RESOURCES
Free & Inexpensive
FREE Kennedy Half Century
Online Course
Enrollment is now open for your students
and you to participate in a free online course,
The Kennedy Half Century, taught by Professor
Larry J. Sabato. This class, which marks the 50th
anniversary of the assassination of President John
F. Kennedy, focuses on his life and political legacy.
October 21 through November 21: The course
takes place during these dates and includes 40
video lessons averaging 10-20 minutes each.
The University of Virginia Center for Politics, to
which the Youth Leadership Initiative belongs, has
partnered with online-learning pioneer Coursera
to offer this FREE, four-week course online. Enroll
online at www.coursera.org/course/kennedy.
Being an American: Defending and
Appreciating Freedom
On January 30, 2014, the Joe Foss Institute
and the Bill of Rights Institute will co-sponsor
a teacher seminar in Tucson. The event will be
held at the Arizona History Museum, with the
generous support of the Freeport-McMoRan
Copper & Gold Foundation. This professional
development opportunity is FREE to teachers
and attendees can earn six continuing
education units. To find out more information
or to sign up please visit billofrightsinstitute.org/
tuscon-2014.
These resources are not
endorsed by the Arizona
Education Association
and may reflect the
biases of the provider.
What is DonorsChoose.org?
DonorsChoose.org
DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that
connects public school teachers in need of
classroom materials and other learning needs to
corporations, foundations, and everyday people
who can help them. Only due to a powerful
partnership between the NEA Foundation and
DonorsChoose.org are they able to make this
special offer available to NEA Members.
The NEA Foundation funds and
supports educator-driven solutions to
improve student performance. Through
this work, they've learned that the best
teaching ideas come from our greatest
assets, educators. Teachers have great
ideas to help their students learn more,
but often lack the resources they need to
bring these ideas to life.
The NEA Foundation and DonorsChoose.org have teamed
up to take advantage of crowdfunding – the collective effort of
individuals on social networking sites to support the efforts of
others – to help you in the classroom. As a NEA member, when
you post your request for up to $500 for classroom materials
on DonorsChoose.org, the NEA Foundation will match the
donations you receive, up to $250 per request. For every dollar
given, they'll give one too! Visit www.neafoundation.org/pages/
donorschoose-org for
more information.
Last year, through
a partnership with
DonorsChoose.org, they
matched public donations
to support 1,500 NEA
member requests for
classroom materials,
reaching 120,000 public
school students. This year,
they hope to reach even
more.
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How does it work?
1.Post a project request for up to $500 for
classroom materials.
2.Within two weeks your project will be
added to the NEA Foundation's match
offer — making it appear as half-funded
and incentivizing donors to support your
classroom.
3.Supporters of public education browse
requests and make donations.
4.The NEA Foundation matches the money
raised, up to $250 per request.
*Funding is only applied to projects if citizens
(donors) fund the other 50% of your project's
cost.
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