Upcoming NCSS & Affiliated Council Events
Registration: FREE for NCSS Members
March 28, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Today the grandchildren of Vietnam War veterans are attending middle and high schools throughout America, sitting side-by-side with the children of those who served more recently in Desert Storm and the Iraq War. But how much do they really know about these conflicts and the sacrifices their dads, moms and grandparents proudly made?
This presentation highlights a freely available digital game designed to foster young children's engaging inquiry with primary sources. KidCitizen is part of the Congress, Civic Participation, and Primary Sources Project. It is funded by a grant from the Library of Congress. The presenters will introduce KidCitizen and discuss how the models of learning showcased in the KidCitizen templates may be leveraged by teachers to support disciplined inquiry in primary grade instruction.
Youth interest in politics, government, and current issues is at an all time high nationwide. However, civic education is minimized in curricula across the country and as a result students have few opportunities to engage with the controversial issues which inform their world and are most relevant to them.
April 13, 2019 - 8:00am to 5:00pm
The Association of Teachers of Social Studies / United Federation of Teachers - New York City is proud to be hosting the annual Greater Metropolitan New York Social Studies Conference (GMNY). This year's theme is “Do We Still Hold These Truths? . . .Civic Life in the Social Studies Classroom.”
Registration includes breakfast, history happy hour and lunch.
For More Info:
Bob Dytell
rdytell@yahoo.com
Exhibits:
Carolyn Herbst
carolynbernie@aol
United Federation of Teachers
New York, NY 10004
Registration: FREE for NCSS Members
The Statistics in Schools Program offers free online resources to K-12 teachers. Using real-life current and historical data, teach students statistical concepts to improve their data literacy skills.
This webinar will introduce the sociology learning goals for College, Career and Civic ready students. In the first half of the webinar, sociologists will provide an overview of the four learning goals, the assessable competencies for each of the goals, and the connections to the C3 framework. In the second half, the directors of the American Sociological Association's High School program will present sample lessons.
Fee: $25 members/$50 non-members
History and social studies educators often face the challenge of how to engage in the study of difficult histories with students. Although best practice in the field of Holocaust studies maintains that primary sources should be a central component of any study of the Holocaust, research demonstrates that most high school history and social studies teachers feel unprepared to teach the subject both in regards to historical content, and curation of primary sources.
