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Register for our upcoming Summer Institutes and events with this edition of PD Monthly!

| View in browser     May 26, 2021 \| 10 \| e-Newsletter Professional Development Monthly   Funds of Knowledge and Bilingual Social Studies In episode 163, Dan and Michael chat with Chris Busey & Tianna Dowie-Chin about their article in Theory & Research in Social Education (TRSE) titled, “The making of global Black anti-citizen/citizenship: Situating BlackCrit in global citizenship research and theory?” Listen here.   Summer Heats Up at the NCSS Summer Pop-UP! Event June 28, 2021 \| 11 AM - 5 PM  Get inspired at the NCSS Summer Pop-UP! Event. Our sizzling one-day virtual event features rich learning and resources for the hottest topics in social studies. Learn from 24 webinars and four content tracks for just $29! Register. Registration Opens in June! Visit www.socialstudies.org/conference for all updates. 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. Share in-depth feedback on two online methods texts currently under development. Learn more.   2021 Summer Leadership Institute: Think Global! Act Local! July 12, 2021 - July 13, 2021 As COVID-19 continues to affect us globally and unite us in efforts to combat the pandemic, we have noticed the need to also reconnect locally to create meaningful contributions to our communities. This year’s SLI will showcase ways to build strong connections between NCSS state, regional, and local councils and community organizations who share similar visions to advocate for and promote the social studies profession. Free for NCSS members with registration. Register.   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. Featured Webinar Recordings Working Toward a Culturally Relevant Classroom Hands-on Human Geography for a Rapidly Changing Planet Using Relevant Children’s Literature in the Elementary Social Studies Classroom #BecauseofHerStory: Exploring Untold Stories Through Portraiture and American Art KidCitizen: See, Think, and Wonder with Primary Sources   Affiliated Council Events: Wisconsin: Year-round   Visions of Education Ep. 162: Teacher Political Disclosure in Contentious Times Ep. 161: Funds of Knowledge and Bilingual Social Studies Ep. 160: An Asiancrit Perspective on U.S. History Ep. 159: Young Children Mobilizing Digital Media Ep. 158: Hard History Lessons   New Podcast from American Archive of Public Broadcasting In collaboration with the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, “Presenting the Past” features a series of informed conversations with scholars, educators, industry professionals, researchers, archivists, and others about significant events, issues, and topics documented in the more than 70 years of programming available in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting collection. Listen to episode one here.   Call for HOD Resolutions NCSS is now accepting proposed resolutions for the 65th House of Delegates Assembly, to be held at the 2021 NCSS Annual Conference. Learn more and submit here.   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   Don Cooksey, Advertising, dcooksey@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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