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Priscilla & Charles Porter
History/Social Science Resource
Room
Overview:
The goal of the Porter Resource
Room is to provide local area
educators access to quality
instructional materials that will
foster the development of social
science skills, including history,
geography, economics and political
science. The resource room may be
used by students who are taking
classes at the campus and as a
reference library for classroom
teachers of the various school
districts in the Coachella Valley.
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A
second goal of the Porter Resource
Room is to enhance the reputation
of California State University San
Bernardino, Palm Desert Campus as
an educational leader in the
social science field. Numerous
professional development Institute
activities are sponsored for local
area teachers.
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The Priscilla and
Charles Porter
History-Social Science
Resource Room is located
in the Indian Wells
Center for Educational
Excellence Building Room
302 on the Palm Desert
Campus of California
State University, San
Bernardino at 37-500
Cook Street, Palm
Desert, California
92211.
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Dr. Porter may be
reached at (760)
200-5189 or
prisporter@aol.com
 Dr. Priscilla Porter is
Professor Emeritus of
California State University,
Dominguez Hills, and she is
the senior author of
Reflections, a
Kindergarten to Grade 6
social studies textbook
series published by Harcourt
School Publishers. Dr.
Porter is a recipient of the
California Council for the
Social Studies prestigious
Hilda Taba Award. Charles
Porter is the former president of
Dominguez Water Corporation and is a
board member of the World Affairs
Council of the Desert. |
Currently,
the facility focuses on
materials and activities for
elementary school teachers
with expansion planned to
the middle school and high
school level. All of the
resource materials are
aligned to the California
History-Social Science
Standards and are housed in
a library type format.
- LIST
OF PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
FOR TEACHERS
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workshops will
be held in the
Indian Wells
Building, 3rd
floor.
- Only
$20 per
workshop,
includes
parking!
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Thursday,
May 1, 2008
4:00 p.m. to
6:30 p.m.
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Grade 1: Where
in the World Am
I? (Standard
1.2)
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Grade 2:
Expanding Map
Skills (Standard
2.2)
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Grade 3: Birth
of a City
(Standard 3.4)
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Grade 4:
Geography of
California
(Standard 4.1)
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Grade 5: The
United States
Constitution:
We the People
(Standard 5.7)
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(A classroom set
of We the
People texts
is provided FREE
to teachers who
attend)
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Thursday,
May 8, 2008
4:00 p.m. to
6:30 p.m.
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Grade
4:
California
Becomes an
Agricultural and
Industrial Power
(Standard 4.4)
Need Acrobat Reader?
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List of ResourceS
held in the Porter Room
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OPEN HOURS:
- The Porter Resource Room is open
during the academic year on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 1:00 pm to 6:00
pm and by special appointment.
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