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Professional Development
District Wide Staff Development is February 13
District Wide Staff Development will take place on February 13th. The Social Studies Professional Development Cadre is looking for presenters for our sessions. Please see your department chair for the proposal forms.
AUSTIN ISD Professional Development Vision Statement: Professional learning in the Austin Independent School District advances student learning by enhancing the knowledge, skills, and performance of all individuals to create a strong and effective district learning community committed to the 
philosophy that
all children can learn.
Instructional Resources
Check out these cool items for 6th Grade World Cultures[courtesy of ESC Region XIII]
Interactive Source for Teaching about the Mexican Revolution
From Revolution to Renaissance is a digital education program highlighting a former exhibit at the Mexic-Arte Museum. The exhibit features art from the Renaissance period of Mexico following the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Go to the museum's web page and click on the link Pachyderm to start the program, and have access to templates and downloadable activities to use in your classroom.
Connecting to the larger world.
Transforming old ideas into new.
Providing innovative approaches to world studies.
Hemispheres, the international outreach consortium at the University of Texas at Austin, offers a broad educational program to increase knowledge and understanding of
Using the resources of one of the nation’s largest research institutions, we work with educators to address critical needs and to supplement existing knowledge of the world around us.
Over the past decade, Hemispheres has worked to strengthen the relationship between the university and K–12 educators by engaging in an ongoing dialogue. We see the university as a center for current ideas and our role as a conduit to bring information to you in the ways that you find most useful. Everything we do is constructed with an awareness of the standards and an understanding of what educators need for their classrooms. We are actively involved in content-based teacher training, standards-aligned curriculum development, and the presentation of instructional resources in a variety of formats and levels.
- To learn more about the services that we provide, please take a few moments to explore our web site.
- To view the resources available in our Lending Libraries, click here.
- To investigate our Speaker's Bureau, click here
- Our Public Lectures & Events calendars can be viewed here.
- Please feel free to contact us individually or jointly at hemispheres@austin.utexas.edu.
Additional Web resources:
- CountryReports.org provides over 27,000 pages of cultural, historical, and statistical information. Email the Social Studies Curriculum office and we'll provide you with your trial Username and Password.
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Taking It Global - The TIGed Activities Database is a resource by teachers, for teachers. Using the database, you can find new methods to infuse TakingITGlobal into your teaching in ways that meet your local curriculum standards. TIG staff, partners, and educators from around the world have developed activities and lesson plans and you can contribute too!
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