Friday, November 12 Sessions

Friday, November 12, 2010
9.00 AM - 10.00 AM
  • Promoting Personal Finance and Fiscal Responsibility in the Secondary Classroom

    Room712
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Economics
    This session highlights lessons designed by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Alabama to promote personal financial responsibility in the secondary classroom. A disk with resources will be provided.
    Emily Ray
    Michael Lovorn
  • Refusing to Sacrifice Citizenship: Integrating the Elementary Social Studies Curriculum

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    Social Sciences
    Make more time in your teaching day for social studies! This presentation will highlight purposes for and model methods of mapping and integrating the elementary social studies curriculum.
    Lynnette Erickson
    Amy Miner
  • "A Sustainable Future: Connecting the Economy, Society and Environment"

    Room603
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    What does sustainability education look like in the social studies classroom? Through local-global connections, students will understand their role as stewards of the environment, economy, and society.
    Bethany Vosburg-Bluem
    Christy Bragg
  • "Acorns, Ghosts and Marbles: Engage and Enlighten Your A.P. Students"

    Room605
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Learn how to keep students engaged by creating an energetic classroom environment that develops the 21st century skills and content necessary for A.P. success. All A.P. teachers welcome!
    Melinda Sloan
    Linnea Terndrup
  • "Connecting Global Awaremess, Multimedia, and Service Learning to Diverse Communities"

    Room112
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    This interactive presentation demonstrates effective secondary instruction for fostering global awareness using methods that incorporate multimedia strategies and facilitate learning through research, writing, advocacy, and intercultural/international service-learning.
    Sarah Mathews
    Stephen Watts
    Ryan Visser
    Grayson Segars
  • "Exploring Our National Treasures" - a year long elementary building theme

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    This content-rich social studies theme was developed to expand student knowledge of American history and geography. Highlights include monthly historical focus areas in different geographical regions of the United States.
    Georgette Hackman
    Andrea Solomon
  • "Global Citizenship at Home!"

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    Global Connections
    Gobal Citizenship at Home! features multiple lesson plans, weblinks, handouts, and DVDs that make global education come alive for K-8 students. Multiple handouts and DVDs provided.
    Frederick Isele
  • "Psychology: Vistas, Visions, Voices, and Vital Active Learning Demonstrations"

    Room109
    Secondary Level-High School    Psychology
    Following national standards, participants will engage in and discuss hands-on, active learning demonstrations for the psychology classroom. Topics include cross-cultural psychology, scientific methods, emotion, and positive psychology.
    Randy Ernst
    Charles Blair-Broeker
  • “The Response” – Teaching about the Guantanamo Bay Military Tribunals

    Room703
    Secondary Level-High School   
    This film is even handed, open ended and ideal for promoting discussion of this controversial issue. Street Law has developed educational materials that accompany the film.
    Lee Arbetman
  • Best Practices for Teaching State History

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    State history courses are a requirement in schools throughout the nation. This presentation highlights best practices for teaching state history that correlate to NCSS themes for teaching social studies.
    Scott Roberts
    Niki Powell
  • California Students Become Policy Advocates at Local and State Levels

    Room601
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    This youth-led civic engagement project on the dropout crisis included regional summits, web dialogue, videos, interactive website and social media initiatives. See how to guide youth voice in local/state policymaking.
    John Minkler
  • Challenges of the U.S. Constitution: Natural, Citizenship and Human Rights

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    James Madison Fellows will share creative teacher-developed lessons, multiple best-practice instructional strategies, and hands-on activities to engage students in studying and evaluating Constitutional principles of natural, citizenship, and human rights.
    Ken DeMasi
    Glenna Humphries
  • Creating Classroom Detectives by Teaching History as Mystery

    Room704
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Learn to incorporate 21st century skills into your history curriculum using a History as Mystery strategy. See how the strategy and sample lessons engage learners at all grade levels.
    Jana Kirchner
    Allison Helm
    Kristin Pierce
    Michele Galloway
  • Effectively Integrating a Social Studies and Language Arts Curriculum

    Room210
    PreK-Elementary    Global Connections
    How do you take the best language arts experts and incorporate their skills into an interesting social studies curriculum that promotes 21st century global awareness?
    Marcy Prager
  • Exploring History through Writing: History Class and Writer's Workshop

    Room607
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Explore ways to help your students explore themes in history and produce quality essays using model texts and writer's workshop.
    Matthew McConn
    Samuel Brower
  • Growing Up in Japan: Learning from Hiroshima/Nagasaki Survivors

    Room113
    Secondary Level-High School    World History
    History is subjective and multi-faceted. The history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is no exception. Growing up in Japan, I gained different perspectives on that history through the voices of Hibakusha (survivors).
    Misato Yamaguchi
  • H2O for Life: Providing Water to a Global Partner School!

    Room208
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Global Connections
    H2O for Life provides a transformational service learning opportunity for schools. Choose a global partner and study the water crisis while taking action to make a difference in the world.
    Patricia Hall
  • Hands-on Project on climate change and the Copenhagen meetings

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    This presentationl explorse interactive activities that bring global affairs into the classroom. Educators will learn about hands-on activities involving real-world simulations for students.
    Amanda Stamp
  • Inspiring Student Activism through Human Rights and the Arts

    Room212
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Global Connections
    Teachers have the power to affect change in many ways. This session demonstrates how educating about human rights through art promotes student activism, inspires creativity, and celebrates diversity.
    Kathy Seipp
    Emily Farell
  • Making Social Studies Time Count For Young Learners

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    Geography
    Increase social studies time for young learners by employing activites that incorporate Notable Trade Books into your curriculum.
    Cynthia Rickman
  • Multiple Methodologies: Applications of Research in the Social Studies

    Room106
    PreK-Elementary    Social Sciences
    NCSS Research Community representatives will explore multiple research methodologies that may inform the quality of teaching and learning in the social studies.
    Janet Alleman
    Michael Berson
    Joseph Feinberg
    Paul Fitchett
    Leisa Martin
  • Navigating Primary Sources

    Room706
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    This session is designed to assist teachers in navigating through the vast amount of primary sources available through the Library of Congress and find effective ways to use them.
    Beth DeLuco
    Marsha Alibrandi
  • Pre-service Social Studies Teachers?Äô Perceptions of Citizenship and Self-Efficacy in Citizenship Education in Turkey

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Higher Education    Civics
    Examine how pre-service social studies teachers perceive citizenship, self-efficacy in citizenship education in Turkey, and how teacher education programs improve self-efficacy of aspiring teachers.
    Arife Figen Ersoy
  • Schoolyard Abolitionists: An Instructor's Guide to Combating Child Slavery

    Room110
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    Children are being enslaved! This session details the ugly reality of worldwide childhood exploitation and provides innovative instructional activities to educate students and stir them to action. Handouts are provided.
    Kenneth Carano
    Robert Bailey
  • Seeking Refuge: The Impact of U.S. Immigration Policies

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    At the time of the Holocaust, the U.S. closed its doors to those most in need of refuge. This presentation considers the impact of immigration policies then and now.
    Mary Lee Webeck
    Cynthia Capers
  • Teaching In and With Historic Places

    Room206
    Higher Education    Global Connections
    What do cities around the world have in common? What can we learn either as students, or as tourists, from viewing a city through the framework of the social studies?
    Barbara Stern
    Karen Riley
  • Teaching the Voting Process to Young Learners

    Room709
    PreK-Elementary    Civics
    See how Jerome Bruner's Three Modes of Knowing can be utilized in designing effective instruction for teaching the election process to young learners.
    Joseph Labant
  • Teaching War in American History Classrooms

    Room202
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    How do we teach about war? This presentation focuses on teachers' conceptualizations of war, and will offer an ethical framework with which students can make critical judgments about historical conflicts.
    Mark Pearcy
  • The history of the idea of human rights

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    World History
    Come and explore the historical events and philosophical arguments that evolved the idea of human rights over time. Discuss ways to include human rights discourse in classroom instruction.
    Jeremy Hilburn
  • The Kent State Shootings: Primary Sources For Critical Thinking

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    This presentation illustrates a way to use primary sources to promote critical thinking. Using a variety of sources, students determine what really happened at Kent State in 1970.
    Wayne Journell
  • The U.S. Citizenship Test: Going Global?

    Room707
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    Llearn about recent changes in the U.S. Citizenship Test. Take the abbreviated test and discuss how it addresses citizenship at the local, state, national, and global levels.
    Chelsie Arrowood
    Frans H. Doppen
    Joseph R. Feinberg
  • The UDHR:The Core of Human Rights Education.

    Room204
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Global Connections
    Explore the rationale for human rights education and strategies for implementation utilizing materials from Amnesty International and partner human rights organizations that uphold the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
    Ellen V Moore
    Daniel Lopez
  • Theme-based Instruction: Connecting Content and Literacy Skills

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Teaching reading and writing skills using a social studies theme ensures productive instructional time spent with both language arts and content skills. Learn how to create innovative, inspiring, theme-based units.
    Bruce Miller
  • There's Nothing Blah about Beige

    Room711
    Secondary Level-High School    Economics
    Interested in free resources designed to promote 21st century content and skills? This session teaches techniques to unlock the Federal Reserve's Beige Book, a summary of current economic conditions.
    Karen Kokernak
    Yolanda Ferguson
  • Thomas Jefferson Pressed for Civic Virtue. Do You?

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Explore Thomas Jefferson's belief that sacrifice for the greater societal good, or civic virtue, spurred citizens to excel. Does excellence come more from sacrifice than a quest for personal fulfillment?
    Jack Van Ens
  • Tiered Rubrics and Differentiation Strategies for Social Studies Classrooms

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Explore how to use differentiated instructional strategies tiered for student readiness levels in the social studies classroom. Receive examples of tiered assessment rubrics.
    Tiffany Ellis
    Debbie Peters
  • Transforming youth into Engaged Citizens through Action Civics

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    Explore best practices and suggestions for engaging young people in politics and civic action by getting them involved in electoral politics, and classroom based activism projects.
    Brenan Smith
    Rohan Barrett
  • Using Differentiation to Promote Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom

    Room702
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Promote literacy in your classroom by differentiating the curriculum using tiered graphic organizers, leveled questions, choices boards, and leveled texts. Strategies will be modeled and discussed.
    Wendy Conklin
  • Using Primary Sources to Understand the Black Plague

    Room710
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    World History
    Take on the role of the historian! Explore several different authentic historical accounts of the Black Plague to further understand this catastrophic time in human history.
    Kirk Robinson
    Scott Waring
  • Valuing All Voices: Connecting Social Studies, Literacy, and Learning

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Strengthen students' literacy and critical thinking skills in grades 3-8 by connecting the curriculum, language arts, and content-related picture books.
    Deborah Wooten
    Amanda Rhea
    Suzi Schmidt
  • Visioning Effective Instruction and Cultural Pluralism in Citizenship Education

    Room708
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Civics
    Two former NCSS presidents present what recent research and practices say about effectional instructional strategies and teaching for cultural pluralism. Examples will be presented and handoutss provided.
    C. Frederick Risinger
    Jesus Garcia
  • Visual Literacy: Analyzing Pictures and Maps from the Cold War

    Room705
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Develop critical thinking skills using a teacher-developed technique called "Image by Image." Teach middle schoolers visual literacy skills by referring repeatedly to multiple images and using picture analysis skills.
    Todd Johnson
    Mary Beth Henning
    Ellie Reitz
  • Voices in Conflict: The Long Struggle to Desegregate American Schools

    Room108
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Explore pivotal years in the struggle to desegregate America's public schools using primary sources from 1954-1974. Voices from the past reveal the full spectrum of beliefs and viewpoints.
    Kim Barbieri
    Mindy Farmer
10.15 AM - 11.15 AM
  • ""Reed" Between the Times as Art-Historian Detectives"

    Room712
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    World History
    Melt the boundaries of time away through the incorporation of historical fiction, primary source documents, works of art, and a scaffolded visual thinking process called "REED-LO."
    Genell Lewis-Ferrell
    Jennifer Ponder
  • "Difference Makers: Jackie Robinson, Sports, and the Civil Rights Movement"

    Room113
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Throughout the years, sports personalities have advanced democracy and ignited social change in America. These heroic visionaries paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement. Handouts will be distributed.
    Vincent Marmorale
    Barbara Bernard
  • "Energize Your Curriculum with Games, Cans, and Paper"

    Room109
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Geography
    Make and take Dinah Zike books. Engage in games and creative classroom projects guaranteed to make any classroom activity a positive and enjoyable learning experience that will actively engage students!
    Bonnie Karch
    Christina Melaerts
  • "Picture This: History through Art, Music, and Poetry"

    Room705
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Using artwork from the NEH Picturing America program with poetry and music, students practice making connections and then create their own reflection of history and themselves.
    Robbin DeHollander
    Carl Gouveia
    Stephen LaMorte
  • "Student Historians Preserve the Past, Inspire the Future"

    Room210
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    The International Democracy Memory Bank collects personal narratives from activists for rights and freedoms. Receive free materials and learn how your students can join this multimedia oral history project.
    Abby Mills
    Mary McCullagh
  • "The Term "Uncle Tom" as a Narrow Vista "

    Room605
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    This interactive session challenges participants to identify, examine, and synthesize the historical vista, or narrow focus, afforded the term "Uncle Tom" and its continued relevancy and misconception in today's society.
    Maureen Robinson
  • 3rd grade Entrepreneurs: Learning the Lessons of Economics

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    Economics
    Learn how third graders become business owners in a school-wide "Market Days." Lessons include accessing loans, hiring employees, producing goods, marketing products, and determining profits. Come and join the fun!
    Robin Kapavik
  • A Call to Action for a 21st Century Skills-Based Curriculum

    Room603
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    This presentation will highlight the collaborative effort of Rocky Mountain High School's Social Studies Department to realign its essential learnings and common assessments around a 21st century skills-based curriculum.
    Scott VanTatenhove
    John Robinson
    Karen Bennett
    Virginia Cox
    Kurt Knierim
  • After the Holocaust: Voices in Response

    Room703
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Global Connections
    After the Holocaust, people gave voice to international statements speaking for human rights and against genocide. This session will focus on these statements, adopted by the UN after WW II.
    Mary Lee Webeck
    Cynthia Capers
  • Applying for, Surviving and Thriving on a Fulbright Teacher Exchange

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    Are you daunted by the Fulbright Exchange Program? Guidance will be provided to navigate the application process, prepare for the exchange, and make the most of your time abroad.
    Rebecca Watt
  • Back to the Future: A New Model for Vertical Alignment

    Room110
    "In the one-room schoolhouse, there were no gaps in instruction or assessment. This presentation will enable 21st century teachers to vertically align curriculum, so students demonstrate greater understanding and insight.""    Social Sciences
    In the one-room schoolhouse, there were no gaps in instruction or assessment. This presentation will demonstrate how to vertically align your curriculum to help students demonstrate greater understanding and insight.
    Gregory Gray
    Jennifer Donnelly
  • Baghdad's Grand Medieval Bazaars: How They Influenced Renaissance Art

    Room706
    Secondary Level-High School    World History
    Explore how the exotica of 9th century Baghdad markets fueled Europe's desire for oriental goods, creating unprecedented global exchange. Learn how students can identify these status symbols in Renaissance art.
    Karima Alavi
    Joan Brodsky-Schur
  • Cartooning Your Way through U.S. History

    Room708
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Political cartoons as a primary source along with the various strategies of analysis will be discussed and demonstrated. Cartoons from various eras will be studied and aligned with your curricuum.
    Nan Jones
  • Census In Schools

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    Civics
    The U.S. Census Bureau's Census In Schools program provides teachers with exciting classroom materials that will engage students with valuable cross-curricular and relevant classroom activities.
    Paul Reyes
  • COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS: Creativity and Copyright Law in the 21st Century Classroom

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Social Sciences
    The PBS film"Copyright Criminals" raises provocative questions around creativity and copyright law, inspiring students to think about these issues in their own work through the lens of hip-hop.
    Annelise Wunderlich
    Chi Do
    Wendell Bourne
  • Differentiating Content Literacy Instruction for All Learners

    Room711
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Civics
    This session will focus on ways to develop vocabulary, comprehension, and differentiate instruction while addressing a variety of reading levels. Emphasis will include supporting students in learning social studies content.
    Linda Linnen
  • Hearing Their Voices—LGBTQ Issues in the Social Studies Classroom

    Room607
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    LGBTQ issues are front page news, yet many educators remain uncertain or uncomfortable discussing this topic in the social studies classroom, even though student safety may depend on increased teacher awareness.
    Kelly Locklin
  • History Alive! Making History Dynamic for High School Learners

    Room108
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Discover how the TCI Approach brings U.S. history alive and helps high school students grasp key concepts. Explore our nation's five founding ideals through hands-on learning and new technology.
    Steve Beasley
  • Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: A Focus on Haiti

    Room704
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    Haitian events focused attention on humanitarian aid and basic human rights. Samples of the Exploring Humanitarian Law curriculum provide lessons that guide humanitarian action in both man-made and natural disasters.
    Joanne Dufour
  • Incorporating Native Culture into Classrooms with Accuracy and Respect

    Room208
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Broaden your knowledge base about native history and culture by exploring a collection of ideas, activities, and resources for implementing accurate, respectful native culture in elementary classrooms.
    Carol Watson
    Robin Hohe
  • Indian Boarding Schools: questions of cultural genocide

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Beginning in 1869, Native American children were placed in boarding schools by federal decree to become assimilated. Classroom materials and a documentary based on student accounts will be presented.
    Robin Levin
    Marcie Strassner
  • Learning English from Will Smith and Other Surprises from Norway

    Room112
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    After serving as a Fulbright Roving Scholar of American Studies for Norwegian high schools, global citizenship and 21st century skills have taken on whole new meanings. Come find out more!
    Lee Ann Potter
  • Making it Critical: Understanding Critical Pedagogy for Practical Classroom Use

    Room601
    PreK-Elementary    Global Connections
    Curious about critical pedagogy? In this session you will analyze the components of critical pedagogy while exploring local and global issues.
    Traci Jensen
    Debby Shulsky
  • Motivation-to-Retention for Our Younger Learners

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Join me as I show you how to use creative visuals in instruction to assist our younger students to personalize the curriculum. Not a hobby but a motivator and retainer!
    Heidi Willard
  • New Media and News Literacy

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    A free press is vital to a healthy democracy. To fully realize the benefits of a free press, students must develop their skills as discerning consumers of news.
    Shawn Healy
    Jamie Loo
  • Painless (and FUN!) ways to Integrate Literacy in Social Studies

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    In the NCLB age, many content area teachers are required to demonstrate how they integrate literacy strategies into their instruction. Learn to do this easily while engaging students in instruction.
    Carla Judd, NBCT
  • People Making a Difference: Promoting Compassionate Action in Service Learning

    Room710
    PreK-Elementary    Civics
    Learn how to utilize speaking, listening, and writing activities to help children explore the impact of compassionate action in the world. Children' literature and service learning ideas will be shared.
    Paula DeHart
    JoAnne Katzmarek
  • Providing experiences that help learners develop a global perspective

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    Global Connections
    This presentation will provide in-service and pre-service K-6 teachers with practical ideas they can incorporate in their teaching to help young learners develop a global perspective.
    Lydiah Nganga
  • Ripped from the Headlines

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    Use newspaper content in the classroom to bring your curriculum to life and help students connect textbook theory to what's happening in the real world.
    Joy Visconti
    Krishnan Anantharaman
  • Sounds of Protest: Using Music to Teach about Social Injustice

    Room709
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    Examine a wide variety of music genres and songs that can be used to teach about historical and contemporary social injustices in history and government classes.
    Christopher Andrew Brkich
  • Teaching Global Poverty as a Human Rights Issue

    Room707
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    This session focues on Articles 22-26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights along with activities that teach poverty as a human rights issue. Includes activities useful for ELLs.
    Eugene Martin
  • The European Union: Why Compromise?

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Geography
    This middle level project uses technology to teach the importance of compromise in the European Union to students in a global society while supporting differentiated, hand-on learning and creativity.
    Ashlee Mae Beckett
  • The Transatlantic Slave Trade

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Motivate students with simulation strategies and the analysis of primary documents while teaching about the impact that the slave trade had on the decisions and future of our new country.
    Amber Mendoza
    Korin Forbes
  • Timelines Are So Yesterday

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    "Grading Lewis and Clark" and "Eating Revolutionary War Cake" are just two hands-on lessons aimed at motivating and sparking interest in your students. Lessons include a special education component.
    Barb Superka
  • Update on Common State Standards for Social Studies

    Room106
    Secondary Level-High School   
    The goal of this session is to provide an overview and the progress to date of CCSSO’s Task Force on Common State Standards for Social Studies.
    Susan Griffin
    Beth Ratway
    Keith Gayler
    Kathy Swan
  • Using Google Earth to Teach U.S. History

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Combine geography skills with core content in U.S. history using Google Earth. This presentation will a demonstration of a sample lesson.
    Kerry Gordonson
  • Valuing the Research Process

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    World History
    This presentation shows how students can learn to evaluate the varied sources offered by 21st century media. It provides a template for the research process based on Harvard's Project Zero.
    Julie Novak
    Virginia Nguyen
  • What's Really Essential? Creating Questions to Make Historical Connections

    Room702
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Engage students (grades 5-12) with essential questions that provide connections between every unit of study and current issues. Create 3-5 essential questions which provide a thematic framework for student inquiry.
    Angela Orr
    Sue Davis
10.15 AM - 12.15 PM
  • "The Perils, Pitfalls and Potential of Web 2.0: Student-Teacher Showcase"

    Room212
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Global Connections
    Creativity, social learning, rich content, provocative inquiry are hallmarks of Web 2.0. Learn about and interact with teachers and students nationwide in an online conference session hosted by the Technology Community.
    Joe O'Brien
    Michael Berson
    Thomas Fulbright
    William Cunningham
11.30 AM - 12.30 PM
  • "But I found it on the Internet!"

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Find out how teachers and students can best use evolving technology in the 21st century classroom by learning how to identify valid and reliable Internet sources.
    Deborah Hill
    Terri Hammons
  • "Comprehensibility, Connections, and Interaction: SDAIE Strategies for Teaching Social Studies"

    Room110
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Learn SDAIE strategies such as guided role play to build effective history lessons for English learners. Specific language objectives to support acquisistion are addressed through a unit on early exploration.
    Linda Kidd
  • "Uncle Sam, the Beaver, and Healthcare: North American Responses"

    Room704
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    Health care issues have recently made headlines in North America. Learn how Canada and the U.S. have historically dealt with heath care reform. Globalization and trade may create new dilemmas.
    Ruth Writer
    James Rooney
    Dean June
  • 101 Tools for Teaching Geography: A Tool Box of Ideas

    Room708
    Secondary Level-High School    Geography
    Receive 101 ideas for teaching geography by capturing your students' attention and instilling a love for geography and everything global!
    Lisa Iverson
    Brian Fenderson
  • 21st Century Literacy: 2.0 and Beyond

    Room707
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Come and see how core literacy strategies can be integrated into the classroom using 21st century skills and technology to transform teaching and engage learners.
    Michelle Pearson
    Jodi Connelly
  • A Gender Analysis of NCSS Notable Picture Books: 2006-2008

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    Social Sciences
    A gender analysis of NCSS notable picture books winners from the years 2006-2008 reveals significant gender differences in main characters, occupations, and human actions.
    Kay Chick
  • Asia in World History

    Room703
    Secondary Level-High School    World History
    What narratives can Asia contribute to world history regarding globalization? Master teachers highlight exemplary lessons and resources to delve deeper and focus beyond the standard world history studies of Asia.
    Catherine Ishida
    Qiong Jiang
    Echevarria Alex
    Johnson Karen
  • Behind the Scenes with GIANT Traveling Maps

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Geography
    GIANT traveling maps from National Geographic engage young and old in exploring landscape patterns and regions around the world. Behind the scenes, concept development, spatial thinking, and geography research emerge.
    Reese Todd
  • Best Practices for Young Learners: Exemplary Lessons

    Room208
    PreK-Elementary    Civics
    The authors of the November 2010 issue of "Social Studies and the Young Learner" will share exemplary social studies lessons for elementary students.
    Linda Bennett
    Elizabeth Hinde
    Charlee Passig Archuleta
  • Biography Creation and Use for Secondary Students

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    World History
    Learn about the use and creation of biographies within the standard curriculn with a focus on selecting subjects, organizing and carrying out research, and presenting biographical research to peers.
    Murry Nelson
  • Citizens that Count: Social Studies and Mathematics through Children's Literature

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    Economics
    Effective elementary instruction supports interdisciplinary approaches and assists students in grasping complex concepts and big ideas. Children’s literature is the natural conduit for bringing social studies and mathematics alive.
    Susan McCormack
    Sandra Browning
  • Creating Welcoming Classrooms through Human Rights Education

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Global Connections
    Come and see how teachers can use human rights education to create welcoming, inclusive classrooms for all, with a special focus on immigrant and refugee students.
    Kathy Seipp
    Madeline Lohman
  • Critical Issues in Classroom Assessment of Social Studies

    Room709
    Higher Education    Social Sciences
    This session examines critical issues in classroom assessment—including ends and means and principles and practices—for all levels, social studies subjects, and institutions.
    Diane Brantley
    Nancy Gallavan
    Cathy Covington
    Ashleigh Crabtree
    Chris Harth
  • Crucible of History: The Balkans from Ottoman Times to Now

    Room711
    Secondary Level-High School    World History
    The historically important Balkans are often poorly understood. This session provides an overview of its peoples and geography and a closer look at the Bosnian genocide and Greek-Turkish relations.
    Louise Forsyth
    Stacy Hercules
    Brenda Bonine
  • Educating about Global Sustainability: Engaging Lessons for Young Learners

    Room202
    PreK-Elementary    Global Connections
    Global sustainability is an engaging context for teaching social studies skills and content. Experience hands-on lessons about culture, food, environment, and systems linked to children's literature. Free curriculum guide!
    Dave Wilton
  • Expanding Instructional Time for Social Studies

    Room109
    PreK-Elementary    Economics
    This session reveals how instructional time can be expanded by creatively designing home assignments that engage students in standards-based activities and enrich the in-school curriculum.
    Janet Alleman
    Barbara Knighton
    Rob Ley
    Laura Sherman
    Sarah Sonnenberg
  • Experience the Hot 100+ Music Ideas for Social Studies Classrooms

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    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Motivate with music! Create activities utilizing songs proven successful to enhance students' knowledge. Packets of 100+ song ideas will allow teachers to develop resources for immediate use in any classroom.
    Judith Failoni
    Ed Wright
  • Get Real!: Using Historical Fiction in the Middle Grades: Rationale and Issues

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Come and discuss with us an exciting alternative to the social studies textbook that will engage your students while facilitating their growth in research and critical literacy skills.
    Eric Groce
    Tina Heafner
    Katie O'Connor
  • Getting It Right the First Time: Doing the NBPTS

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    As the NBPTS program has grown, teachers weigh the pros and cons of the certification process and what is required. Come and receive portfolio requirements and helpful hints.
    Nicole Roper
  • How to Host a Naturalization Ceremony in Your School

    Room113
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Civics
    Teach your students about citizenship by hosting a naturalization ceremony where community members are sworn in as American citizens on your school’s campus!
    Alysa Ullman
    Marney Murphy
  • Human Rights Images of Youth in Dystopian Young Adult Literature

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    Discover how in future dystopian worlds created by adults, fictional young adults question their lack of human rights and begin to strive for change in their society. Handouts provided.
    Dee Storey
  • Impact of LOC Primary Source Training on Teachers and Students

    Room210
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Global Connections
    Using inquiry based approaches, elementary and secondary in-service and pre-service teachers were trained using LOC primary sources. The impact of the training on teacher attitudes and student outcomes is presented.
    Ruth Busby
    Richard Satchwell
    Judith Bee
  • Interstate Commerce Act: A Ride to Freedom Riders

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    Explore Progressive Era origins of regulatory agencies, discover the role regulatory rules played in the Civil Rights Movement, and learn about the public voice in the regulatory process.
    Jennifer Ransom
    Kelly Banks
    April McClellan-Copeland
  • It's a Technology Grab Bag!

    Room710
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Civics
    Learn how to capture video using Firefox helpers, use advanced searching techniques to find pre-made, editable, PowerPoint presentations complete with interactive media, and discover the newest, coolest Google tools!
    Kristi Stricker
    Lara Willox
  • Making History Matter for Young People

    Room702
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Sweep away the cobwebs and bring the past alive with insights from a noted children's book author about connecting young people to the relevance and drama of our nation's history.
    Ann Bausum
  • Mexican Americans and Repatriation: Teaching Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs

    Room603
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    An examination, through lesson plans and teaching ideas, of the U.S. and Mexican governments' collaborative policy of "repatriation" during the Great Depression.
    J.D. Bowers
  • Mile-High Psychology

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    Secondary Level-High School    Psychology
    The NCSS Psychology Community is proud to share exciting teacher-tested lessons to help your students go the extra mile! Lessons distributed for all levels covering each APA National Standard Domain.
    Daria Schaffeld
    Joe Geiger
  • More than Camels and Pyramids: Exploring the Real Middle East

    Room112
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    Acquire strategies to create, evaluate, and use high-interest concepts, topics, and instructional resources for use in engaging and relevant units on the Middle East (1918-2010). Handouts provided.
    Claire Yates
    Mark Helmsing
  • News Views: Preparing Students for a Modern Multi-Media News World

    Room204
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    It's a new news world. Experience classroom tested methods preparing students to interpret raw online news feeds, filter ubiquitous blogs for facts, and detect multiple biases in modern news sources.
    Kent Willmann
    Ryan Carpenter
  • Old Classics and New Favorites: Stories on the Underground Railroad

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    There are many books about the Underground Railroad. Discover the best of these books that represent this historical period accurately and authentically.
    Denise Dallmer
    Isaac Larison
    David Bishop
    Ruben Moreno
  • Pack Your Social Studies?Äô S.U.I.T.C.A.S.E. and Travel with Harriet Tubman

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Travel on the Underground Railroad with Harriet Tubman and discover how storytelling can be an important integrative strategy bringing history to life and making history relevant to learners.
    Gwendolyn
  • Power to Prosper while Learning with the World

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    Coma and learn about a hands-on international virtual trading project based on a classroom activity called "Product in a Bag."
    Freda Goodman
    Diane Midness
    Dina Guirguis
  • Professional Development Vision for Social Studies in the 21st Century

    Room206
    Supervisory-Administrative    Global Connections
    This session provides social studies administrators with tools to develop a quality professional development plan that incorporates 21st century skills, literacy and pedagogy into their school or district action plans.
    Karlye Mull
    Stephanie Hartman
  • Readers Theater: Students?Äô Voices in the Social Studies Classroom

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Readers Theater can motivate students to learn and retain information, improve research skills, and analyze primary resources. Discover how you can energize your social studies classroom with this standards-based strategy.
    Regina Rees
    Mary Lou DiPillo
  • Search Strategies: Finding and Using Online Resources with Teachinghistory.org

    Room108
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Using Teachinghistory.org, participants will learn strategies that lead to targeted online searches for resources and lessons. In addition, an educator will detail how to use the website to improve classroom teaching.
    Jennifer Rosenfeld
    Ron Gorr
  • Sustainability and Civics: Promoting Education Through Farm Field Trips

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Civics
    For teachers interested in effective field trips and classroom instruction, this presentation highlights two programs that incorporate concepts of social justice, citizenship education, and sustainability in their mission statements.
    Tim Patterson
    Alexander Pope
  • Teaching about Global and Domestic Poverty

    Room607
    Secondary Level-High School    Social Sciences
    Pedagogical knowledge related to teaching about poverty and teaching students living in poverty is increasingly relevant in our global economy. Interactive games, statistical analysis and other strategies will be provided.
    Natalie Keefer
    Lynne Carlson
  • Using Big Books to Develop History Skills, Content and Literacy

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    World History
    Learn how to use "Big Books" that students create in world history classes to develop 21st century skills in research, multimedia literacy, and history content.
    Margarita Jimenez-Silva
    Ruth Luevanos
  • Using Google Earth and Children's Literature to Teach Elementary Geography

    Room706
    PreK-Elementary    Geography
    Explore activities that integrate the use of children's literature and Google Earth to teach important elementary level geography concepts.
    Theresa Johnson
  • Using Play Dough and Puppets to Teach Economics

    Room712
    PreK-Elementary    Economics
    Use Play Dough and Herschel, a dog puppet, to teach your elementary students economics! These are "can't-miss", motivating curriculum materials. Participants will receive the Herschel's World of Economics DVD.
    Harlan Day
  • Violations and Remedies: Compensating Japanese Americans for the WWII Internment

    Room705
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    The United States violated the civil liberties of Japanese Americans during World War II. This session will explore the Congressional remedies enacted to address this historic human rights tragedy.
    John Tateishi
    William Yoshino
2.30 PM - 3.30 PM

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    John Tateishi
    William Yoshino

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    John Tateishi
    William Yoshino

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    John Tateishi
    William Yoshino

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    John Tateishi
    William Yoshino

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    John Tateishi
    William Yoshino
  • Students Can Use Public Policy to Monitor/Influence Government Actions!

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Civics
    Can your students influence the direction of government? This hands-on student-centered curriculum teaches students to manuever through the political system by developing public policy on issues in their community.
    Dee Morgan
    Andrea Mello
  • ""America: The Last Best Hope" —A Human Rights Story"

    Room108
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Learn about a revolutionary curriculum developed by award-winning history teachers and a former secretary of education to engage students' interest in our nation's struggle for development and human rights.
    Dr Rex Bolinger
    Laura Delmore Lay
  • "EconEd Live: Online Programs, Podcasts, Interactive Whiteboard Applications and More"

    Room708
    PreK-Elementary    Economics
    Looking for lessons and books for teaching economics with children's literature? We will acquaint you with a growing set of lessons, available online. Participants receive copies of the new lessons.
    Andrew Hill
    Mary Suiter
    Bonnie Meszaros
    Jeannette Bennett
    Todd Zartman
  • "Equality, Liberty, Justice: The Great Ideas and U.N. Human Rights"

    Room712
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Social Sciences
    Explore the legacy of philosopher Mortimer Adler, who believed the great ideas of equality, liberty and justice were basic to understanding ourselves, our society, and the world in which we live.
    Sam Gomberg
  • "Making History," Engaging Students: Creating Documentaries in the Classroom

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    See how student can create documentaries based on historical events or themes to "make history". We provide handouts on research timelines, script writing, and documentary film making.
    Karen Riley
    Barbara Stern
    Barbara Romey
  • 2010 Notable Trade Books—Connections for Young Learners

    Room208
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Notable Book committee members discuss the process associated with selecting this year's winners and present strategies for incorporating these books into the classroom. A book raffle concludes the session.
    George Lipscomb
    Isaac Larison
    Kay Chick
    Greg Imbur
    Andrea Libresco
  • Avoiding Common Pedagogical Errors in Teaching the Holocaust

    Room202
    Secondary Level-High School    World History
    Teachers confront many issues that increase the complexity of teaching about the Holocaust. This session will identity common pedagogical errors found in Holocaust education, suggesting approaches that enhance teaching of the subject.
    Dr. David Lindquist
  • Becoming a Nationally Board Certified Teacher

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    In this session learn about National Board Certification at all levels! Presenters O'Neill and Yell are NBCTs at the elementary and middle school levels, and Lisa Stooksberry is from NBPTS.
    Mike Yell
    Kim O'Neill
    Lisa Stooksberry
  • Beyond the Textbook ?Äì Historical Fiction in the Social Studies Classroom

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Learn how to move beyond the textbook and engage students in social studies topics while teaching reading skills. Handouts will be provided.
    Michele Harcarik
  • Biographies of Famous Americans: An Integrated Social Studies/Literacy Unit

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Explore an authentic, integrated social studies/literacy unit for primary grades based on current best practices that promote student choice and cooperative partnerships in a "classroom workshop" environment.
    Denise Rawding
  • Choose Your Way Through History: Literacy & Webquests By and For Students

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Explore two ways to use webquests: (1) students make historical decisions and see possible outcomes, and (2) students create webquests, combining their historical, technological, and writing skills.
    Melissa Marks
    Jennifer Shannon
  • Click It to Stick It!

    Room212
    Secondary Level-High School    World History
    Students love taking pictures and video. Use photography and video cameras to help students make connections among history, their lives, and the 21st century into truly lasting connections!
    Stephanie Middleton
  • Community Engagement: Sharing Voices from High School and the University

    Room112
    Higher Ed    Civics
    Learn how to design community engagement projects for high school and university students that enhance participation and reflection at every stage. Explore strategies, research findings, and collaboration in this interactive session.
    Margaret Ferrara
    Sarah Brown
    Marlene Rebori
    Greg Nielsen
  • Creating Active Citizens through U.S. History Education

    Room705
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Examining how individuals have historically participated in the democratic process provides positive lessons for students today. Colonial Williamsburg's staff development program utilizes U.S. history as a means for creating active citizens.
    Tab Broyles
  • Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Social Sciences
    Who was Eleanor Roosevelt and how did she become a leading advocate of rights for ordinary people? Explore Eleanor Roosevelt's role in the creation of the Declaration of Human Rights.
    Heather Frazier
  • Elementary Social Studies: Implications for Teacher Candidate Program Development

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Higher Education    Geography
    The time spent teaching social studies in the elementary classroom varies along with the content. Should what is done in elementary classrooms affect the content of university teacher preparation programs?
    Denise Darrah
  • Enemies of All: Teaching about Piracy in the Global Era

    Room702
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    How might maritime piracy affect the global economy and international law in the modern era? We will explore current issues, debates, and proposed reforms through engaging media and primary sources.
    Tiffany Middleton
    Howard Kaplan
  • Excite! Engage! Expand! Using Fiction as a Tool for Social Sciences.

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Drawing from five of her historical novels on the American West in the 1800's, the author demonstrates how fiction can enhance the study of social sciences in grades 3 and up.
    Mary Peace Finley
  • Exploring Islam through Ottoman Mosque Design: A Hands-On Student Project

    Room710
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    World History
    Art, architecture, religion, history, and geography come together in this lesson exploring key features of Ottoman mosques. Students will learn important concepts about Islam and the Ottoman Empire.
    Jessica Silverman
  • Global Celebrations

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Global Connections
    Learn how to use celebrations and festivals from around the world to teach the concept of cultural diffusion. A board game presentation format will be included.
    Wiley Popovich
  • Global Gateway: Engaging Students on World Issues through Journalism

    Room703
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    Explore Pulitzer Center's innovative global education program. Discover multimedia tools that encourage students to think critically about the world and their role in it and participate directly in the conversation.
    Nathalie Applewhite
    Tatum Taylor
  • Globalization: A Prototype Web-based Professional Development Program for Teachers

    Room706
    Secondary Level-High School    Geography
    "Globalization" is the pilot project of a web-based professional development series titled "Geography: Teaching with the Stars." These program feature best practices in social studies, enhancing both pedagogy and content.
    Richard Boehm
    Carmen Brysch
    Joseph Stoltman
  • Honey, I Blew Up the Curriculum! (How We Did It)

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Want to turn students on to history? Use primary sources, YouTube, along with a novel to crack open the big questions of American History. The payoff? Great skills, enthusiastic students!
    Rebecca Hanson
    Gail Rauch-Tilstra
    Small Lauren
  • Learning and Teaching about the Reemerging China

    Room204
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Global Connections
    The past year has been tense for U.S.-Chinese relations. This session will help participants understand and teach about today's China through insightful views of Chinese immigrant social studies educators in the U.S.
    Yali Zhao
    Guichun Zong
    Lin Lin
    Guohua Liu
  • Leveraging Student-Centered Technology through a Comprehensive Election Simulation

    Room210
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    Plan, execute, and assess a realistic, multi-class presidential election and policy-development simulation, activating knowledge about the Constitution, electoral systems and politics, interest groups, while leveraging wikis for authentic collaboration.
    Jeremy Gypton
    Lee Eysturlid
  • Looking at History from Multiple Perspectives: Immigration and Westward Expansion

    Room707
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    To analyze and interpret historical events, students must view history from multiple perspectives. This session focuses on helping students to both identify and write from different perspectives in creative ways.
    Lindsay Oakes
  • Making Connections: An Integrated Social Studies and Science Methods Course

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Higher Education    Global Connections
    Learn about the design and implementation of an integrated social studies and science methods course for preservice teachers. Explore common themes, unifying concepts, and instructional methods in both disciplines.
    Elizabeth Crawford
    Glenda Ogletree
  • Map Tales: Using Stories to Teach Maps and Geography

    Room206
    PreK-Elementary    Geography
    Maps tell stories, and stories are told through maps. Engage students' interest in maps through fun stories and characters. Materials provided.
    Judy Glickman
    Carol Tarshis
    Nick Mandelkern
    Adam Reingold
    Steve Sheinkin
  • Moving Toward an Inclusive Social Studies Classroom

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    This presenation shows how to develop a successful inclusive and collaborative classroom setting using evidence-based strategies that help all students succeed, including students with disabilities.
    Darren Minarik
  • Outrageous Teaching: U.S. History Edition

    Room605
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    A high-energy, entertaining session filled with magic, mayhem, and most importantly, methods to capture and engage your hard-to-motivate students through interactive and creative approaches to teaching history.
    Dave Burgess
  • Slave Songs: a Collective Autobiography of the Slave Experience

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    This presentation explores themes of "meaning" and "rebellion" in slave communities from the perspective of slaves themselves as reflected and revealed in their songs.
    Wendell Brooks
  • Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Social Studies: Exemplary Lessons

    Room601
    PreK-Elementary    Global Connections
    Authors of the NAEYC/NCSS Early Childhood Position Statement will join with early childhood teachers to share exemplary social studies lessons that build on the key tenets of the position statement.
    Margit McGuire
    Linda Bennett
    Ilene Berson
  • Teaching Economics to Young Children

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    Economics
    We are facing historically difficult economic times, a crossroad concerning our beliefs about our economy. This is a PD model for PK teachers focusing on teaching economics to young children.
    Dean Cristol
    Deborah Zuhmerly
  • Teaching Elementary Social Studies Using Inquiry about Material Culture

    Room109
    PreK-Elementary    Social Sciences
    In this curatorial activity, participants learn how elementary students can become budding historians and anthropologists, using the study of material culture to theorize about the owners of the selected materials.
    Ernest Andrew Brewer
    Penelope Fritzer
  • The Civic Mirror—Teaching Students to Work through Conflict Democratically

    Room709
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    It's difficult teaching students that conflicting perspectives and vociferous debates are indicators of healthy democracies. Learn how the Civic Mirror allows students to experience the political arena for themselves!
    Kenneth High
    Mary Beth Ryan
    Pam Klotz
  • The Geography of Basic Human Rights

    Room711
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Geography
    This lesson investigates basic human rights and allows students to reflect on their own rights and responsibilities via PowerPoint presentations, interactive Internet sites, videos, case studies, and group discussions.
    Heather Braucher
  • THE LORAX vs. Big Business: Simulation as a Teaching Tool

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Using THE LORAX and other literature as springboards, see how to develop teaching strategies based on themes such as industrialization, environmental awareness, and populist politics to explore national/international issues.
    Emily Rubinfield
    Mark Stephens
  • Three Extraordinary Thematic Units and How to Build Your Own

    Room603
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    "Henry Hudson and the Half Moon" (elementary), "Gone West" (middle school), and "Hooverville" (high school )incorporate strong literacy and arts strands in unforgettable student-centered activities. Curriculum mapping/planning materials provided.
    Syd Golston
    Linda Clark
  • Through Different Lenses: Teaching Global Issues from Diverse Perspectives

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    We will explore ten significant global issues, including economic globalization, through five lenses or perspectives, focusing on how these lenses shape students' views.
    Denise Ames
  • Using Controversial Issues in the Social Studies Classroom

    Room704
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Civics
    Learn how to integrate controversial issues into your social studies classroom and, in doing so, to engage and educate your students in both historical and modern topics of contention.
    Rory Tannebaum
  • Vietnam: Global Perspectives in Personal Financial Literacy

    Room607
    Secondary Level-High School    Economics
    An analysis of post-socialist consumerism in Vietnam illustrates globalization and economic interdependence while encouraing secondary students to apply economic principles and grapple with cultural interaction and financial socialization.
    Elorie Bechtel
    Deann Bucher
2.30 PM - 4.00 PM

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    Deann Bucher
3.45 PM - 4.00 PM

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    Elorie Bechtel
    Deann Bucher
3.45 PM - 4.45 PM

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    Elorie Bechtel
    Deann Bucher

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    Elorie Bechtel
    Deann Bucher

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    Elorie Bechtel
    Deann Bucher

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    Elorie Bechtel
    Deann Bucher

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    Elorie Bechtel
    Deann Bucher
  • "Voices of the Past: "Upstanders" in European History"

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    Middle Level-Jr. High School    World History
    This session focuses on individuals throughout European history who advocated for human rights. Learn strategies for using literature, research, and multiple intelligences to study "upstanders." Materials provided.
    Colleen Devine
    Leslie Glowienka
  • "What's "Civics Alive!"? It's More than Civics and Government."

    Room206
    PreK-Elementary    Civics
    Examine lessons in the "Civics Alive!" curriculum that have a civic objective, but also teach valuable reading and writing skills as well as math and cooperative learning proficiencies.
    Rachel Willis
    Rachel Willis
  • ARTZ OUT LOUD: Arts Integration for Total Learning

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Explore award-winning ARTZ OUT LOUD performing and visual arts techniques for young learners. Worksheets and quick and easy hands-on learning applications can be used by teachers across curriculum.
    Donna Wissinger
    Joy Myers
  • Beyond the Feathers: Examining American Indians in Art, Literature, Movies

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Learn how students can critically examine the way American Indian peoples and cultures are portrayed in textbooks, art, and popular movies.
    Mark Finchum
  • Breaking the Math and Social Studies Divide

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Global Connections
    In an era with such great movement across international borders, this presentation focuses on how to use mathematics as an avenue to create a culturally responsive social studies classroom.
    Bisola Neil
    Keino Baird
  • Bringing Literacy and Social Studies Alive through Free Interactive Whiteboard Content

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    World History
    This presentation showcases strategies that encourage students to interact and respond to literature using the interactive whiteboard. Learn how to bring history alive in the 21st century.
    Bridget Benware
  • Children's Rights Are Human Rights Too!

    Room109
    PreK-Elementary    Social Sciences
    A free curriculum on the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) will be distributed and demonstated. Arguments for and against ratifying this treaty will be debated.
    Edward O'Brien
  • Civic Action Project (CAP)

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    Explore materials from the Constitutional Rights Foundation that take students through an authentic civic action process that integrates 21st century literacy, technology and citizenship skills.
    Mary Ellen Daneels
    Hayley Lotspeich
  • Common Assessment Items across Our High School Social Studies Department

    Room712
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Develop and analyze unit-level common assessment items that are essential to advancing students in their acquisition of the historical comprehension skills needed to become informed global citizens.
    Corrie Orthober
    Samuel Pollitt
  • Creating an Interdisciplinary Classroom

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Explore effective ways to create an interdisciplinary English and social studies classroom using primary sources and literature as instructional tools.
    Elizabeth Glynn
    Felisa Cupps
  • Creating Engaged Learners: Integrating Literacy and Social Studies

    Room208
    PreK-Elementary    Geography
    The strategies presented in this session integrate literacy and social studies to help lower socioeconomic and ELL students become motivated readers of grade-level texts. Engaged learners love social studies!
    Matthew Downey
    Holly Douglas-Tran
  • Creating Oral Histories and Interior Monologues through Digital Storytelling

    Room705
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    This session providse strategies and resources using multiple Web 2.0 tools that can be used to create oral histories and interior monologues through the art of digital storytelling.
    Rena Shifflet
  • Deliberating Hate Speech in a Democracy

    Room210
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    Learn an interactive teaching methodology that deepens student understanding of democratic principles and increases knowledge about how legal systems around the world deal with universal controversies, such as hate speech.
    Stacey Gorman
    Carolyn Pereira
  • Digital Tools for Teaching with Documents from the National Archives

    Room108
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Explore a new online resource, DocsTeach, giving teachers tools to select primary sources, to create customized and engaging lessons that reinforce historical thinking skills, and to collaborate with fellow educators.
    Stephanie Greenhut
  • Encouraging Democratic Citizenship through Blogging with Students

    Room709
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    Engage in a discussion on the value of blogging with students on controversial issues as a means of developing 21st century citizenship skills through democratic experiences.
    Andrew Hostetler
    Bryan Ashkettle
  • Environmental Footprint: Consumption and Sustainability

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Economics
    Introducing a lesson that enables students to calculate the unseen costs of their lifestyles on the environment while providing them with sustainable options to reduce their envirornmental footprints.
    Stephanie Chamberlain
  • Exploring Primary Sources Online

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    Discover online interactives, videos, other resources using primary sources to teach about Congress, representative democracy, and citizen participation from the Center on Congress Teaching with Primary Sources project.
    Elaine Larson
  • Extending the Walls of Your Classroom with Video Editing

    Room703
    Secondary Level-High School    World History
    Using a video camera, green fabric and video editing software, you can create video productions that will transcend the physical walls of the classroom.
    Ryan O'Donnell
    Ryan Spears
  • Global Citizenship and Humanitarian Law: Navigating 21st Century Humanitarian Crises

    Room702
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    War is much more complicated than a video game. Give your students the skills to struggle with global issues and explore humanitarian responses to conflict with a free Red Cross curriculum.
    Kim Pennington
  • Integrating Reading and Writing Poetry Into the Social Studies Curriculum

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    While examining difficult issues like Jim Crow laws and the Holocaust, poetry provides students with an opportunity to express their own perspective on a particular situation.
    David Wheeler
  • Middle Eastern Vistas and Voices: Learning through Film and Literature

    Room704
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    Literature and film from the Middle East allow students to experience these societies from an insiders’ worldview. Innovative activities use them as primary source documents for understanding the region.
    Barbara Petzen
    Christopher Rose
  • National Geographic Education: Geo-Literacy and Global Citizenship

    Room212
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Geography
    Create connections between the 21st century classroom and global citizenship by exploring National Geographic's innovative media and instructional resources on current events and global ideas.
    Patricia Norris
    Christina Riska
    Alison Michel
  • Personal Learning Networks for the 21st Century Social Studies Teacher

    Room204
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    Join the NCSS Technology Community for a discussion of how to stay connected to the best social studies resources and teacher networks by creating your own Personal Learning Network(PLN).
    Michael Berson
    Jeff Williams
    Angela Cunningham
    Tom Daccord
  • Resources for Students and Teachers from National Geographic's Alliance Network

    Room707
    Supervisory-Administrative    Geography
    State geographic alliances, operating as grassroots organizations, promote geography education at local, state, and national levels. But what does this really mean for your state or in your school district?
    Rebecca Theobald
    Steve Jennings
  • Slavery and the Constitution: Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

    Room605
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    See how two lessons from the Bill of Rights Institute can lead your students to a deeper understanding of the Dred Scott decision and its impact on U.S. history.
    Pamela Mickle
  • Social Studies: The Perfect Conduit for Web 2.0 Tools!

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Classroom Web 2.0 tools can bring 21st century skills alive for students. See how to support primary source analysis, collaboration, and media literacy skills with Web 2.0! Bring your laptop!
    Eric LeMoine
  • Strategies to Develop an Inquiry-Based Classroom to Facilitate Global Learning

    Room601
    PreK-Elementary    Global Connections
    This presentation will provide insight into inquiry-based learning. Participants will learn strategies for incorporating inquiry-based activities into the classroom to promote global learning and skill development.
    Melissa McDonald
  • Sustainability Education for a World of Seven Billion

    Room711
    Secondary Level-High School    Geography
    Discover innovative, hands-on activities that examine the connections between human population growth, resource consumption and sustainable ecosystems and communities. Build human geography knowledge and problem-solving skills. Free activities CD.
    Colleen Beck
  • Taxes through History: What Did Taxpayers Receive in Return?

    Room708
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Economics
    Taxation policies in the U.S.(1776-2009), medieval Europe, and ancient Rome are analyzed to discover why we pay taxes, what taxes buy, and how tax policies impact everyday lives and social/political trends.
    Cynthia Resor
  • Teaching Arab-Israeli Peace Processes

    Room202
    Secondary Level-High School    World History
    How can I teach my students about progress towards Middle East peace? What are the broader lessons? What issues remain to be negotiated? Classroom activities and resources provided.
    Ben Chaika
  • The Art of Discussion

    Room112
    Secondary Level-High School    Social Sciences
    Looking to expand your repertoire in leading discussions? The presenter will provide detailed instruction in four different methods: debate, scored discussion, electronic, and Socratic.
    Mark Dubbs
    Brent Ault
  • The Civil Rights Era in the Mississippi Delta: Powerful History

    Room706
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Become the historian as you study primary and secondary sources to learn about the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement. Images, music, and stories provide vehicles for exploring this era.
    Leslie Griffin
  • The Dandelion Project: Service Learning in Action

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    The Dandelion Project develops global citizens through a meaningful service learning project involving American high school students and middle school Chinese students. Come learn about this exciting opportunity.
    Margaret Harvey
  • THE IMPACT OF PODCASTING TO ELICIT EMPATHY TO ETHNIC CONFLICT IN SECONDARY THREE EXPRESS STUDENTS.

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    Social Sciences
    Learn about research on the effectiveness of podcasting and activities leading to it in eliciting empathy around ethnic conflict in Singapore. The results proved that it was effective.
    Mohamad Fariz bin Tajularus
  • The Presidential Timeline: Making historical thinking and primary sources common place in the social studies classroom

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    The presentation highlights the Presidential Timeline —a social studies teacher-oriented website that emphasizes historical thinking. The site includes an interactive timeline, digitized archives and educator activities.
    Cinthia Salinas
    Ryan Crowley
    Ken Tothero
  • University/School Partnership: Using Historical Documents to Promote Literacy

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Find out how a university professor and elementary teacher collaborated to encourage education majors to teach social studies to elementary students while promoting literacy using document based essays.
    Robert Gardner
    Barbara Welch
  • Using Economic Mysteries to Improve the Teaching of U.S. History

    Room607
    Secondary Level-High School    Economics
    See how to apply economic reasoning to key episodes in U.S. history. Learn why the colonists fought when they were safe, prosperous and free using materials from the Council on Economic Education.
    Mark Schug
  • Visions and Voices on Television: Making Psychology Concepts Come Alive

    Room113
    Secondary Level-High School    Psychology
    Television programs can help illustrate challenging psychological concepts. In this session, we will demonstrate several lessons using prime time television clips. Handouts will be provided and audience involvement encouraged.
    Cynthia Prehar
    Patricia Baima
  • Visualization: A Social Studies/Literacy Strategy for Today's Elementary Classroom

    Room110
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Acquire practical ideas for helping elementary students learn and apply comprehension strategies for creating mental images of social studies content.
    Peggy Altoff
  • Wangari Maathai: Planting Trees, Inspiring People, Promoting Peace

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    PreK-Elementary    Geography
    Explore strategies to teach elementary students about Wangari, a Noble Peace Prize winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement. Learn ways to promote environmental awareness through children' literature. Handouts provided.
    Stephanie Wasta
  • Women's Visions and Voices through Primary Sources

    Room603
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    An envelope may be small, but it's a huge primary source. "First Day Covers" contain the vision and voices of women as depicted in the atrwork of postmarks and stamp design.
    Kris McIntosh
  • Women's Voices

    Poster Presentation: Convention Center Ground Floor
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Who were the women between the American Revolution and the Civil War? What secrets are just under the surface of our history books? What if you could ask them?
    Bonnie Page
    Loretta Brady
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    Bonnie Page
    Loretta Brady

  • Room204
    Bonnie Page
    Loretta Brady

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    Bonnie Page
    Loretta Brady
  • "Integrated Social Studies: Literacy, Differentiation and Interactive Whiteboards"

    Room704
    PreK-Elementary    U.S. History
    Learn to differentiate, engage and extend lessons through pedagogical strategies using 21st century learning skills and technologies. Experience interactive whiteboards, hands-on, collaborative activities and leave with digital resources and lessons.
    Leslie Caylor
    Larry Zimmerman
  • "Thinking Globally, Planting Locally"

    Room108
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    Attendees will learn how to develop an interdisciplinary program in which students learn about climate change, economic development, environmental sustainability, poverty, gender equality, community action, and . . . trees!
    Kathleen McCabe
    Patricia McElduff
    David Fewell
    Carol Pinto
  • 1+1+1+1: Listening to Multiple Voices through a Genocide Museum

    Room212
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    World History
    Learn how students express their vision by creating a museum dedicated to Holocaust and genocide victims. Use their voices to raise genocide awareness through a forum for local schools.
    Amanda Greenwald
    Kathryn Gaertner
    Lisa Allswede
    Mary Martin
  • A Multimedia Event: The 2007-2009 Financial Crisis

    Room702
    Secondary Level-High School    Economics
    What is an ARM? CDO? MBS? TARP? What is their connection with the 2007-2009 financial crisis? Discover how to use media coverage of the financial crisis to teach economic concepts.
    Cheryl Drivdahl
  • Civics and Spandex: Comics in the Classroom

    Room709
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    An explanation, a rationale, and recommendations for using graphic novels in the social studies classroom.
    Andrew Pifel
    Andrew Hostetler
  • Classroom Motivation Knowledge and Skills for the 21st Century

    Room112
    Secondary Level-High School    Psychology
    This session will provide social studies teachers with the knowledge and skills needed to motivate social studies students to learn the 21st century skills they need to become effective citizens.
    Lee Morganett
  • Concentration Camps in America: Enhancing Social Studies with Literacy Strategies

    Room607
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    This session will model literacy strategies that can enhance understanding of the affective impact of human rights and constitutional violations that have occurred in the U.S. on those who endured them.
    Aimee Alexander-Shea
  • Content and Trade Books Meet on a Google Lit Trip

    Room707
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Google Lit Trips? What do they have to do with my classroom? Come see how teachers of all levels use amazing technology to blend literature, history, geography, civics, and economics.
    Christy Keeler
  • Doing Local History with Web 2.0

    Room705
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    U.S. History
    Local history projects provide opportunities for developing powerful disciplinary skills in an authentic inquiry. Using Web 2.0 tools to conduct and publish this research brings practice with 21st century skills.
    Thomas Hammond
    Curby Alexander
    Douglas Scott
  • Empowering Youth through Project Citizen

    Room202
    Middle Level-Jr. High School    Civics
    "Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world." Using research-based strategies, empower students to change their world by identifying local problems and reforming public policy.
    Terri Welsh
    Mark McCall
  • Exploring the World Digital Library

    Room210
    Secondary Level-High School    Global Connections
    Discover the World Digital Library, a joint project from UNESCO, The Library of Congress, and 60+ international partners. Learn strategies for integrating this multilingual primary source content into inquiry-based learning.
    Elizabeth Ridgway
    Michelle Rago
  • Going Global: Good Citizenship Begins with Student and Teacher Exchange

    Room206
    Higher Education    Global Connections
    Have you studied abroad? Studying abroad is often the first step toward becoming a global citizen. Participants will converse with students and teachers who have studied and worked abroad.
    Isaac Larison
    Chris Bierwirth
    Melissa McDonald
    Stacey Buus
    Denise Dallmer
  • Human Rights and a Stateless People: The Kurds (Middle East)

    Room711
    Secondary Level-High School    Geography
    Over 30 million Kurds live as minorities in Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. Thus, the "Kurdish Question" poses challenges in the area of human rights - and Middle Eastern stability
    Lisa Adeli
  • Innovative Strategies for Teaching Sustainability in Elementary Classrooms

    Room601
    PreK-Elementary    Global Connections
    Engage in K-5 strategies that highlight integrated social studies and science content for teaching sustainability. Session provides foundational curriculum to integrate themes of society-science-technology, global connections, and human-environmental interaction.
    Joyce Burstein
    Greg Knotts
  • Integrating the Visions and Voices of Dr. Seuss across Social Studies

    Room109
    PreK-Elementary    Social Sciences
    See the visions, hear the voices of Dr. Seuss integrated across the social studies through hands-on lessons demonstrating the NCSS ten thematic strands with lists of books, strategies, and resources.
    Nancy P. Gallavan
    Marilyn Friga
    Meagan R. Williams
  • Living Half American: The Four Freedoms and Civil Rights During WWII

    Room605
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    "Should I sacrifice my life to live half American?" Explore WWII through the eyes of people of color living in the U.S. Lesson ideas and activities included.
    Rebecca McLaughlin
    J.P. Caruso
  • Local History: A Partnership Between Loras College and Hempstead High School

    Room706
    Higher Education    U.S. History
    The session will focus on social studies methods students who used a variety of teaching methods to plan lessons on local history and test them with high school students.
    Scott Scheuerell
    Brenda Faust
    Michael Gibson
  • Locked Out: A Civil Rights vs. States' Rights Case Study

    Room113
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    This session will evaluate issues and events relating to the Tenth and Fourteenth Aamendments using Virginia's Massive Resistance Movement of the 1950s as a case study.
    Margaret Heubeck
    Daman Irby
  • Providing Authentic Social Studies Learning Experiences Using Museums

    Room110
    HIgher Ed    U.S. History
    Models of social studies teachers working with local history museums will be shared. Examples emphasize organization and importance of relationships, understanding and use of artifacts, and meaningful use of technology.
    Kristy Brugar
  • Students as Historians: Teaching the Vietnam War through Primary Sources

    Room603
    Secondary Level-High School    U.S. History
    Learn how students can write history themselves through analyzing and comparing primary sources on the Vietnam War, including accounts by American and Vietnamese soldiers, nurses, national leaders, and peace activists.
    Eric Freedman
    Alison Turner
  • Teaching History and Government in a Global Digital Age

    Room703
    Secondary Level-High School    World History
    Learn about EDSITEment's existing history and government resources and new initiatives for world history and culture courses. Demo new Web 2.0 features such as podcasts, teacher forums, and expert communities.
    Joe Phelan
  • The Great Amendment: The Fourteenth Amendment and Redefining America

    Room708
    Secondary Level-High School    Civics
    This session will focus on the origins, formation, and meanings of the Fourteenth Amendment, which fundamentally redefined the central institutions of American civic and political life.
    Nisan Chavkin
  • The New American Promise for Elementary Sudents: Promoting Citizenhship Through Literacy

    Room208
    PreK-Elementary    Geography
    Experience, discuss, and evaluate newly-created K-5 lessons correlated with the American Promise video series. Leave with a copy of the DVD and a book of instructional strategies and resources.
    Joseph Braun
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