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2019 IDM Summer Institute
Join NCSS and C3 Teachers, for hands-on opportunities to develop inquiry materials for use in your classroom, and the tools and connections you need need to deliver your own IDM workshop in your school.
Registration is Open
Attend the largest annual gathering of 3,500 social studies teachers, administrators, and professionals for over 600 workshops. National Council for the Social Studies, National Council for Geographic Education, and Texas Council for the Social Studies are co-located under one roof!
Middle Level Learning May/June 2019

Civil War Drummer Boys: Integrating Music into Social Studies
Jing A. Williams, Deborah Check Reeves, and Paige M. Wright

Mission Impossible: Turning Essays on Enduring Issues into Respectful Ethical Debates
Jennifer Ingold
Social Education May/June 2019
This issue offers rich ideas for the creative teaching of social studies through the arts and literature.
Things Just Got Smaller!

Junior Rho Kappa is here! Register today to become an inaugural chapter.
How We Argue: A Workshop for Social Studies Teachers

Help your students become more confident and precise speakers by introducing argument mapping. Argument mapping is a simple, powerful, research-backed method for applying logical rigor to writing and classroom discussions.

Upcoming NCSS & Affiliated Council Events

Jul 22

2019 IDM Summer Institute

Washington, District of Columbia
Aug 05

How We Argue: A Workshop for Social Studies Teachers

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jul 31

NCSS CAEP SPA Report Preparer Training
Oct 04

NCSS CAEP SPA Report Preparer Training
Nov 15

Indiana Council for the Social Studies

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Executive Director's Message

Getting Social is the blog of NCSS Executive Director Larry Paska

Lights, Camera …Social Studies in Action!

Celebrating the Professional

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Social Education May/June 2019 Cover

March-April 2019 SSYL Cover

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NCSS Career Center Latest Postings

Middle School History Long-Term Substitute Teacher | The Agnes Irwin School

Middle School Social Studies | The Beech Hill School

Humanities Teacher, 5th Grade | Bank Street School for Children

Middle School Social Studies Teacher | PK-12 Education

US History Instructor w/ Potential Sr. Dean Role | THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS