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Social Studies Signal - August 2019
A monthly newsletter for social studies educators.

Updates from the Ohio Department of Education

• Revised Model Curriculum update
• Release of spring 2019 Ohio’s State Tests items​

State organizations offering opportunities and resources

• The Ohio Center for Law-Related Education’s Law & Citizenship Conference offers opportunities to enhance citizenship education.
• Ohio Council for the Social Studies holds fall conference

Other opportunities

• The College Board offers professional development workshops
• Gilder Lehrman offers online courses and teaching seminars
• 9/11 Memorial Museum Anniversary in the Schools Webinar
• U.S. Census Bureau provides program to increase awareness of the 2020 CensusThe

Resources

• Bringing Social Studies to Life With PBL
• The Cherokee Response to Removal
• Exploring Media Literacy Education as a Tool for Mitigating Truth Decay
• Slavery Simulations: Just Don't
• Social Media in Education: Resource Toolkit