Poster Session
The Collaborative Social Studies Classroom
Submitted by David Bailor on Mon, 10/22/2012 - 1:05pmThis session focuses on the collaborative relationship between the mainstream history teacher and the special education teacher. We will offer strategies on how to incorporate modified instruction.
Transforming Teaching with Textless Tools
Submitted by David Bailor on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 9:48pmTired of using that textbook for yet another Section 1 Review? Bueller? Bueller? Anyone? Anyone? Move forward and learn to build a textless curriculum with a collaborative platform for teachers.
Cold War Villains and Heroes: Primary Sources and Questioning Strategies
Submitted by David Bailor on Wed, 09/26/2012 - 11:48amExplore heroes and villains through the analysis of primary source documents from history's greatest "villain" Fidel Castro and unsung young heroes of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War.
Rethinking Democracy and Protecting What We Love
Submitted by David Bailor on Wed, 09/19/2012 - 3:21pmStudents are ill-prepared for the social crisis of our times: our democracy has been hijacked. Lessons explore constitutional history, human values at the core of democracy, and action plans.
Lesson Planning as Crowd Sourcing
Submitted by David Bailor on Mon, 09/17/2012 - 3:04pmTeachers often plan their lessons in isolation, without assistance from colleagues. Technological tools such as Dropbox and Google Documents help open up lesson planning, allowing teachers to "crowd source" planning.
Opening Windows to the World While Looking Through a Lens
Submitted by David Bailor on Fri, 09/07/2012 - 3:34pmEvery location has a history. Explore limitless possibilities for students to "capture" where their forefathers stood. Educators will be taught to refocus learning social studies methods through a camera lens
Financial Fables with Money Morals: A Look at an e-Book
Submitted by David Bailor on Tue, 08/14/2012 - 3:44pmTeaching financial literacy through online fables can mesh economics with essential reading objectives. Fable e-books with financial morals, a related lesson plan, and online extension activities will be shared.
The Missing Link: Building Bridges between Scholarship and the Classroom
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:04pmHow can we design professional learning that directly impacts instruction? Presenters will share a model that effectively mixes historical scholarship, innovative pedagogy, and classroom experiments to turn theory into practice.
The History Education Network: Research-Informed Practice, Practice-Informed Research
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:04pmThis poster session demonstrates ways The History Education Network, a pan-Canadian bilingual organization, brings together different constituencies involved in history education to improve history teaching and learning.
Protesters and Patriots: The Music of the 1960s
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:04pmThis poster presentation will help students use critical thinking to understand the divisive issues of the 1960s. Music defines us and records our attitudes and ideas.
