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Each session held in Monmouth University\u2019s Guggenheim Library 101<\/a> at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A portion of each session will be devoted to discussion of strategies for using the material in the classroom. You can also learn about Monmouth\u2019s M.A. programs in history and anthropology. Refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Civics Engagement and Inclusivity: Professional Development Credit Hours for K-12 Educators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Teaching About Communism: N.J. High School Curricula under Cold War Pressure<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

July 1, 2026<\/strong>
Presented by Christopher DeRosa, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Register for “Teaching About Communism: N.J. High School Curricula under Cold War Pressure<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>“<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Role Playing Games in the Classroom\u2014Introduction and Demonstration<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

July 8, 2026<\/strong>
Presented by Mel Brzycki, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Register for “Role Playing Games in the Classroom\u2014Introduction and Demonstration”<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Civics and Comics: A Long Practiced, Unlikely Duo<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

July 15, 2026<\/strong>
Presented by Maryanne Rhett, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the earworm \u201cI\u2019m Just a Bill\u201d educators, the federal government, and journalists all understood the power of visual media to impart information to the masses. George Gallup, in 1930, asserted that \u201cMore adults read the best comic strip in a newspaper, on an average day, than the front-page banner story.\u201d While often relegated to the children\u2019s pages, comics have played an essential function in informing the masses. From informational comic strips like The New Deal in Pictures<\/em> and Uncle Sam at Your Service <\/em>of the 1930s to the contemporary New York City \u201cCivics for All\u201d publications, comics have been an essential form of civics communication throughout American history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Jersey Student Learning Standards: <\/strong>18A:35-3; 18A: 6-3; 18A:35-41; and N.J.A.C. 6A:8-5.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Native Americans and the 1976 Bicentennial<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

July 22, 2026<\/strong>
Presented by Katherine Parkin, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cHere come the beads and trinkets,\u201d muttered Doreen Bond (Northern Cheyenne) in a 1975 meeting with the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.  Many Native Americans responded to appeals for their participation in the 1976 bicentennial with the same exasperation.  Others saw participation as a transactional opportunity for communities desperately in need of funds.  Activists considered the year to be an opportunity to advance a discourse and action plan for rights and dignity, and contested the mythology of the attacking Indian of the nineteenth century to secure dignity and respect as contemporary human beings.  The Survival of American Indian Association undertook a Trail of Self-Determination, the most significant Indian bicentennial action, traveling from Washington state to Washington, D.C., to challenge the American people and the federal government on its continued betrayal of Native American rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Jersey Student Learning Standards:<\/strong> Social Studies: 6.1.5.History, 6.1.12.CivicsDP.5.a, 6.1.12.HistoryUP.11.a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Register for “Native Americans and the 1976 Bicentennial”<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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