Blog Posts | Social Studies Utah

Mar 30, 20211 min read

Meet Five Incredible Women Making History in Our Community

Women have played a vital role in the success of our families, our economy, and our communities throughout history, and continue to do so...

Mar 17, 20211 min read

Slavery in America: Online Student Classes

The National Constitution Center offers Scholar Exchanges—free interactive online lessons for students—that don't require any teacher...

Mar 9, 20212 min read

Online Event: A Conversation with FBI Director Wray on Civic Education

ONLINE EVENT: A Conversation with FBI Director Wray and National Security Lawyers on Civic Education as a National Security Imperative...

Mar 4, 20211 min read

GIS: Fully Funded Opportunity for 4 Corners Region Secondary Teachers

This opportunity is made possible by National Geographic Society, Northern Arizona University Online, the Center for Science Teaching and...

Mar 4, 20211 min read

The Great Migration and Race Economics

The Great Migration and Race Economics (VIRTUAL) Grades 9-12 Thursday, March 18th, 2021 4:00-6:00pm A lengthy list of push and pull...

Mar 4, 20211 min read

Primary Source Sets for US and Utah History

Utah Division of State History has just added a new collection on the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and we have updated our existing...

Mar 4, 20211 min read

Spring Gateway to Learning Workshops

SPRING 2021 WORKSHOPS - REGISTER NOW! Asian Exclusion in the United States in the 19th and 20th Century March 27, 2021, 9am-12pm Funie...

Mar 2, 20211 min read

Celebrate Women's History Month with the Kennedy Center

March is Women's History Month, with International Women's Day on March 8, and the Global Women's Studies program (GWS) is recognizing...

Feb 25, 20211 min read

Arts Express Summer Conference Online - Register Now!!

Registration for the Arts Express Summer Conference for Elementary Educators is now open! The format will be virtual on June 8-9, 2021...

Feb 25, 20212 min read

NCHE Special Event: An Evening with Sarah Vowell

An Evening with Sarah Vowell Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 7:00 PM Eastern Join New York Times Bestselling author, journalist, essayist, and...

Feb 23, 20211 min read

Unladylike2020: Elevating the Hidden History of American Women

Join us for this webinar series for middle and high school social studies teachers featuring the women’s history series Unladylike2020....

Feb 22, 20211 min read

PBS Utah pandemic book club

Invite your students to bring some perspective to the current pandemic by looking at pandemics from the past. Pandemics have fostered...

Feb 19, 20211 min read

NCHE Conference April 8-11, 2021 - Discounted Registration

NCHE Conference Group Discount Conference Website: https://ncheteach.org/conference In order to encourage teachers to attend, we have...

Feb 18, 20211 min read

Hoop Dance Competition

From Brenda Beyal and the BYU Arts Partnership: Hoop Dance Competition I thought I would share with you a blog that was written by our...

Feb 18, 20210 min read

Free PD from the National Archives

Feb 18, 20211 min read

Sorting Out Race Exhibit at The Leonardo Free Class Visits

The Leonardo is offering FREE in-person field trips for high schools to see the first floor and we will have a professional facilitator...

Feb 8, 20211 min read

Asia and Latin America Spring workshops

The University of Utah is offering two spring educator workshops that will be held online: Registration Links: Asian Exclusion in the...

Jan 29, 20211 min read

Native American Curriculum Initiative (NACI) through the BYU ARTS Partnership

This resource was created in the early 2000's with advocacy and partnership between the Marriott Library, the American West Center and...

Jan 29, 20212 min read

Bear River Massacre Commemoration

What an amazing opportunity to share the Bear River Massacre Memorial with a larger audience this year because of the recording that will...

Jan 29, 20211 min read

Thrive125 virtual events

Feel free to join us for Thrive125 virtual events throughout the year. These are being organized by Utah Humanities and the Department of...

Jan 22, 20211 min read

Please join us for The Black Church

You are all invited to a special virtual event hosted by PBS Utah in anticipation of the two-part four-hour series by Dr. Henry Louis...

Jan 22, 20211 min read

INSIDE THE VAULT: PRIMARY SOURCES RELATED TO ENSLAVED PEOPLE

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History CLASSROOM-READY RESOURCES Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, 1853 Spotlight on...

Jan 21, 20211 min read

Open Access Articles from The Geography Teacher

Teaching About Food and Agriculture Using Web Mapping Tools and Spatial Data https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19338341.2020.1...

Jan 21, 20212 min read

Violence at the U.S. Capitol and Principles of Government Resources

In light of the breaching and ransacking of the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, below you will find educational resources to help...