Carol LaVallee, Sarasota County Schools

Join us for an interactive session to inspire and equip you to teach the history of public school integration in America, and the lasting effects of integration efforts on students, schools, and communities. In this webinar, we'll show you how to use resources from the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE films, The Busing Battleground and The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi’s Schools along with support materials created by GBH Education. Teachers and their students can view film clips and use the support materials to answer essential questions such as "How were the combined efforts of everyday citizens,…

While most of the media attention around literacy has focused on the need for phonics instruction, the science of reading calls for much more. Where does the importance of building background knowledge fit into this paradigm shift – and what critical role can social studies instruction play in building this knowledge? Join NCSS and inquirED as we dig into these important issues with a cross-disciplinary panel of educators and researchers. With moderator Sarah Schwartz (EdWeek) and panelists Nell K. Duke (Executive Director of the Center for Early Literacy Success, Stand for Children),…