Upcoming NCSS & Affiliated Council Events

Complimentary for NCSS Members

Women’s stories have always been integral to American history, but often been presented as peripheral to the main story or highlighted only during Women’s History Month. Join this webinar as we integrate women’s history across the curriculum through American art and portraiture, featuring artwork links of women’s stories to major themes in history and English/language arts, such as activism, social change, artistic and cultural movements, etc.

Children’s literature is a central part of the elementary curriculum. Join this webinar as we explore the utilization of children's books in social studies curriculum, bridging the stories with instruction to encourage thoughtful discussions and inquiry with your students.

How have humans changed the Earth's landscape, atmosphere, and ecosystems? Join this webinar discussion and develop inquiry-based activities and techniques for engaging students in memorable, hands-on activities that make human geography come alive and show the relevance to students’ lives.

Complimentary for NCSS Members

For decades, schools have been trying to boost reading test scores by cutting back on social studies and science in order to focus on comprehension "skills" like "finding the main idea" and "making inferences." But cognitive science has found that the most important factor in reading comprehension isn't skill--it's knowledge, which is best developed through the very subjects schools have been cutting. Join this webinar as we explore how some schools are building knowledge as early as possible through a content-focused elementary curriculum, an approach that has the potential to raise scores and narrow the gap between students from the top and bottom of the socioeconomic spectrum.

How can we cultivate a reflective classroom community that encourages thoughtful, respectful conversations with and between students? Join this webinar as we explore engaging teaching strategies that develop news literacy, encourage student engagement around global issues, and support conversations about divisive topics.

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.

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.

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.