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2020 Summer Institute
Student Rights:
Constitutional Evolution, Empowerment, Engagement
June 22-24, 2020
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
Featuring Justin Driver, the author of The SchoolHouse Gate: Public Education, The Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind.
Register before May 20 and receive your free copy!
Your Registration Fee provides you:
- Three days of meals & lodging
- Parking at PSU
- Field Trips & Materials
Joining us for the three days of Summer Institute guarantees you:
- 40 PDU Hours
- Up to 3 full credits from Lewis & Clark Graduate School at an extremely reduced cost
- Interaction with, and learning from, author Justin Driver
- Field Trips in Downtown Portland
- Strategy Sessions
- Curriculum Collaboration
- Networking and Community with other civics educators from around the state
- …and FUN!
Summer Institute Info Flyer
Tentative Schedule for the 2020 Summer Institute:
Monday, June 22:
- 8:00am – Check in, Breakfast, Welcomes
- 9:00am – Justin Driver on Student Rights & Empowerment
- 11:15am – Lunch
- 12:00noon – Field Trip!
- 3:00pm – Strategy & Collaboration Session
- 5:30pm – Dinner
- 6:30pm – Film Night & Teaching the 2020 Elections
Tuesday, June 23:
- 8:00am – Breakfast & Current Events
- 9:00am – Justin Driver on Student Rights & the Supreme Court
- 11:15am – Lunch
- 12:00noon – Putting it together / Curriculum Collaboration
- 3:00pm – Field trip to the Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education
- 6:00pm – Dinner Session w/Amanda Solomon, Manager of the Oregon Jewish Museum & Center For Holocaust Education
Wednesday, June 24:
- 8:00am – Breakfast & Current Events
- 9:00am – Debriefs & Collaboration Time
- 10:30am – Senior Justice Sue Leeson of the Oregon Supreme Court
- 12:15pm – Lunch
- 1:00pm -What do we make of all this? – Curriculum Creation Strategies & Collaboration
- 3:00pm – Curriculum Roundtables and Debriefs
- 4:30pm – Goodbye for this year!
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