Part 2 of 2 Become inspired to synthesize content with literacy theory for the purpose of developing your own classroom-ready curricula, including meaningful readings.  Learn how to create an engaging and beneficial curriculum around the concept of narrative and connections, in which students can bridge together the short excerpts, aka "dots", provided to read intently in class in order to see and understand the bigger picture. Textbooks are compiled, not written and this creates a problem for teachers who are trying to implement the new Common Core literacy standards.…

Part 1 of 2 Become inspired to synthesize content with literacy theory for the purpose of developing your own classroom-ready curricula, including meaningful readings. Learn how to create an engaging and beneficial curriculum around the concept of narrative and connections, in which students can bridge together the short excerpts, aka "dots", provided to read intently in class in order to see and understand the bigger picture. Textbooks are compiled, not written and this creates a problem for teachers who are trying to implement the new Common Core literacy standards.…

The Library of Congress is continually adding new content, features, and expertise to its website, loc.gov. In this session, learn about new ways to connect with and explore the newest online collections and resources, and much more. Highlights include the Library’s Teachers site (loc.gov/teachers), A Century of Lawmaking (new and improved!), the World Digital Library, and favorite shortcuts, such as Free to Use and Reuse sets.

The Ken Burns Classroom Collection on PBS LearningMedia offers hundreds of standards-aligned classroom lessons based on films by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and their collaborators, including The Civil War, The Roosevelts, The West, The Vietnam War, and many more. This webinar will showcase inquiry-based strategies for integrating documentary film clips and primary sources into instruction. You will hear from experienced educators who have developed lesson materials for the collection and implemented the lessons in their classrooms. Participants will emerge inspired with new ideas for how to…

Dan Krutka and Ryan Smits share how to teach their "unfolding a smartphone" lesson that encourages K-12 students to explore the long histories of the clock app and technologies of time, maps app and technologies of wayfinding, and messaging apps and technologies of communication. The session comes with ready-to-use explanations, sources, and activities.

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…

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…

This workshop will provide an overview of critical inquiry, Asian American histories, and examples of inquiries about Asian American histories.

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

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