Educating Young People about the Constitution

You are Invited to Join us for an ELL-Focused Professional Development Seminar in Santa Fe

Please join us for a one-day professional development seminar on Tuesday October 22, 2013. The program will be held in Santa Fe, NM, and will be titled An American Primer: Teaching the Founding Documents and Supporting English Language Learners.

Participants will:
Use student-friendly activities to analyze ways in which the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights illustrate our most important civic values. Receive a FREE copy of Being an American: Exploring the Ideals that Unite Us, High School Edition and Being an American: Exploring the Ideals that Unite Us, ELL Supplement. Receive a Professional Development certificate for 6 seat hours. Participate in engaging lessons that will help your students analyze the Founding documents. Analyze real-world scenarios that illustrate the enduring significance of the Bill of Rights and its limits on government. Gain new techniques for teaching these concepts to English Language Learners.

With a focus on primary sources, this Workshop will help teachers address multiple Common Core Standards.
WHO: You! Social Studies Teachers, grades 8-12 WHEN: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 8:30am-3:30pm WHERE: BF Young Building REGISTER NOW AT: www.billofrightsinstitute.org/santafe-2013/ All registrations must be received online. For questions, contact us at events@BillofRightsInstitute.org, or at 703-894-1776, ext 20. This workshop is presented by the Bill of Rights Institute, thanks to the generous support of the Hatton Sumners Foundation.

200 North Glebe Road, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22203 Phone: 703-894-1776 www.BillofRightsInstitute.org