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The Department of Roads would like to provide 4th grade classes with NE Highway maps. We have a supply of 2011 maps if you are interested. We would like you to make contact as locally as is possible to arrange getting some for educational purposes. Below is a listing of our district offices for you to contact. Calling in advance is always a good idea so we can secure a supply of the maps. If you have further questions, call the nearest District Office or Lincoln Central. **__Central Headquarters__ – 1500 Hwy 2, Lincoln 402-479-4512 Communication Office** **(Lancaster County) Anne White or Mary Jo Oie**  **__District 1__ – 302 Superior St, Lincoln 402-471-0850 Linda Piening** **(Counties: Butler, Cass, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe,**  **Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, Saunders, Seward)**  **__District 2__- 4425 S 108th St, Omaha 402-595-2534 Natalie Clark** **(Counties: Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, Washington)**  **__District 3__- 408 N 13th St, Norfolk 402-370-3470 Judy Schoenfeldt** **(Counties: Antelope, Boone, Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cumming, Dakota, Dixon,**  **Knox, Madison, Pierce, Platte, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne)** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**__District 4-__ 211 North Tilden, Grand Island 308-385-6265 Lauren Swiatoviak** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**(Counties: Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Howard,** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **Merrick, Nance, Nuckolls, Polk, Sherman, Thayer, Valley, Webster, York)** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**__District 5-__ 140375 Rundell Rd, Gering 308-436-6587 Cindy Vergil** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**(Counties: Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball,** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sioux)** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**__District 6-__ 1321 N Jeffers, North Platte 308-535-8031 Karen Swedberg** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**(Counties: Arthur, Blaine, Custer, Dawson, Grant, Hooker, Keith, Lincoln, Logan,** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **McPherson, Thomas)** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**__District 7-__ 619 Auditorium Dr, McCook 308-345-8490 Jan Collins** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**(Counties: Chase, Dundy, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock,** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **Kearney, Perkins, Phelps, Red Willow)** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**__District 8__- 736 E 4th St, Ainsworth 402-387-2471  Erin Allen** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**(Counties: Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Garfield, Holt, Keya Paha, Loup, Rock, Wheeler)**


 * Black History Month Posters:** Posters from Scholastic

=**Strategic Air and Space Museum Field Trips**=

Kevin Bower PowerPoint from Thinking and Reading Like a Historian

=Great Consitution Video on YouTube=

=Also check out wethepeoplethesong.com=


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">EverFI Free online financial education modules. What this great program in your school? Contact me at kstewart@esu2.org or 402-721-7710 ext. 205 and I will provide you more information.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Tell us how you get students excited about civics and win a free trip to the National Council for Social Studies conference!
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Free Reaching the Age of Majority booklets <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">are  available from the Bar Foundation
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Here is something similar <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">for economics:@http://www.econedlink.org/economic-standards/national-economic-standards.php


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This resource is a good <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">one but must be purchased-http://ve.councilforeconed.org
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">History is a different story. The History Standards were a big controversy when they were developed in 1996 and have not been updated. You can find them at @http://www.nchs.ucla.edu/Standards/


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">To confuse us all, the National Council for the Social Studies has put out two editions of standards. They call the history section Time, Continuity and Change. The new edition has some suggestions for activities and assessment. This is the site where you can purchase a copy- @http://www.socialstudies.org/standards/strands

NDE Social Studies Site

NDE Social Studies Wiki



Nebraska State Council for Social Studies

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Take off with History
 * This is a PDF of slides that can be used in social studies classrooms. This teacher created a month's worth of information. She calls them Take off with History. She has world history, American History, word of the day, and a bonus corner. Check them out!

Center for History and New Media

911 Digital Archive