The Catoctin Center for Regional Studies, in partnership with National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Park Service, Frederick Community College, the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, and the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, announces its new website: “Crossroads of War: Maryland and the Border in the Civil War.” This website, available at www.CrossroadsofWar.org.
The Maryland General Assembly convenes today (January 9) in Annapolis for the first day of the session. The session is scheduled to end on April 8. Social studies educators are encouraged to contact their local Delegates and Senators to thank them for their support of social studies during the 2012 session and ask that they continue to lend their support to this vital content area in the future.
The Maryland General Assembly unanimously passed the Core Content Areas Accountability Act in a powerful statement of the importance of social studies in the minds of our State’s legislators. Let’s keep our discipline in the forefront of their minds. Legislators’ email addresses can be found at http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/07leg/html/gaco.html.
Hanna Aris and Amie Sanner of Calvert High School in Prince Frederick, Maryland were selected as one of only 15 student/teacher teams from throughout the United States to engage in a rigorous study of D-Day and World War II. They will be immersed in lectures presented by leading World War II historians and walk in the footsteps of history on the beaches of Normandy. Hannah will also lay a wreath at the American Cemetery in France and present a eulogy for a soldier who made the ultimate sacrifice. This great experience is yet another example of the valuable experiences afforded to young people through their social studies education.
On December 13, 2012, 32 students at James Hubert Blake High School showcased their knowledge of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, politics, law, citizenship and current events at the District 8 We the People Simulated Congressional Hearing. In their first year competing in 2011-12, the team won the state-level competition and represented Maryland in the national competition in Washington DC. This year as well, after advancing past the district level competition, the 2012-13 team heads into the state competition in February and hopes to represent Maryland again, with eyes on returning to the national stage. Read more →
The Maryland Council for Social Studies Board of Directors election is now completed and the results are as follows:
Terms of office for these members will begin on March 1, 2013 Read more →
