Article III: The Federal Judiciary (Massachusetts CSS)
Article III: The Federal Judiciary (Massachusetts CSS)
The Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies (MCSS) will present its second annual summer content institute for K-12 social studies teachers from July 31--August 4, 2017. Application due June 15, 2017.
The intensive five-day content institute will be held at the John Adams Courthouse, Massachusetts Historical Society, Suffolk University, and African Meeting House. The focus will be on a range of landmark Supreme Court cases, biographies of notable Supreme Court justices, its relationships with the executive and legislative branches of federal and state governments, and principles of judicial philosophy, restraint, and activism, and the rule of law with respects to the Bill of Rights.
Guest speakers include Professor Mary S. Bilder of Boston College, author of Madison’s Hand: Revising the Constitutional Constitution (Harvard University Press, 2015), David L. Hudson of Nashville School of Law, Honorable Robert Cordy (retired) of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, Charlie Newhall of St. John Prep, Professor Robert Allison of Suffolk University, Barbara Berenson of John Adams Courthouse, Kathleen Barker of Massachusetts Historical Society, Chris Duggan from American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), and L’Merchie Frazier of Museum of African American History.
Partnerships: MCSS will be partnering, once again, with Massachusetts Center for Civic Education (MACCE) and James Madison Legacy Project (JMLP).
Suffolk University has available lodging in the downtown Boston campus at Miller Hall, West Hall, and Modern Suites for summer content institute participants at an additional cost.
Participants will have the option to earn 3 graduate credits from Framingham State University for an additional cost of $225, or 70 PDPs in content (history and government/political science). Participants will also be introduced to the Center for Civic Education We the People program, which coincides with the summer content institute.
Registration costs to this summer’s content institute is as follows:
MCSS/NCSS/NEHTA member/individual ($300)
MCSS/NCSS/NEHTA non-member/individual ($450) – cost includes 1 year membership to MCSS
MACCE cohort member ($200)
re-service or retired teacher ($150)
To learn more, visit http://www.masscouncil.org. For queries, contact Dr. Gorman Lee at glee0524@gmail.com.
The intensive five-day content institute will be held at the John Adams Courthouse, Massachusetts Historical Society, Suffolk University, and African Meeting House. The focus will be on a range of landmark Supreme Court cases, biographies of notable Supreme Court justices, its relationships with the executive and legislative branches of federal and state governments, and principles of judicial philosophy, restraint, and activism, and the rule of law with respects to the Bill of Rights.
Guest speakers include Professor Mary S. Bilder of Boston College, author of Madison’s Hand: Revising the Constitutional Constitution (Harvard University Press, 2015), David L. Hudson of Nashville School of Law, Honorable Robert Cordy (retired) of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, Charlie Newhall of St. John Prep, Professor Robert Allison of Suffolk University, Barbara Berenson of John Adams Courthouse, Kathleen Barker of Massachusetts Historical Society, Chris Duggan from American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), and L’Merchie Frazier of Museum of African American History.
Partnerships: MCSS will be partnering, once again, with Massachusetts Center for Civic Education (MACCE) and James Madison Legacy Project (JMLP).
Suffolk University has available lodging in the downtown Boston campus at Miller Hall, West Hall, and Modern Suites for summer content institute participants at an additional cost.
Participants will have the option to earn 3 graduate credits from Framingham State University for an additional cost of $225, or 70 PDPs in content (history and government/political science). Participants will also be introduced to the Center for Civic Education We the People program, which coincides with the summer content institute.
Registration costs to this summer’s content institute is as follows:
MCSS/NCSS/NEHTA member/individual ($300)
MCSS/NCSS/NEHTA non-member/individual ($450) – cost includes 1 year membership to MCSS
MACCE cohort member ($200)
re-service or retired teacher ($150)
To learn more, visit http://www.masscouncil.org. For queries, contact Dr. Gorman Lee at glee0524@gmail.com.
Deadline Date:
June 15, 2017
Dates:
July 31, 2017 - August 4, 2017