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The Best of the Best
Pop the sprinkles and let's celebrate! One year ago we redesigned TSSP to give it a fresh look. ICYMI (that's "in case you missed it" for the non-versed in social media), here is a collection of the most popular content for the year. Thanks for making us tops in advocating and building capacity for high quality social studies!
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Executive Director's Message: Celebrating the Professional
Spotlight interviews with NCSS members. A podcast on teaching racial literacy and controversial issues. A statement celebrating the 70 th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. An archived lesson plan on baseball in the World War I era. What do these four things have in common? They are the content of our “Top 10” most-read articles in The Social Studies Professional over the past year! ( Read more)
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Top 10 TSSP Reads for 2018-2019
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NCSS Statement on Trump Administration's Proposed $4.8M Cuts to History & Civics (TSSP No. 300)
The recent release of the Trump Administration’s FY2020 budget request once again proposes deep cuts to programs affecting social studies educators nationwide. Of direct concern is the proposed elimination of the U.S. Department of Education’s K-12 American History & Civics Grants and Academies, currently funded at $4.8 million. (Read more)
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CUFA Spotlight: Alexander Cuenca
(TSSP No. 283)
Alexander Cuenca, Ph.D., leads the charge as Chair of the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA). NCSS sits down with the Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education at Indiana University to discuss CUFA's goals, pre-service teaching and challenges for today's social studies teachers. (Read more)
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The Marginalization of Social Studies (TSSP No. 300)
"Research consistently demonstrates that social studies receives the least amount of instructional time in the elementary grades when compared to the amount of time afforded to other core content areas."
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NCSS Member Spotlight: Meghan Manfra and Christopher Martell
(TSSP No. 298)
What is practitioner research? What are some of the biggest needs in social studies education research? And what is the one thing every social studies professional should know about practitioner research. NCSS and CUFA members Meghan Manfra and Christopher Martel answer these questions and more. (Read more)
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Moving Our Field Forward: Practitioner Research in the Social Studies
(TSSP No. 298)
Through practitioner inquiry, social studies educators and researchers can address pressing issues in the field, including improving social studies practice and realizing the democratic potential of the social studies. This whitepaper is meant as a guide to help introduce practitioner research - its aims, methods and purposes. (Read more)
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Focus on SCOTUS: Teaching about the Highest Court in the United States
(TSSP No. 288)
Confirmations are set to begin in the Senate this fall for President Trump's second Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Judge Kavanaugh is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and was White House Staff Secretary during the presidency of George W. Bush. Help students to understand the role and influence of the Supreme Court with resources from NCSS and our colleagues. ( Read more) |
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CivXNow: Strengthening Civic Learning (TSSP No. 299)
NCSS is proud to represent our voice in the CivXNow Coalition working towards strengthening civic learning and education. See the report of CivXNow's recent January summit on the state of democracy, policy innovation, and equity and democracy.(Read report)
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NCSS Honors 70 Years
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (TSSP No. 295)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948. Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt skillfully... (Read more)
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Is Baseball Essential? (TSSP No. 287)
Going out to a ball game this summer? Take a look at this lesson plan from the Social Education archives (March/April 2014) that examines the necessity of baseball in America during World War I through primary documents. (Read more)
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NCSS Podcast: Teaching Racial Literacy & Controversial Issues (TSSP No. 297)
Are you ready to discuss current events about race with your students? In the new @VisionsOfEd podcast, Genevieve Caffrey talks about her latest article published in Social Education (Nov/Dec 2018) titled "A Pathway to Social Literacy and Controversial Issues" and shares her LETS ACT framework to help teachers teach controversial issues. (Listen here)
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NCSS Professional Learning
Institutes, Webinars, and Events
An Issue-Centered Approach to Classroom Debate & Deliberation
Register | April 9, 2019
U.S. Census Bureau: Statistics in School
Register | April 16, 2019
Free! for NCSS Members
Teaching Sociology and the C3 Framework
Register | April 25, 2019
Teaching the Holocaust through Primary Sources; Curations Decisions
Register | May 7, 2019
2019 Religious Studies Summer Institute
Register | July 9-11, 2019
2019 Summer Institute: Woodstock at 50 - The 1960s & Transformation of American Society
Register | July 14-17, 2019
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NCSS Affiliated Councils
Conferences and Events
ATSS/UFT Greater Metropolitan New York Social Studies Conference
Manhattan, NY
Register | April 13, 2019
Nebraska State Council for the Social Studies
Omaha, NE
Register | June 6-7, 2019
Arkansas Council for the Social Studies
Little Rock, AR
Register | July 10-11, 2019
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