Re-imagine social studies to be inclusive of underrepresented groups who are long-overdue to become normalized in "standard" social studies courses. By exploring the racial perceptions of current educators and how they experienced learning about race, we can investigate how racial optics may or may not influence our own curricular choices. Speaker: Julie Muhlenfeld-Johnson, New Market, Alabama

After swastikas appear in schools, administrators often turn to social studies teachers. Drawing on personal experience, how can teachers address hate speech, especially antisemitism and white supremacy through classroom instruction? Speaker: George Dalbo, High School Social Studies Educator and Researcher, Clinton, WI

Almost 20 years after the ban on Mexican American Studies, we continue to teach Mexican American Perspectives in our classrooms, and prepare new generations of teachers for the skills needed to defend the right to teach and learn about hour history in the classroom. Speaker: Felina Rodriguez, Educator, Phoenix Union High School District

From changing expectations, to the inconsistent value placed on education; teaching is different than it was 10-20 years ago. I will share my teaching philosophy and how I use it to lean into culturally responsive/sustaining strategies to engage students in lessons and change how they view learning in the classroom. Speaker: Adrienne Glasgow, High School Social Studies Teacher

Explore history through the lens of human rights. Applying the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this workshop provides classroom materials and strategies to highlight how human rights apply to to every nation, including the United States. Challenge your students to draw connections across nations and eras. Speaker: Nina Simone Grotch, Director of Human Rights Education Strategy, Woven Teaching

Ever turned the phrase “in the real world” with students? Was it to convey a world where all that they have learned becomes meaningful? Or as intimidation and a lecture about your own predispositions? When the latter, will tell students their lives are fictitious and immediately change the teacher-student relationship. Speaker: Adam Dyche, High School Social Studies Chair, Aurora, Illinois

This teacher's take will be centered on the power of helping students find their voice through debate. Speaker: Ahlam Yassin, High School History Teacher, New Jersey

Where is the US in your world history classroom? Let’s dig into these narratives, discuss and disrupt them. Speaker: Erin Bronstein, Assistant Professor of Social Studies, University of Michigan-Dearborn

The exploration of the trajectory of Shirley Chisholm’s political life can be a springboard into a classroom lesson on suffrage that connects issues of race, class, and gender.