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ACSS is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality instruction for students and support for Social Studies educators. We are part of the network of more than 110 affiliated state, local, and regional councils and associated groups with the National Council for the Social Studies. Our membership represents K-12 classroom teachers, college and university faculty members, curriculum designers and specialists, social studies supervisors, and leaders in the various disciplines that constitute the social studies.

Take advantage of discounted ACSS Membership for you School's entire Social Studies Department, or join today as an individual or student member! Membership includes discounted registration at the ACSS Conference in October!

ACSS Individual Annual Membership -- $20

ACSS Student Annual Membership -- $10
(Must be a full time student and submit copy of Student ID or class schedule)

ACSS School Department Annual Membership -- $100
(Full ACSS Membership for an unlimited number of teachers in your school's Social Studies Department)

2010 ACSS Annual Conference

Theme, Date, and Venue to be posted after January 1, 2010.

  • 2010 Conference Registration

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  • Member - $60 (2011 dues included w/registration)
  • Non-Member - $70 (2011 dues included w/registration)
  • Pre-service Student-teachers - $20 (copy of Student ID or instructor signature required)
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Arizona Game & Fish Department is in the final stages of creating an exciting new curriculum that integrates science and social studies:
This five-lesson high school unit centers on the history of wildlife conservation in the United States and North America. Before AGFD can go public with the lessons, however, it needs to pilot-test in a few high school classrooms around the state. Therefore, Eric Proctor of AGFD is looking for high school social studies or science teachers who would be interested in teaching the entire unit to their students. The lessons can be mailed to interested teachers, with feedback forms and comments returned by February 1, 2010. That time frame gives teachers about two months to fit it into their curriculum. For more information please contact eproctor@azgfd.gov ASAP for more details.

National History Day Free Teacher Workshops
Contact Megan Gately at Arizona Historical Society for details <http://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org>

Free Project Citizen Academy on December 2nd
Project Citizen is a Center for Civic Education program that helps promote responsible and competent participation in state and local government by teaching students to identify problems in their community and work together to develop strategies to remedy these problems through developing and implementing public policy.

Participants can expect:
1. Hands-on training.
2. Classroom set of textbooks, including a teacher's guide.
3. Classroom set of Arizona Cities, Towns and Counties.
4. Arizona Standard Correlations for Civics/Government and Language Arts.
5. Opportunity for Continuing Education Credit.
6. Continental breakfast and lunch.
7. Substitute reimbursement for teachers.
8. Reimbursement for mileage and accommodations for those teachers traveling 100+ miles on way.

Contact Elizabeth Hyatt at the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education for more information: elizabeth.hyatt@azflse.org

American Red Cross - Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) is an education program that introduces young people to the basic rules and principles of international humanitarian law (IHL). This free program provides teachers with teaching materials and strategies that reinforce and enrich existing educational programs. It focuses on cultivating awareness of humanitarian norms, limits, and protections applicable to situations of armed conflict, along with exploring the complexities involved in applying humanitarian law to real-life situations.

The Robert J. Stahl Student Teacher Scholarship Award established in 2008 to support an Arizona pre-service student teacher who plans to enter the field of teaching K-12 social studies. This $1000.00 scholarship includes a year’s membership in both the ACSS and the NCSS and is intended to offset costs associated with the semester of student teaching. Applications available from ASU, U of A, and NAU social studies methods professors and adjunct instructors.

The ACSS Arizona State Academic Standards Search Tool
Social studies Educators can search the Arizona Social Studies standards to help correlate standards and classroom instruction to the Arizona State Standards. Give it a try below...

Search for a Specific AZ Social Studies Standard
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The Reference Library Database for Social Studies and Science Trade books is now available through IDEAL. A link to the Database is available on the Social Studies Resource Page

Social Studies Standards and Resources from ADE (on ADE website)
The Social Studies Standard Articulated by Grade Level was adopted by the Board of Education on September 26, 2005. A two-year transition plan was also adopted. The final draft of the Social Studies Standard is available for viewing through the ADE website.

ACSS Members in the News (archive..)
Congratulations to ACSS's own Syd Golston who was elected as 2009-2010 NCSS President. Syd spent many years in the secondary classroom in the Phoenix Union High School District and was Dean of Women at Alhambra High School. Way to represent Arizona Syd!

 

February 2010
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NEW: Simulating Congressional Action in the Classroom During the Dirksen Center's annual Congress in the Classroom workshop participants are asked to introduce the lesson plans, resources, and techniques that have proven successful in teaching about Congress in their classrooms. A 2009 participant, Dennis J. Duffy, Libertyville High School, Libertyville, Illinois, presented a lesson entitled "Simulating Congressional Action in the Classroom."After completing this lesson, students will have a practical understanding of the congressional system of committees and floor action. Students will also have engaged directly in informal negotiations with fellow student-legislators in order to get legislation passed. Find this great lesson at:

http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_programs_CongressClassroom.htm

   

 

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