Literacy Sessions at 2011 NCSS Annual Conference

Social studies and literacy are mutually inclusive. The ability to understand vocabulary and concepts is an essential part of the social studies, and social studies offers many rich topics to use to teach literacy skills. For educators who wish to focus on this particular area at the conference, or hope to use literacy in a proposal to attend the conference, we've compiled this list of sessions that incorporate literacy into their content.

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43 Geography as a "Novel" Idea

180 Using Oral Histories to Develop Historical Understanding and Literacy Skills

719 Teaching Skills: The Keys to Unlocking Social Studies Content

239 Common Core State ELA Standards for Citizenship, College, and Career

907 Scaffold, Scaffold, Scaffold: Tweaking Social Studies Plans to Benefit ELLs

960 Notable Trade Book Authors 2010

352 Promoting Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom through Differentiation

664 Using Literature Circles to Teach Diversity of the Abolitionist Movement

647 Reading Made Easy: Literacy Strategies for High School History

235 Every Picture Book is a Social Studies Book

494 Academic Vocabulary: Breaking Barriers to Comprehension

855 Diverse Vocabulary Strategies to Maximize Achievement for All Learners

803 What's the Big Idea? Reading to Teach Elementary Social Studies

241 Freedom to Express: Closing Civic Achievement Gap for English Learners

389 Learning the Language of History: Academic Language for English Learners

469 Marry Social Studies to Language Arts in Your Elementary Classroom

852 Diverse Vocabulary Strategies to Maximize Achievement for ALL Learners

481 Interactive Social Studies for ELLs in the Mainstream Classroom

723 Literacy, Loot, and Links

863 Supporting Student Literacy Needs Using Assessment and Research-Based Strategies

940 Integrated Social Studies: Literacy, Differentiation, and Interactive Whiteboards

948 Literacy Strategies: An Important Dimension in the Social Studies Classroom

234 Think, Talk, Write: Using Essential Questions to Improve Students' Writing

130 Unlocking the Power of Words with English Language Learners

645 "If These Walls Could Talk": Nonfiction, Research, and Virtual Travels