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--Featured Summer Opportunity from Our Partners at MCEE--
Our very own, Kate Volpe - MDCSS President, Joey Landgraf - MDCSS President Elect, and George Toepher -MDCSS PD Coordinator will be leading sessions . Register to learn more about infusing Personal Finance & Economics into your classroom!
--Featured Summer Opportunity--
This seminar will explore the intersections of Holocaust education, racism, and antisemitism in Baltimore. Using the Holocaust as a touchstone, participants will engage with historic and modern urban issues such as the historical roots of antisemitism, scientific racism, housing segregation, educational inequality, racial violence, forms of community activism, and connecting local histories and Holocaust studies in the classroom.
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Interactive strategies for teaching the Holocaust and human rights to young adults
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Seminar sessions on overlapping histories of systemic racism in the US and Nazi Germany
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Lesson-building workshop and peer-review
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Books and other resource materials
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Professional development hours available
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Experiential visits to local sites with local experts, including the Jewish Museum of Maryland, Black/Jewish Forum of Baltimore, Maryland Lynching Memorial Project, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, and Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project
Our very own, Julia Berg, MDCSS Board Member, will be co-leading this professional development seminar.
Check Out Our Updated Calendar!
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MDCSS aims to connect you with the most up-to-date opportunities to grow your craft as a social studies educator. Our calendar now features various professional learning opportunities in the field, including in-person and virtual courses, workshops, lectures, and more! Most opportunities are free of cost, but those requiring a fee will be denoted with a dollar sign ($).
