Statistics in Schools (SIS) is a program that offers K-12 resources that can be used in the classroom. Use real-life data to teach your students with these free history, geography and sociology standards based activities and resources. Using current and historical data, the Census Bureau provides teachers the tools to help students understand statistical concepts and improve their data analysis skills.  Join this webinar and learn background information on the development of our resources. See firsthand some of our standards based activities and other resources that includes: maps,…

Culturally responsive teaching develops students' personal agency and grounds learning in the rich context of students' lived experiences. When this happens, learning deepens and outcomes improve. How does inquiry set the stage for culturally responsive teaching?  And what strategies and tools used in inquiry promote culturally responsive teaching practice?    Panelists /*-->*/ Shanti Elangovan Founder and CEO of inquirED

How do you discuss Native American contemporary cultures in existence from time immemorial on the land where you teach and live? The NCSS Canada Community will host Christine McRae, Executive Director of Native Land Digital, the free, web-based interactive resource (https://native-land.ca).  Christine is an Omàmìwininì Madaoueskarini Anishinaabekwe (a woman of the Madawaska River Algonquin people) and belongs to the Crane Clan. Christine's work is based in telling the true history of Indigenous people, particularly those belonging to the Algonquin Nation.  Native Land Digital supports…

Bayard Rustin organized one of the most successful forms of protest in our country’s history—the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Yet, he is often silenced within the PK-12 curriculum because of his sexual orientation as an out, gay man. In this webinar, Corey R. Sell, Associate Professor of Elementary Education at the Metropolitan State University, describes how he ueed the four dimensions of the C3 Inquiry Arc and the Library of Congress resources to design an inquiry that challenges both the dominant and heteronormative narratives of the Civil Rights Movement. Professor Sell also…

Incorporating the C3 Framework and Inquiry Design Model (IDM) into a social studies methods course can be challenging. This webinar advances a particular approach for introducing to social studies teacher candidates the C3 Framework, inquiry, and IDM. Using Grant, Swan, and Lee's "Inquiry-Based Practice in Social Studies Education: Understanding the Inquiry Design Model" (2017) as the supporting text, social studies candidates themselves can engage in an IDM-modeled inquiry in order to learn about inquiry and the IDM and C3. By "IDMifying" the early part of a methods course, the foundation is…

The beginning of the 2020 school year will be unlike any other.  Now more than ever schools and districts must take into account the social and emotional needs of students and teachers. How will they respond to being back in school under restrictive protocols?  How can teachers build community if they must begin the year virtually?  What role can social studies instruction play in meeting the SEL needs of students? National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the Collaborative for Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), and inquirED explore these important questions. Panelists …

History classes that involve students in historical inquiry using primary sources can prepare young people for civic engagement. In this webinar illustrates how teachers can build students’ historical knowledge, foster historical thinking skills that are vital for civic engagement, and nurture students’ civic dispositions through document-based lessons. Using resources from the Library of Congress and following the National Council for the Social Studies C3 Framework, it presents model lesson ideas that add pizzazz to history courses and prepare young people to change the world. The…

Inquiry-based social studies empowers students to participate in the civic life of their local, state, and national communities. With inquirED, we will examine the following:How can a contentious election year provide an opportunity to explore civic participation?; What are the challenges educators face in polarized environments? Panelist Dr. Paula McAvoy Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education NC State University

Toxic civic dialogue? Insurrection? Decline of democracy? America needs quality civic and history education more than ever. NCSS has been a lead supporter and partner in the development of Educating for American Democracy, an initiative that promises a greater emphasis on civic and history education that is powerful, interdisciplinary, and inquiry-based. This virtual Town Hall to hear directly from a distinguished panel that will present the initiative and discuss actions needed to make the promise of Educating for American Democracy a reality for all learners. The Town Hall is moderated by…

Learn what’s different about the Educating for American Democracy initiative by seeing the research that undergirds its theory and practice.  Leading researchers involved in the movement will present key principles that evidence how EAD is informed by research and discuss how to collect data to inform practical implementation of the roadmap. Then discuss what key research questions you have to help them develop an EAD research and evaluation agenda. Presenters David Kidd Senior Researcher Harvard Graduate School of Education Joseph Kahne Professor University of California, Riverside Kei…