Social Sciences
Gender Analysis of NCSS Intermediate Grade Notable Trade Book Winners
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmThis poster session provides a gender analysis of NCSS Notable Trade book winners for the intermediate grades for the years 2006-2008.
Diggin' up Dirt with Google Earth: Integrating Real-World PolarTREC Archaeology
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmThe past can be tough to relate to, but projects like PolarTREC- bringing teachers out in the field to share real science with students online- make it a lot easier!
Healthy Campus/Community Initiative Engages School Partners in Mississippi Delta
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmLearn how a partnership formed between a regional university, local P-12 schools, and the community-at-large is building a sustainable culture for health and wellness in the Mississippi Delta.
Using History to Promote Safe and Inclusive Classrooms
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmHow can history support and inspire civic participation and combat bullying, ostracism and homophobia? How can history help us to understand why communities respond to difference with intolerance and hatred?
Finding the Hero in Each of Us
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmLearn how to help students identify their hero through the 12 step cycle of the hero journey by following the hero's golden thread through a labyrinth of primary source documents.
Window to Inquiry: Teaching the Concepts and Tools of History
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmUnderstanding the concepts and tools of historical inquiry is essential to teaching about the past and creating young thinkers who can "do" history. Applicable to all subjects and ages.
Complicating 9/11: A Pre-Service Teacher Uses Experience with Elementary Students
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:00pmParticipants will reflect on designing a research-informed, weeklong unit to teach elementary students about 9/11. Handouts, photos and videos of classroom instruction, and student-created artifacts will be shared.
Inuit Political Leadership in the World Today
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:00pmThere is a new phenomenon occurring in the Arctic. Inuit have mobilized politically and are now playing a key role in international relations impacting how we understand the Arctic region.
Throw Open the Sash: Teaching Tolerance Opens Windows of Opportunity
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:00pmTeaching Tolerance resources marry multicultural content with culturally relevant instructional strategies. Our materials help teachers engage diverse students with effective strategies while exploring social justice issues. New materials distributed!
Through Narrow Windows: Art as a Strategy for Survival
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:00pmUsing an interdisciplinary approach to teaching social justice across time, place, and vulnerable populations through literacy, reflection, and art, presenters explore history through studying artmaking in concentration and internment camps.
