Upcoming NCSS & Affiliated Council Events
July 20, 2020 - 9:00am to July 22, 2020 - 12:00pm
Social Studies Matters: Learn. Connect. Advocate.
Engage with social studies leaders and feel empowered to advocate for social studies to create transformational change for the profession and within your own district, affiliated council, organization or community.
C-SPAN
Washington, DC 20001
July 27, 2020 to July 28, 2020
Every child should be empowered to inquire, to ask questions, and to wrestle their way to an argument. Join colleagues from around the country and the world to learn more about the importance of using inquiry in social studies, receive hands-on training of the Inquiry Design Model, and creating your own inquiry materials to use upon your return to the classroom.
American University
Washington, DC 20016
July 30, 2020 to July 31, 2020
National Council for the Social Studies and inquirED are hosting the Elementary Inquiry Summer Institute (EISI) in Evanston, IL. Attendees should expect a dynamic, two-day exploration of the tools and strategies that educators need to bring inquiry to life in their classrooms and schools. Workshops and sessions will address key inquiry concepts such as generating questions and planning inquiries, facilitating student-led investigations, and designing and implementing informed action projects.
Baker Demonstration School
Wilmette, IL 60091
April 6, 2020 to April 7, 2020
Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies
Complimentary Webinar
Hosted by Kenneth C. Davis, New York Times - Bestselling Author
As school systems grapple with huge decisions, our students have questions and so do teachers. This webinar is meant as a conversation, not a lecture, in which we will share our concerns and approaches and try to bring some of the wisdom of the past to bear on the present. Kenneth C. Davis will draw on research from his book More Deadly Than War. He will also be offering 10 free classroom virtual visits, subject to his availability.
Join us for a discussion of how the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) can be used with primary sources - and how primary sources from the Library of Congress can be used to deepen the practice of inquiry in social studies.
Discover how games and gamification can be utilized to engage students, encourage collaboration, cooperation, and develop skills in and out of school. Join in on this webinar that is sure to add fun and excitement into your classroom, regardless of the topic or age of students you teach.
April 17, 2020 - 8:00am to April 18, 2020 - 5:00pm
Michigan Council for the Social Studies
Reading skills have the largest impact on student performance. Join in this webinar to discuss multiple strategies to address literacy in order to increase student success. Strategies provided are those that will utilize difficult primary resources and have all been kid-tested in the classroom.
Complimentary for NCSS Members
Students may be interested in and excited by sports and admire athletes. They may know the accomplishments and statistics that prove the skills of athletes. This interest can be used excite and teach students about rights and lack of rights of minorities and underserved populations in the United States in the 20th century. Join us in a webinar introducing DocsTeach.org, an online resource of the National Archives, as we examine primary source documents featuring Jackie Robinson.
Pre-service and classroom teachers are looking for ways to support student historical understandings at the younger grade levels. Join this webinar for a step-by-step guide for historical inquiry, based on the dimensions of the C3 Framework, as a way to implement an inquiry-based framework in their classes to assist their students in understanding the importance of why and how to evaluate master narratives.
Critical thinking and communication skills are essential in students developing inquiry and conveying informed decisions through argument writing. Join this webinar as we highlight "disciplinary literacy tools" developed with teachers that support a wide range of students (including English learners and below-grade readers) in becoming proficient in reasoning and writing with sources.
October 1, 2020 to October 4, 2020
Embassy Suites by Hilton Denton Convention Center
Denton, TX 76201
December 4, 2020 to December 6, 2020
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC
November 19, 2021 to November 21, 2021
Minneapolis Convention Center
Minneapolis, MN
December 2, 2022 to December 4, 2022
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA
December 1, 2023 to December 3, 2023
Music City Center
Nashville, TN
November 22, 2024 to November 24, 2024
John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center
Boston, MA
December 5, 2025 to December 7, 2025
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC
December 4, 2026 to December 6, 2026
Hyatt Regency Chicago
Chicago, IL
