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This year’s conference is designed with you in mind, based on what we have learned from hosting and attending virtual conferences. This is professional learning designed to fit your lifestyle. Our full week will provide you with the most engaging and comfortable environment to experience your best virtual event yet. This is one conference you do not want to miss! Register here.
Learn about case method teaching with the Case Method Institute and Professor David Moss of Harvard Business School in this Zoom-based clinic in advance of the 101st NCSS Annual Virtual Conference. The Case Method Institute for Education and Democracy is seeking teachers to join its efforts to advance U.S. history, government, and civics instruction in high schools while deepening students' interest in, and engagement with, democracy in America.
What does it mean to be a “good” citizen? Explore the difference between a peacekeeper and a peacemaker, and leave with resources to guide your students towards becoming justice-oriented citizens.
What are the limits to free speech for educators and students in a school? Investigate Minnesota law, relevant court cases, and hypothetical situations.
How Did We Get Here? Race Relations: African American Experiences
Explore the complex history of African American race relations in the United States with Professor Hasan Kwame Jeffries. Learn how to engage in difficult conversations. Classroom-ready lesson plans provided.
New Directions for Teaching Controversial Issues in Elementary, Secondary, and Teacher Education Classrooms
Join two teacher educators who study the teaching of controversial issues and prepare preservice teachers to thoughtfully take up this practice. Receive pedagogical tools focused on integrating democratic inclusion, critical lenses, and contained risk-taking with teaching controversial issues in the wake of 2020.
Learn how to engage your students in an active-listening warmup activity with the 60-Second Civics podcast. Discover how 60-Second Civics provides a quick and engaging way to teach civics concepts.
Why Culturally Responsive Instruction Matters in Social Studies
Nov. 4, 2021 | 4:30 PM ET
Culturally Responsive Education embraces research-based practice to improve student learning outcomes. Join host Martin Andrews as he explores the importance of Culturally Responsive Education in Social Studies with Evan Gutierrez (VP for Curriculum & Instruction, Newsela) and Shanti Elangovan (Founder and CEO of inquirED). Register.
Un-level That Text!
Integrating Literacy and Elementary Social Studies
Nov. 11, 2021 | 4:30 PM ET
Recent research indicates that robust elementary social studies programs that use authentic, engaging texts can supercharge literacy instruction. Join host Martin Andrews and Jillian Corr, Learning Experience Designer at inquirED, to review current research and explore powerful practices for improving students’ literacy outcomes through inquiry-based social studies. Register.
