Service Development

Betsy Arntzen Canadian-American Center www.umaine.edu/teachingcanada

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EDUCATION

Maine Teaching Certificate: General Elementary (K-8), 1993-present

M.A. Social History, Museum Education; Cooperstown Graduate Program, SUNY Oneonta, 1985

B.A. Anthropology; University of Maine, 1978. Studied at Memorial University (NL) and worked as an

archeologist in Newfoundland, 1976-77.

Study Tour: Atlantic Canada Faculty Institute; 10-day study/tour in Newfoundland & Labrador, 2003

Study Tour: Northern Quebec Faculty Development 8-day Institute to Nunavik, 2009

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Director, Office of Canadian Studies K-12 Outreach

Canadian-American Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 1998 - Present

Collaborate with U.S. educational leaders and teachers to increase the study of Canada in all

curricular areas

Direct and deliver Canadian studies professional development programming to American

teachers

Create and promote curriculum materials for teaching about Canada

Adjunct Faculty

Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, 2005-present, Canadian Studies Summer Institute ; Online course:

Geography of Canada

University of Maine, Orono, ME, 2004-present, CAN 401, Readings in Canadian Studies

College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME, 1989-1991, Social History Research Methods

Museum Educator

Yarmouth Historical Society, Yarmouth, ME and Freeport Historical Society, Freeport, ME, 1988-

1991

Created K-12 curriculum integrating town history; provi ded teacher in-service training

The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown, NY, 1985-1988

Supervised historical interpretation and trained interpretation staff for outdoor living history

museum; researched and wrote interpretation plans

CURRICULUM AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Online course for Geography Teachers: Geography of Canada, January 2013

Teachers kits of objects and lessons plans, circulating around the U.S.

Canada Valise

(http://umaine.edu/teachingcanada/instructional-resources-2/canada-valise/)

Three Arctic Visits Classroom Exhibit (http://www.umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/Education.html)

Selected titles of in-class teaching materials:

Field Trip to Canada without leaving the classroom

(stations of tasks with objects and images)

Immigrate to Canada (materials to set up and use an immigration center)

Canadian Research Topics (portable resources for in-class research)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Webmaster

Manage and deliver K-12 Canadian studies curriculum resources at the Teaching Canada for a

Global Perspective website: www.umaine.edu/teachingcanada

Arntzen, Betsy, and Amy Sotherden. "The Arctic A Global Hot Spot: Resources for Teaching the

Geography of the Contemporary Canadian Arctic." The Geography Teacher 8.2 (2011): 75-81.

Content Editor for illustrated children s reference books:

Cultures of the World CANADA by Guek-Cheng Pang. NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2004

(middle level reference book)

Discovering Cultures: Canada by Patricia J. Murphy. NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2004

(elementary level reference book)

Articles in Teaching Canada, a national publication for K-12 teachers. Plattsburgh, NY: Center for

the Study of Canada

Culture Focus: Acadians (Vol. 23, 2005)

Take a Field Trip to Canada Without Leaving Your Classroom (Vol. 22, 2003)

Patent Canada: Canadian Inventors Have Changed the World (Vol. 21, 2002)

McIntire, Kristin, Bob Chaplin, Marilyn Hurd, J. Farley, and Betsy Arntzen. "Topics from the North:

A Canadian Study." Collaborating to Meet Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for K -6. Ed.

Toni Buzzeo. Worthington, OH: Linworth, 2002.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Co-lead one-week Summer Institutes for K-12 Educators, on the road in eastern Canada

Quebec Dimensions: Geographical, Historical and Cultural Explorations, June 10, 11, 13

"Samuel de Champlain and the Meeting of Two Worlds: 1601 -1701", July 2008

Selected content presentations at social studies and geography teachers conferences:

Rockies-The Backbone of the Americas, one day workshop for Southeast Area

Massachusetts Geography Alliance, 2012

Canada, one day workshop for Primary Source teachers, 2011

Teaching and Learning About Canada, one day workshop for MA Grade 4 teachers, 2010

Champlain and New France: Teaching History with a Map,

NY State Council for the Social Studies, Saratoga Springs, NY, April, 2009

Using Geographic Inquiry to Explore our Northern Neighbor Canada

Houston-area Grade 9 World Geography teachers, November, 2008

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Co-chair of Canada Community, National Council for the Social Studies

Teacher Consultant, Maine Geographic Alliance

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