Conferences and Meetings

Help shape the content of the 2012 NCSS Annual Conference and make it your own by reviewing conference proposals. Past reviewers report that reviewing is easy, interesting, and enjoyable. Many say they have become better proposal writers after reviewing other people's work.   --> read more »

Free Coffee and Tea
Free coffee and tea are available both Friday and Saturday mornings at designated stations in the Exhibit Hall.

Food Court
Lunch will be available for purchase in the food courts in the exhibit hall on Friday and Saturday. Look for the food court signs in the Exhibit Hall.

• Registration
  • Registration is located in the Convention Center
  • Wednesday 5:00-8:00PM
  • Thursday 7:00AM-6:00PM
  • Friday 6:30AM-5:30PM
  • Saturday 7:00AM-4:30PM
  • Sunday 7:00-10:00AM
• Badges required

NCSS conducts official business at the Annual Conference. Unless otherwise noted, meetings of the House of Delegates, operations committees, and other NCSS work groups are open to all NCSS members interested in the governance of the Council.   --> read more »

Committee and Governance Meetings at the NCSS Annual Conference   --> read more »

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Following is a preliminary list of sessions, workshops and poster presentations that have been accepted for the 2011 NCSS Annual Conference. This list is subject to change. A finalized program, including rooms and times will be available prior to the conference.   --> read more »

Theme: "The Vietnam War: Scholarly Views and Classroom Applications"

The New England History Teachers Association Presents: "The Vietnam War: Scholarly Views and Classroom Applications"
A Conference for Teachers and Students of the Vietnam War

Conference Contact:
Stephen Armstrong
Steph17895@aol.com

NEHTA website: www.nehta.net

Location

Looking for strategies to teach literacy? Social studies offers an abundance of rich topics to develop literacy skills, and the 2011 NCSS Annual Conference offered many literacy-focused sessions, at all grade levels. Click here to find the list of sessions that used social studies content to also teach literacy.

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.   --> read more »