Upcoming NCSS & Affiliate Council Events

2017 Summer Legislative Institute

July 11, 2017 to July 13, 2017

Join us at the NCSS Summer Legislative Leadership Institute to ...

* Learn about the Federal legislative landscape that will impact social studies education in the coming year.
* Build and sustain relationships with Members of Congress and State Legislators.
* Develop advocacy resources to support social studies education in your state and district.

$199 per person (NCSS members) $279 per person (non-members)

Discovery Education World Headquarters

One Discovery Place

Silver Spring, MD 20910

C3 Teachers Inquiry Design Model Summer Institute

July 17, 2017 to July 19, 2017

Are You Ready to Inquiry?

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The third annual (IDM)™ Summer Institute will be in Raleigh, North Carolina, July 17-19, 2017.

Sponsored by C3 Teachers, the National Council for the Social Studies, and North Carolina State University, the Institute will feature hands-on opportunities for teachers to develop inquiry materials for use in their classrooms and to join a larger community of educators who share an interest in invigorating their classrooms through inquiry teaching and learning.

The Institute will feature the Inquiry Design Model (IDM), a unique approach to creating curriculum and instructional materials while relying on teacher expertise and experience. If you are working on implementing inquiry in your classroom, school or district – then this conference is for you!

Raleigh Convention Center

500 South Salisbury Street

Raleigh, NC 27601

Constructivist Media Decoding: Media Literacy and Critical Thinking in Social Studies

July 24, 2017 to July 26, 2017

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Learn Constructivist Media Decoding (CMD) theory, analyze models, access resources and develop activities for practice in your classroom. In this 3-day workshop, you'll gain knowledge, skills, materials and practice to develop and deliver inquiry-based media analysis activities in social studies. Participants will receive individual feedback, reflect with colleagues, and finalize integration plans using diverse media documents and inquiry-based techniques that integrate critical thinking and literacy skills with core social studies content. This work will be balanced with engaging, media literacy mini-workshops from the Newseum and Project Look Sharp.