social studies | Marsha Lee

Pike Place Market

November 21, 2012 by tchistorygal

Traveling to conferences often allows attendees the opportunity to explore new places. National Council for the Social Studies moves their conference each year to a different part of the country allowing social studies teachers to learn geography as well as history, civics, economics and all the social studies. In Seattle I ate in some top Diners and Dives restaurants, rode to the top of the Space Needle, got lost in downtown several times, and best of all, went to the […]

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Categories: agriculture, Photography, shopping, Travel, Washington State • Tags: California, farmers' market, food, photography, Pike Place Market, Seattle, social studies, Washington

break dancing - I mean dancing during the break.

Sunday Post: People

October 3, 2012 by tchistorygal

Ok, this post is for Jake. I hope I will get his dragon posted in correctly so you can see his amazing 3D people. My people are doing similar things, but they are flat, and a wee bit older (or at least some of them are!! – not mentioning any names!) We were at a not-so-boring California Council for the Social Studies Board meeting. Just when things might have gotten dull, our President, Brent Heath, enlivened us with […]

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Categories: CCSS, Photography • Tags: California, California Council, Jake, Jakesprinter, Social science, social studies, sunday post

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David Copperfield and the Common Core

September 30, 2012 by tchistorygal

A new blogging friend, Sharechair, blogged about a great Amazon offer of free audible books. I rushed to Amazon and downloaded about ten of them. The first one I listened to was David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, narrated by Simon Vance. Vance transports you to 1850s England in a time before cell phones, cars, planes, or any kind of easy communication that we have today. The wonderful fiction becomes a window to the world in that time period through the characters. […]

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Categories: Common Core, Education • Tags: Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Dicken, England, Language arts, Primary source, social studies

Common Core FAQs Relative to History-Social Studies

September 8, 2012 by tchistorygal

Today our San Joaquin Valley Council for the Social Studies had their big planning meeting. One thing that came out of that was the need for a one page FAQ sheet for the Common Core Standards for Social Studies teachers in particular – to quell their fears of the unknown. This is all I got done this afternoon. See what you think of it, and tell me what else you thing should be on it.KNOWN ASSESSMENT FAQs • Common Core […]

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Categories: Assessment, CCSS, Common Core, Education, history-social science, SJVCSS • Tags: California, California Council, Common Core, Education, National Council for the Social Studies, Primary source, San Joaquin Valley Council for the Social Studies, Seattle, Social science, social studies

Photo Phailures

August 8, 2012 by tchistorygal

I take hundreds of pictures, yet I am not a photographer. I am a documentarian. My dad, who was a photographer was constantly taking what he called “record” shots. They were basically the name of where he took the pictures, or to record that an event took place (ie Christmas, 1967 when it drifted 10 feet). Just making that up the date BTW, I have the “record shot”. I take unusually bad record shots of events. California Council for […]

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Categories: Experience, Photography • Tags: Canon EOS, iPhone, National History Day, social studies

Mike and Marvin link what they see at the museum to their knowledge of history imagining how they would present the information to students.

Location, Location, Location Making the Most of Meetings

May 31, 2012 by tchistorygal

President Elect, Mike Lebsock, begins his term as San Joaquin Valley Council for the Social Studies President on July 1, 2012. In preparation he meets with Vice-President Elect, Justin Paredes, current President, Marsha Ingrao, and Treasurer, Marvin Awbrey to ensure a smooth transition. Instead of meeting somewhere bland, the group of history buffs took a self-guided tour of Tulare County’s largest museums located in Mooney Grove Park.

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Categories: California, Experience, museum, Organizations, SJVCSS, Tulare County • Tags: Justin Paredes, Marsha Ingrao, Marvin Awbrey, Mike Lebsock, San Joaquin Valley, San Joaquin Valley Council, San Joaquin Valley Council for the Social Studies, SJVCSS, social studies, Tulare County Museum

Six on Sunday

May 20, 2012 by tchistorygal

Ever heard of Ten on Tuesday? Take Tuesday to count your blessings. I have been sitting here on Sunday blog-tired after an invigorating 7 hour board meeting and 8 hours of driving yesterday, trying to think of just six. I am thankful, but I also want to be witty and entertaining, a blogging by-law. And in bloggerland, the blogist also has to consider promoting other blogs to attract more blog readers, or better yet, attract non-blog readers to the blog. […]

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Categories: Common Core, Experience • Tags: AIHE, CCSS, Common Core Standards, Education, history, SJV, SJVCSS, social studies

CCSS California Council for the Social Studies

May 1, 2012 by tchistorygal

The initials for California Council for the Social Studies are now being confused with Common Core State Standards. More people will visit our website looking for the Common Core. We should have a helpful link on there along with some Common Core posts that people will stop to read first. Brent Heath opened up his home in Ontario, CA for our Executive Board Retreat where we planned for the upcoming year. The Executive Board consists of the President, Avi Black, […]

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Categories: California, CCSS, Experience, Organizations • Tags: California Council for the Social Studies, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, organization, social studies

Joining Stuff

April 29, 2012 by tchistorygal

I never used to join things. I was so shy in school that if I had to give a book report, I’d play sick so I could miss school in hopes that my teacher might run out of time for my report. Amazingly today I’m the president of a small local professional organization for social studies educators. San Joaquin Valley Council for the Social Studies started out with maybe 5-6 people when I first found out that I was an […]

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Categories: Experience, Organizations • Tags: California Council for the Social Studies, collaborate, colonial, committee, confidence, Facebook, history, leadership academy, National Council for the Social Studies, non-profit, professional organization, Roberts Rules of Order, San Joaquin Valley Council for the Social Studies, social studies, teacher, Teacher of the Year

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