Rho Kappa and Junior Rho Kappa are the only national organizations for middle school and high school students recognizing excellence in the field of social studies. Apply to serve on the National Rho Kappa Advisory Council. This is your chance to help shape the future of Rho Kappa! Members of the Advisory Council must be full-time middle school or high school teachers whose primary teaching responsibilities are in the field of social studies. Serving member responsibilities include: Disseminating information to local chapters in your region; Encouraging and stimulating…

*/ National Council for the Social Studies is now accepting proposed resolutions for the 68th House of Delegates Assembly, to be held at the 2024 NCSS Annual Conference in Boston. The House of Delegates meeting serves as the official annual business meeting of the NCSS membership, and is composed of representatives of NCSS Affiliated Councils, Associated Groups, and Special Interest Communities. Resolutions are the vehicle through which NCSS members can bring issues before the HOD for debate and vote. Resolutions approved by the HOD are brought to the NCSS Board of Directors for approval and…

Consider how you can be a power player for diversity and equity by naming exclusive practices and language that are commonly used in education that are ineffective. Explore how you can encourage and activate inclusive language. Speaker: Magdalena Mata, Texas National Board Coalition for Teaching Founding Director

  National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) and Thinking Nation will host a special webinar that reviews a recent white paper published in Education Week and commissioned by Thinking Nation. The survey data gave statistics behind the anecdotes many of us know: 1. While Social Studies is deemed as critical for democracy, it is not viewed as a priority in most school districts; 2. Professional Development does not currently effectively support social studies teachers; 3. Social Studies as a discipline is not effectively vertically aligned in most contexts.  In this program, NCSS and Thinking…

Save the Date, Monday-Tuesday, June 24-25, 2024! The National Council for the Social Studies is excited to present the second annual Virtual Summer Conference on Monday-Tuesday, June 24-25. This year’s conference is designed especially for elementary teachers. Join us virtually as we explore, Inquire and Inspire: Cross-Disciplinary Learning in Elementary Classrooms. Elementary teachers will leave this conference ready to: Strategically plan instruction to support cross-disciplinary learning that is grounded in social studies, but also integrates literacy, mathematics, science, and/or the…

Celebrate 10 Years of C3 Inquiry! This special NCSS webinar series is a celebration of the C3 Framework’s first decade! Each C3 Framework Inquiry Showcase webinar highlights different organizations and members active in the development and implementation of the C3 Framework. Share in examples of curriculum inquiries, books, professional development programs, or other instructional resources and support (for teachers, students, researchers, leaders…anyone!) based on the C3 Framework.

In this article, the author offers teaching resources and insights from a two-week unit taught with in an eighth grade U.S. history class that deconstructed the boundaries between public and private by investigating the evolution of American household labor and tools.

After almost 20 years of service to her district in Oshkosh, Tanya Schmidt began working to revamp her school district’s K-5 social studies curriculum and, three years ago, she became the Oshkosh Area School District’s Social Studies Curriculum coordinator. C3 Teachers sat down with Tanya to talk about the state of education in Wisconsin, the Inquiry Design Model (IDM) as best cross-curricular practice, and what it means to live a life of inquiry.

Sarah Segal is a middle school teacher in Hood River, Oregon, specializing in history and social studies, language arts, and art. She has been a classroom teacher for more than 20 years, is a former president of the Oregon Council for the Social Studies (OCSS) and current member of the NCSS Book Award Committee.

NCSS invites members to review and comment on the proposed Powerful, Purposeful Teaching and Learning in Elementary Social Studies position statement. This position statement is intended to guide decision makers to improve elementary social studies across the nation. NCSS members in good standing may submit comments on the draft statement for review by the NCSS Board of Directors. Comments are due by May 31, 2024