deed An Institute for 4th, 5th, 8th, & 11th Grade Teachers of U.S. History/English-Language Arts August 20-24, 2012, 8:30am to 4:30pm

This institute focuses on the theme of American Democracy in Word and Deed for 4th, 5th, 8th, and 11th grade teachers of U.S. History/English-Language Arts.  Participants will increase their content knowledge in U.S. History and learn how to incorporate reading, writing, and thinking strategies into History-Social Science and Common Core standards-based classroom planning.  The institute includes daily professor lectures followed by models of teacher-created lessons tying lecture topics into the standards-based American democracy theme and integrating reading and writing strategies in their own curriculum.  Teachers will receive standards-based, grade-specific model lessons and develop lessons incorporating academic literacy strategies and primary and secondary sources.  This institute will be held at the Willow Creek Center, Concord, CA.

Registration Rates:

To Register for this Institute:

1. Download and print the Registration Form. You may type into this form and print.
2. Return the completed and signed registration form and Registration Fee. We accept checks or purchase orders made out to UC Regents.
3. Download the School/District Support Form. Complete the fields and give to your principal to sign. This form may be faxed to us at (510-643-2353) or it may be included with your registration form and registration fee.
Your registration is only complete once we have received your registration form, registration fee, and support form.

Download:
American Democracy Registration Form
American Democracy School/District Support Form

Teaching with Primary Sources for K-8 History-Social Science Teachers & Librarians
May 21 & June 5, 2012
4:00pm-7:30pm

Register for our Teaching with Primary Sources workshop on May 21 and June 5, 4:00pm-7:30pm. Both sessions will be held at the Hercules Middle & High School on 1900 Refugio Valley Rd. in Hercules, CA. The registration deadline is May 7 and we require a $25 desposit to hold your space, which will be returned to you at the June 5 session. Space is available for 22 teachers so register today!

Click here for a printable flyer.
Click here for a registration form.

The Library of Congress houses a plethora of primary source materials to engage young learners in historical inquiry and historical thinking. The Teaching with Primary Sources workshops are offered through a partnership with the Library of Congress and the California History-Social Science Project. These workshops for K-12 teachers and librarians will guide participants through the process of finding and utilizing these unique resources. Workshops are designed for 25 teachers and librarians, and will meet in two sessions for a total of 10-12 hours of professional development. If you are interested in bringing a Teaching with Primary Sources workshop to your school district, please contact the UCBH-SSP for more information: (510) 643-0897 or ucbhssp@berkeley.edu.

The California History-Social Science Project sites held aTeaching with Primary Sources institute in July 2011, for teachers who have completed the workshop at their school district. Here is what those teachers said about the institute:

• I really loved the strategies we were given regarding using writing with evidence. This was extremely helpful and I will definitely use this with my students!

• I predict that I will use primary sources a lot more in my classroom. It feels much easier to find them and I feel comfortable with the strategies taught.

• No program is perfect. What I appreciate in regarding this program is the number of templates and forms provided that can all be used to help make primary documents more accessible to students.

Visit the Teaching with Primary Sources website:http://tps.ucdavis.edu/levelone.html

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