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

Hold onto your cowboy hat and discover the power of country music to inspire powerful inquiries. Hear good examples ("Why Not Me?") and bad ones ("Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That?) alongside practical frameworks. You'll smile, tap your feet, and wonder, "Why Didn't I Think Of That?" Speaker: Emma Humphries, Chief Education Officer, iCivics Inc

We must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." Ben Franklin didn't know it at the time, but we was talking about teachers in 2023! Let's share stories where hanging together has made us all smarter, and helped us stay energized as educators! Speaker: Joe Schmidt, Bill of Rights Institute Director of Programs

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

Come and learn about how important you are to our country and kids! Speaker: Jeff Scott, Vice President of Education at the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge  

Module 4: Advocacy at the State/Local Level Resource I need this if I… Case Study: Advocating for a State Social Studies Supervisor want to advocate for a state social studies supervisor at my State Department of Education. Creating a Candidate Questionnaire want to create a candidate questionnaire to engage elected officials on their stances on social studies education. Engaging Students in Advocacy want to engage my students or other students in advocating for social studies. ESSA Title IV-A Overview  or Infographic want to better understand how to…

Explore patriotism as a purpose of public education by taking a journey through the history of public schooling in America. Government and educational leaders have, from our very origins, had a clear public purpose of schooling in mind. Do their views have any bearing on today's education wars?   Speaker: Russ Merritt, Lecturer, Georgia College and State University

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

NCSS's greatest resources to advocate the importance of social studies education are our members and Affiliated Councils. Together, we can protect and grow precious teaching time, scarce budgets, and the content and critical thinking skills that are part of instruction. With the best understanding of social studies, our members and Affiliated Councils can develop and deploy relationships to help us advocate for our profession by using the resources below.