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Social Studies Workshops

We would like to thank everyone for their attendance and support of the workshops held in Spring 2024. We are currently working on determining curricula for the next academic year and will inform educators about future events as soon as we can!

The Department of History at the University of South Florida is pleased to announce a workshop series dedicated to providing social studies content and resources to K-12 educators in Florida. These workshops are free for all Florida educators and led by USF instructors. Each workshop is one hour in length, held virtually via Microsoft Teams, and devoted to a social studies topic that is relevant to multiple Florida socials studies state standards at the K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 levels (see "A Note on Standards" below). All attendees will receive lecture slides with images related to the workshop and a packet of relevant historical sources, both of which will be posted on this page under the appropriate workshop shortly before it begins.

Many school districts have already agreed to count attendance at these workshops for Continuing Education hours. Contact your administrators to confirm whether you can use these workshops for your CE hours. All attendees will receive an email to document their attendance at a given workshop, and we are happy to provide certificates of completion per individual requests.

Fall 2024 Workshop Schedule

We are currently in the process of finalizing our schedule for Fall 2024. Check back here in early August for details!

Spring 2024 Workshop Slides and Sources

The United States in the Middle East, 1945 – 1991 Slides and Sources Teaching the Byzantine Empire Slides and Sources The Cold War in the Third World Slides and Sources Votes and Victory: Women's Participation in Government and WWI Slides and Sources The United States in Afghanistan, 1979 – 2001 Slides and Sources Historical Epidemics from Ancient Athens to Columbus Slides and Sources Beyond Rosie and Rosa: Women in World War II and the Civil Rights Movement Slides and Sources Culture and Revolution in Ireland Slides and Sources Women's Lives North and South: The Civil War, Reconstruction, and Industrialization Slides and Sources Reconstruction South and West: The Post Civil-War Experience of Black and Indigenous Americans Slides and Sources History of the Irish in America Slides and Sources The Founding Fathers and Their Ancient Inspirations Slides and Sources Irish History Through Holidays:  History Lessons for St. Patrick’s Day and Halloween  Slides and Sources World War II and the American Homefront Slides and Sources Medieval and Modern Crusades Slides and Sources

A Note on State Social Studies Standards

All of our workshops are united by a shared emphasis on the importance of primary and secondary sources for conducting responsible social studies research. They therefore touch on the following state standards at the K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 levels:

• SS.K.A.1.2: Develop an awareness of a primary source.
• SS.1.A.1.1: Develop an understanding of a primary source.
• SS.1.A.2.1: Understand history tells the story of people and events of other times and places.
• SS.1.A.2.2: Compare life now with life in the past.
• SS.2.A.1.1: Examine primary and secondary sources.
• SS.3.A.1.1: Analyze primary and secondary sources.
• SS.5.A.1.1: Use primary and secondary sources to understand history.
• SS.6.W.1.3: Interpret primary and secondary sources.
• SS.6.W.1.4: Describe the methods of historical inquiry and how history relates to the other social sciences.
• SS.6.W.1.5: Describe the roles of historians and recognize varying historical interpretations (historiography).
• SS.912.W.1.3: Interpret and evaluate primary and secondary sources.
• SS.912.W.1.4: Explain how historians use historical inquiry and other sciences to understand the past.
• SS.912.A.1.2: Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to identify author, historical significance, audience, and authenticity to understand a historical period. 
• SS.912.A.1.4: Analyze how images, symbols, objects, cartoons, graphs, charts, maps, and artwork may be used to interpret the significance of time periods and events from the past. 
• SS.912.A.1.6: Use case studies to explore social, political, legal, and economic relationships in history.

Questions? Concerns? Contact Matt King at matthewking1@usf.edu.