Released in March 2021, Educating for American Democracy reflects a bold vision to re-imagine and re-prioritize civics and history education, emphasizing an interdisciplinary, inquiry-based K-12 Roadmap. Join leaders in this work who will share what this will mean YOUR district, school, practice, and students. Presenters Paul Carrese Director, School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership Arizona State University Tammy Waller Director for K-12 Social Studies and World Languages Arizona Department of Education

Make learning up close and personable about the U. S. Constitution. Join us to more about the free resources Constituting America provides and the tools to help engage your students in a civil, civic conversations. Presenter Janine TurnerFounder & Co-President, Constituting America  

In this interactive session, participants will be introduced to a classroom-ready activity that connects Social Studies courses to everyday life while providing a mechanism for embedding theme-based instruction into your course.

Quality children’s literature, specifically picture books, can be extremely helpful to teach social studies concepts to students of all ages, including secondary, by sharing important messages through simplistic, imagery-filled text. Learning names and dates is not enough. We must be prepared to help children ask questions, and discover their answers through creative thinking, reasoning, judging, and understanding. Presenter Jessica Torre ESC Region 12, Waco, TX

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) fit perfectly in education. We're now less than 10 years away from the goals' "completion date." It's time to empower our students to be the changemakers they were born to be. Come learn about how SDGs intersect naturally in the social studies classroom. Presenter Tara Linney Author, Award Winning Educator and Founder, TL Specialists, LLC

The NCSS Carter G. Woodson Book Award Committee is pleased to present a new award in honor of civil rights pioneer Septima Poinsette Clark for books that reflect the experiences of women.

Despite massive efforts, the gap between students at the top and bottom of the socioeconomic scale hasn’t narrowed in 50 years—and may have increased significantly. While there’s been no shortage of attempted explanations, it was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a fundamental and pervasive root cause that no one was talking about. Elementary schools spend hours every week on decontextualized reading comprehension “skills,” like “finding the main idea,” leaving little or no time for social studies and science—especially in schools where…

To help address the critical issues related to climate and society, NCSS has compiled the following resources (students and teachers can also follow the youth activists on social media: #YouthClimateSummit and #ClimateAction.) Secondary Level Justice and Responsibility in a Changing Climate The Choices Program, Brown University Climate Change in the Social Studies Classroom: A Why and How to Guide Using the C3 Framework Lori M. Kumler and Bethany Vosburg-Bluem Simulating Global Climate Summits Dean P. Vesperman, Turtle Haste, and Stephane Alrivy Climate Change: Where We’ve Been, Where We…

National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and National Council for History Education (NCHE) are proud to present a two-part professional learning series on teaching inquiry about race and democracy through the use of primary sources in K-12 social studies and history classrooms.  Each part of this program previews a chapter from NCSS’ forthcoming online methods texts, Inquiry and Teaching with Primary Sources to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic Life, and features a panel discussion with the chapter’s author and a history scholar, moderated by NCSS and NCHE leaders. …

Are you searching for compelling early grade and elementary social studies ideas tied to current issues of Identity and Immigration? Would you like to find ways to include NCSS Notable Trade Books and Carter G. Woodson titles in relation to these themes? Look no further! We have a free webinar exclusively for NCSS members! Members of the NCSS Early Childhood/Elementary Community will present richly developed ideas from selections of recent NCSS Notable Trade Books and Carter G. Woodson winners. Attendees will receive ideas for meaningful text selection for grades K-6 related to the themes of…