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title: PD Monthly - The April Edition (2021)
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April is a busy month with a wide variety of webinars. Also included are previews for our upcoming Summer Institutes!

| View in browser     March 31, 2021 \| 8 \| e-Newsletter Professional Development Monthly   Hard History Lessons with Alysha Butler-Arnold Podcast hosts Dan and Michael chat with Alysha Butler-Arnold about her article in Social Education titled, “Why My Students Weren’t Surprised on January 6th.” Listen here.   Sponsored Message Virtual Summer Institute: Teaching about the Holocaust Investigate Holocaust history & explore literacy-based teaching methods, rich pedagogical resources, & interdisciplinary connections that align with state & national standards. Learn more. Last Call for 101st Annual Conference Proposals! The deadline for session proposals is Thursday, April 1 at 11:59 PM Hawaii Standard Time. Submit your proposal to present at our 101st Annual Conference before it's too late! Download the Proposal and Submission Guide and submit your proposal here. The NCSS Centennial Celebration continues with the 101st NCSS Annual Conference in Minneapolis, November 19-21 and culminates with festivities at the 100th Anniversary Conference in Washington, D.C. December 10-12. Bookmark this page so you can be the first one to sign up when registration goes live!   Social Studies Content Available On Demand! The #NCSS2020 Virtual Conference sessions you loved, plus the ones you missed, are now available to attendees on demand until April 30, 2021!  Already have access? Log in here. Need to purchase access? Click here.  2021 NCSS Inquiry and Teaching with Primary Sources Online Summer Institute June 7, 2021 - June 8, 2021 Free online summer institute! Learn how to construct social studies curriculum inquiries for your pre-service teachers using digital sources from the Library of Congress. Learn more.   2021 Summer Leadership Institute July 12, 2021 - July 13, 2021 Details coming soon!   2021 IDM Summer Institute July 19, 2021 - Jul 20, 2021 The IDM Summer Institute is back! This is our 7th year helping teachers learn about the Inquiry Design Model (IDM) and designing inquiries. New this year is a session on Making Inquiry Possible, the newest project exploring why, what, who, and how of inquiry-based instruction through a series of documentary films that feature teachers working together. This institute will be conducted online, and it will be an experience! Learn more.   Elementary Inquiry Summer Institute: Inquiry For the Elementary Classroom July 29, 2021 - July 30, 2021 Join NCSS and inquirED for a two-day virtual exploration of the tools and strategies that educators need to bring inquiry to life in their classrooms. So many inquiry programs focus on high school instruction. But what’s it like to use inquiry with a first-grader who is just learning to read? A third-grader who struggles during group work? Or a sixth-grader who is just gaining the confidence to speak in class? Find out at this year's Elementary Inquiry Summer Institute! Learn more. Educating for American Democracy: An NCSS Panel and Member Town Hall April 1, 2021 \| 4 PM ET Moderated by NCSS President, Stefanie Wager, we invite you to join us in a virtual Town Hall to engage with a distinguished panel that will present the Educating for American Democracy Roadmap initiative and discuss actions needed to make the promise of Educating for American Democracy a reality for all learners. Register.   An Online Conversation with Your Students on Self-Development April 8, 2021 \| 4 PM ET “Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.” Learn a scalable go-to routine and get the practical tools for starting and managing an online SEL conversation using a famous quote from women's rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Register.   Inspiring Examples of Students Taking Informed Action April 14, 2021 \| 4:30 PM ET Take the Informed Action Pledge: elementary students in action. Join NCSS and inquirED for an online exhibition of student work from around the country and get inspired by the work you see! Register.         Using the NCAC as a Resource for Social Studies Teachers April 19, 2021 \| 4 PM ET Join the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) and discuss your needs for issue-oriented programming and materials to help navigate free speech-related problems. Register.   Searching for Social Studies: The Curriculum Review Guide April 21, 2021 \| 4 PM ET Join InquirED CEO, Shanti Elangovan, and InquirED Head of Learning Experiences, Elisabeth Ventling Simon, as they discuss the need for a high-quality social studies curriculum and instructional materials. Register.   Featured Webinar Recordings Culturally Responsive Teaching in Social Studies From Headline to Homework: Teaching Current Events Through Anti-Bias Framework "IDMifying" Inquiry Instruction in Your Social Studies Methods Course Teaching with Primary Sources to Prepare for Civic Engagement Using Relevant Children’s Literature in the Elementary Social Studies Classroom   Affiliated Council Events: New Hampshire: March 11 - April 22, 2021 Oregon: April 3, 2021 Florida: April 1-15, 2021 Maryland: April 21, 2021 Wisconsin: Year-round   Associated Group Announcements: NSSSA: 2021 Mel Miller Outstanding Social Studies Leader Award IA: 2021 Call for Proposals    Visions of Education EP.157: Teaching the Haitian Revolution EP.156: Busing and Historical Empathy EP.155: Navigating Identity as Controversy EP.154: Black Historical Consciousness   Do you have a professional development opportunity that you want included in an upcoming edition of PD Monthly? Submit it to tssp@ncss.org.   Do you have a career achievement or accomplishment you wish to share with other NCSS members? Submit it here.   Find your next social studies opportunity from over 1,000 jobs listed! Professional Development Monthly -- known as PD Monthly -- is the official member  professional development e-newsletter and is published once a month.   You are receiving this email as one of your NCSS membership benefits.    Editors: Joy Lindsey, Director of Marketing and Membership Andrew Oglander, Digital Marketing Manager   Rachel Barkin, Advertising, rbarkin@townsend-group.com Copyright © 2020 National Council for the Social Studies, All rights reserved National Council for the Social Studies, 8555 16th Street, Suite 500, Silver Spring, MD 20910, United States, 301-588-1800 Manage preferences |
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