National Council for the Social Studies

Social Education March/April 2018
Available online now!
NCSS 2018 Summer Religious Studies Institute
Presented in cooperation with the Newseum Institute/Religious Freedom Center. Broaden your professional competence with the disciplinary concepts and tools of religious studies and develop working relationships with leading religious studies subject matter experts and curricular resource providers.
Social Studies and the Young Learner
A Service-Learning Project about Public Safety
available now for NCSS members
2018 NCSS Summer Leadership Institute
Join NCSS and Colonial Williamsburg for a special Summer Leadership Institute July 17-19, 2018 in Williamsburg, VA
IDM Summer Institute July 23-24
Sponsored by NCSS and C3 Teachers, the IDM Summer Institute features hands-on opportunities for teachers to develop inquiry materials and invigorate their classrooms through inquiry teaching and learning.
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