Join the National Coalition Against Censorship on February 28, 2022 at 8:00 pm ET for an interactive strategy session to discuss the current attacks on books in schools and learn how you can defend the right to read in your community and beyond. Meet authors, free expression experts, and student activists from York, PA and San Antonio, TX to share strategies for fighting censorship in schools. Learn more and register.
2022 NCSS Inquiry and Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Institute
June 16, 2022 - June 17, 2022
All methods professors are invited to a special free professional learning institute this summer!
The NCSS Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Summer Institute brings together social studies methods professors from across the NCSS membership to pilot chapters from two online methods texts currently under development. Learn more and register.
2022 IDM Summer Institute
July 11 - July 12, 2022
With more and more states adopting new standards featuring the C3 Framework and inquiry, the need for designing inquiry learning experiences in social studies is greater than ever. In addition to an opportunity to learn about and use the Inquiry Design Model, we will explore the who, what, why, and how of inquiry-based instruction through our Making Inquiry Possible project, featuring teachers working together to build an inquiry culture. Join our C3 Teachers community at the 2022 IDM Institute!
NCSS Summer Leadership Institute 2022
July 19 - July 20, 2022 | Free for NCSS Members
National Council for the Social Studies invites you to join us for our Summer Leadership Institute, Navigating the Political Landscape of Social Studies!
During this two-day event, NCSS members will learn about the current legal and political challenges confronting teaching social studies and work collaboratively on approaches, tools, and structures that we can put in place at the classroom, local, state, and national levels to navigate the current political landscape. Learn more and register.
Questioning: The Key to Unlocking the Power of Inquiry in Social Studies
Mar 3, 2022 | 3:30 PM ET
To practice inquiry in social studies, educators must craft powerful questions and help students build their own questioning power. Together, we'll explore this essential building block of inquiry. Learn more and register.
How to Disagree
Mar 22, 2022 | 7:00 PM ET
Give your students the listening and interpretation skills they need to engage in disagreements-- especially when they feel passionate about the topic being debated. Participants will see a series of sample exercises and a project they can use in the classroom to help students practice their close listening and argument analysis skills. Learn more and register.
Using Historical Books To Increase Literacy Skills through Primary Sources
Mar 31, 2022 | 7:00 PM ET
With all the expectations placed upon them, elementary educators often struggle with fitting in social studies instruction. We will share the pedagogical approach of teaching social studies through language arts, and combining historical thinking strategies with literacy strategies. This will be accomplished through the teacher reading trade books to engage the learners and then revealing corroborating primary sources; followed by modeling how to analyze text, as well as modeling how to think aloud. Learn more and register.
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