September+15+2009

**__Notes from the Sept 15, 2009 Meeting__**

 * RIMS and Textbook Review - Alan Griffin**
 * Annual fall review for social studies materials.
 * Vendors send samples and 10 commissioners across the state as well as volunteers from across the state meet for a day and review materials.
 * Sept 29-30 is the date for this year. If you want to be involved, let Cory Little know at cory.little@nebo.edu
 * Reviewed materials are distributed to those who help review, as well as lunch.
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 * Some materials are recommended as primary text, limited recommendation, student resources, or teacher resources.
 * Can also choose to see only recently approved materials.
 * Materials are also aligned to the core available through www.uen.org, but may not yet be complete (all publishers). It gives the specific page numbers that match the objectives. These are provided either by the publisher or an independent aligner.

**Veterans' Oral History Recording Project - Rick Gaisford**
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 * World War II Speaker Series - Monthly at SLC Library, 7 PM - Impromptu Jazz band that performs before each presentation
 * Oct 12 - Mark Heyrand - Patton's HQ in Europe
 * Nov 9 - Phoenix Swing Band - Veterans Day program
 * Dec 14 - Ralph Wadley and the Pearl Harbor survivors
 * Jan 11 - Boyd Henderson - US 5th Army in Anzio and Rome
 * Feb 8 - Don Pickett - 8th Armored Division
 * Mar 8 - Robert Lewis - Navy B24 Pilot, sub spotter
 * Apr 12 - Stanley Nance - America's Ghost Army in Europe
 * May 10 - Charles Greenwood - B17 Tailgunner
 * Sat Sept 26 Wendover Air Show - Most authentic airbase representing that time period
 * Utah Geography Alliance - David Keyes**
 * UEA Geography breakout Oct 2
 * Geography Awareness Week Nov 15 - 21
 * Geography Bee - April 9, 2010
 * Sheila Keller-Powell is a good state contact - geoqueen1@msn.com 801-580-7843
 * We Shall Remain - Liz Player**
 * Each principal should have received, last week, the new Utah Indian Curriculum Guide
 * Best Contact - Liz Player - ElizaPlayer@gmail.com
 * You can sign up to have her introduce this to teachers in a school or district.
 * Focuses on 4th grade, 7th grade Utah studies, and Government at the high school level
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 * Their funding is out in December this year, so sign her up soon if you want teaching materials and an introduction.
 * Vote 18 - Marilyn Bown**
 * They offer a one-day lesson plan for high school on voting, probably for the government class. It is a scripted lesson plan, but has room for adaptation. Could also be used with younger students.
 * This is being sponsored or encouraged by the League of Women Voters of Utah.
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**Interactive Video Conferencing - James Hodges, UEN**
 * Wimba is an option
 * IVC / EdNet is an option
 * New software option: IVC now has high quality option for the desktop/laptop that was available in the EdNet rooms.
 * Realtime, 2-way video and audio.
 * Can record these meetings or classes for video-on-demand
 * Guest speaker, virtual field trips anywhere in the world.

**Senate Youth - Dawn Hauser**
 * Looking for judges of portfolios.
 * All department chairs and counselors and student government advisors should have been informed by now.
 * Nov 2 deadline for portfolios.
 * Two students per school possible.
 * Great experience for those youth and also for their parents.
 * $5000 scholarship and trip to DC possible.
 * Contact Dawn Hauser - dlhauser@graniteschools.org or 385-646-4547


 * Amazing Race - Tom Sutton **
 * Granite and Jordan do this each year.
 * They give them a TRAX ticket and a GPS Unit, and the contestants have to run around looking for specific coordinates.
 * Jared Covilli suggested doing this state-wide.
 * Utah Geographic Alliance is also on board as a sponsor and Pearson wants to donate as well.
 * Planning for possibly of multiple places, or else send everyone to salt lake.
 * This is targeting teachers rather than students probably.
 * Will likely come out this spring.

**Saturday History Seminar - Dawn Hauser**
 * Free food
 * Variety of sessions

**K-2 Social Studies Core - Tom Sutton**
 * Almost complete
 * The social studies core was pulled out because enough districts asked for it. We will probably create an integrated one again to give districts the option.
 * Literacy piece being added.
 * Standard 1 -
 * Standard 2 -
 * Standard 3 - Geography
 * Standard 4 - Financial Literacy
 * Focus on literacy text structures within each objective and indicator.
 * The core also aligns well with textbooks (Like the Houghton-Mifflin books)
 * Some resentment in the meeting about the over-emphasis on literacy, particularly if it is taught in isolation from content, especially social studies content at the elementary level.
 * State Social Studies Master Plan - Tom Sutton**


 * Five year plan - Where do we want to be in 5 years?
 * Tom is expecting the social studies coordinators to help accomplish it.
 * The purpose of public education is to prepare kids to be citizens.