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[Gary and Robyn Cressman]

Hello,
 
Below is the latest list of updates and opportunities. I hope to see you
this week in Spokane for OSPI¹s January Conference and/or this Saturday at
the WSCSS K-8 Conference in Seattle!

You can find the entire pdf on the WSCSS web site at http://www.wscss.org on
the right side of the screen.
 
Caleb
 
Summary - 

OSPI Updates:
OSPI January Conference
Update on Social Studies GLEs
 
Opportunities:

€ Washington State Council for the Social Studies - Annual K-8 Conference
€ Washington State Council for the Social Studies ­ Spring Retreat in Chelan
€ The Mock Presidential Primary Website- Washington State Secretary of
State¹s Office 
€ Economics for Leaders ­ Summer Program for High School Students
€ Bill of Rights Institute - From Madison to MTV: Your Right to Say It ­
Teacher Seminar 

Opportunities from the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center

€ 2008 National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) Seminars
€ Goethe Institute ­ Study Tours in Germany - Summer 2008
€ Opportunities from the World Affairs Council
€ 2008 Japanese Government Scholarships - Teacher Training
€ 2008 Fulbright-Hays GPA Short-Term Seminar in Russia
€ 2008/2009 Save Our History Grant Program Application
€ Washington¹s World War II Oral History Project
€ 2008 Summer Institute for Secondary Teachers - ³China¹s Transformations on
the Eve of the Olympics²
€ How would you Power Your Future? ­ High School Student Competition
€ WSAME 2008 Workshops
€ 2008 Colonial Dames Scholarships
€ Judging History Day Contest
€ The National World War II Museum - High School On-Line Essay Contest &
Middle School Art Contest
€ Opportunities from the REACH Program
€ National History Day¹s Summer Institute
€ GEEO Trips for Teachers
€ iEARN Upcoming Events