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  For TeachersArkansas Historical Association To promote the preservation, writing, publishing, teaching, and understanding of Arkansas history. www.uark.edu Arkansas Humanities Council Provides mini grants to teachers and education institutions in grades K-12 to promote understanding, appreciation, and use of the humanities in Arkansas. For grant guidelines, visit www.arkhums.org Arkansas School of the 21st Century (Yale 21C program) An educational model that links communities, families, and schools. www.yale.edu/bushcenter/21C/arkansas To View Video Arkansas Science and Technology Authority (ASTA) The Mini-Grant Program provides awards to Arkansas teachers in grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 to purchase consumable science materials. Another teachers' grant program, STUART Grant Program, provides awards to Arkansas teachers in grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 to purchase a classroom participation system, a projector, and a laptop computer. To apply for these grants, visit www.asta.ar.gov Arkansas State Department of Education http://arkedu.state.ar.us The Elaine Riot Educational Media and Teacher's Guide Package  PDF format: 2.16 MB / 17 pages  Est'd. download ~ 8 minutes on a 56k modem Order this media package online. A teacher's guide and a videotape narrated by Ossie Davis for students in grades 5 through 12 is available at no charge. The teacher's guide and video package meets the guidelines and mandate of the Arkansas Social Studies Curriculum Framework and Legislation (ACT 326). The Elaine Riot occurred in October 1919 near the town of Elaine in Phillips County. This event tested the judicial system. For more information about the history of Jim Crow, visit the following sites: Hot Springs Teacher's Guide - Arkansas Educational Television Network
This guide assists teachers in creating activities and lesson ideas that focus on the growth of Hot Springs, Arkansas for grades 5 - 12. The guide has five themes — Elections, Economy of Tourism, Identity of Town, Crime and Vice, and Jurisdiction. The Resources section contains books, websites, and other publications that teachers and students will find useful. The guide can potentially meet the 2000 Arkansas Social Studies Standards Frameworks [updates are expected in 2006]
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The accompanying Hot Springs documentary can be obtained for free by teachers [while the supply lasts] by visiting aetnfoundation.org. HOXIE: The First Stand Teacher's Guide 
PDF format: 1.47 MB / 15 pages Est'd. download ~ less than 2 minutes on a 56k modem Copies of the Hoxie video were distributed to Arkansas public schools [grades 6 though 12]. The video is available for purchase or rental through Cinema Guild. In 1957, many around the nation watched the Little Rock Central High School integration crisis unfold on national television. Few people know about the community of Hoxie, Arkansas, where a school board moved bravely and successfully to abolish its dual educational system by integrating 21 black students into its previously all-white schools in the summer of 1955. This educational media package includes the film Hoxie: The First Stand, an award-winning documentary telling the little-known story of the successful integration of a small school district in rural northeast Arkansas from 1955 through 1957. More... To View Video Clip Educational materials detail the experiences of Japanese Americans at the Jerome and Rohwer internment camps. Curricula designed for grades 4 through 12 focus on language and visual arts, social studies, geography, Arkansas and U.S. history, civics, and human and civil rights (depending on the grade level). Lesson plans, field trip, and teacher professional development information are also available. For more information, visit www.ualr.edu Science Grant Program (Arkansas Public Middle Schools) The Arkansas Community Foundation and Arkansas Science and Technology Authority are implementing a program, funded by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, to enhance science programs in all Arkansas public middle schools. For more information on applying for a $500 Arkansas public middle school science mini-grant visit www.arcf.org [website visitor perform a search for middle school science mini-grant program] or www.asta.ar.gov/minigrant.html. Tax Options for Arkansas: Funding Education After the Lake View Case — Complete Report (2003)  PDF format: 516 KB / 66 pages Est'd. download ~ less than 1 minute on a 56k modem Order this publication online. The Arkansas Supreme Court's 2002 Lake View decision is based on constitutional deficiencies in the State's education system. This study, commissioned by WRF, reviews Arkansas's tax system and analyzes an array of funding options that could satisfy the Lake View mandate. back to toolbox listing |
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