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Dear John,
Welcome back! Kickoff the new year with free professional development from the Bill of Rights Institute! Currently, you can choose from our new remote trainings designed around elementary education, idustrialization and immigration, Black History month, and boosting civil discourse in the classroom. Free eLearning courses are also available in areas like:
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Socratic Pedagogy ,
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Teaching Viewpoint Diversity,
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Teaching the 20th Century and,
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Teaching with the Bill or Rights Institute .
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Engines of Change – Immigration and Industrialization
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for Elementary Learners Remote Training
Join us on Thursday, Feb. 5, for
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Engines of Change – Immigration and Industrialization Remote Training . The training introduces elementary educators to new activities and teaching strategies about the changing landscape of the nineteenth century from our
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BRI Jr. Industrialization and Immigration unit.
The session highlights hands-on activities—including simulations, creative scriptwriting, and recording short podcasts or videos—that build both content knowledge and key literacy skills. Each activity and strategy is designed to equip you to best teach how industrialization and immigration transformed the United States to your elementary students.
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Celebrating African Americans and the
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Quest for Liberty
On Monday, Feb. 9, sign up for our
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Celebrating African American and the Quest for Liberty Remote Training . Our remote training will use several primary resources about the African American experience throughout American history, to compare how African Americans used social and reform movements to fight for liberty, equality, and justice over time.
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Civil Discourse and Civic Harmony: Conversations that Navigate Multiple Perspectives
You're invited to
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Civil Discourse and Civic Harmony: Conversations that Navigate Multiple Perspectives Remote Training on Thursday, Feb. 19. Examine strategies and discussion frameworks that build civil discourse. Plus, gain examples of inquiry-based conversation techniques, approaches for creating a supportive environment, discussing challenging topics, and more!
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Browse Free Professional Development from BRI
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Civic Star Challenge for the opportunity to win class and school prizes! To enter, submit any classroom activity centered around the Founding ideal of liberty, equality, and justice, like the American Revolution, the Civil War, Civil Rights, and Women's Rights.
Once a submission is completed, you will have the chance to join our Civic Star Leader Essay Contest. The essay contest is an additional chance to win money and prizes!
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Hi John,
Professional development sessions aren't the only news from BRI! Share our new debate opportunities with your students.
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Debating Matters: Transatlantic (DMTA ) brings students from the U.S. and U.K. together through a virtual debate competition, rigorous training, and a 4-day in-person program in London, UK. It's open to public, private, charter, or homeschool students in grade 9-11 who are age 14 years or older by November 1, 2026. The deadline to submit a Virtual Qualifier Application is on Sunday, Feb. 22. .
In addition to teacher and student opportunities, the Bill of Rights Institute provides hundreds of lessons and classroom-ready activities. Plus, we also maintain a
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Current Events page. Our team searches for recent news articles that explore relevant themes and connect those articles to our resources.
Warmly,
Laura Vlk
Director, Educator Engagement
Bill of Rights Institute
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