2007 NCSS Annual Conference
Best Practice in Elementary School Geography
The World in Spatial Terms: Mapmaking and Map Reading [1]
Gale Ekiss & Judy Philips
Using “The Great Mail Race” to Learn About Communities [2] (PowerPoint)
Shelli Jukel, Jill Strong, & Janna Hannon
Developmentally Appropriate Geography [3] (PowerPoint)
Kay Gandy
Le Vieux Carre: A Marketplace Approach to the Standards [4] (PowerPoint)
Craig Howat
A is for Aerial Maps and Art [5] (PowerPoint)
Larry Littrell & Reese H. Todd
2006 NCSS Annual Conference
Best Practice in Elementary School Geography
Best Practice in Elementary Social Studies from the SSYL Editorial Board [6]
(PowerPoint includes Groce & Knighton’s presentations)
Authenticating Historical Fiction: Rationale & Process—Eric Groce
Supporting Struggling Learners in Social Studies—Barb Knighton
Mrs. Knighton’s Classroom Goals [7] (Word Document)
Community Building [8] (Word Document)
Co-Constructing [9] (Word Document)
Traditional Social Studies Programs—Expanding Communities Sequence [10] (Word Document)
Project Hometown—Ginger Smit
Project Hometown [11] (PowerPoint)
Project Hometown Flyer [12] (PDF)
What Makes an Effective S.S. Program Tick?—Kimberly Pearre [13] (PowerPoint)