Remain current on your social studies content knowledge and pedagogy with the "Connecting Educators as Learners" 102nd NCSS Annual Conference sub-theme. Sessions under this theme will explore the subjects that you fell in love with while providing new content or perspectives. Some sessions might be structured specifically for a content area or program (i.e. AP, IB, new psychology teacher, etc.). Others might share new scholarship for veteran educators or offer opportunities for those who are intellectually curious and want to engage with new content and ideas. Take a look at the 16 sessions below and register for the 102nd NCSS Annual Conference here.

1. Revolutionary Methods for Teaching Revolutionary Events

Expand your classroom methodology with music to teach about significant events in history. Receive revolutionary lesson plans ready to use on Monday morning. See session details.

2. Can You Picture That? Using Picture Books in Your Secondary Classroom

A framework for critical analysis offers the key to unlocking the potential of picture books in secondary classrooms. Use this resource to develop plans using primary and secondary resources. See session details.

3. Research and Reality: A Practical Approach to Acceleration in Social Studies

Explore one district’s journey to define and implement a K-12 Acceleration Model that focuses efforts on four areas shown to improve achievement: Teacher-Student Relationships, Teacher Clarity, Scaffolds, and Feedback. See session details.

4. The Commerce Clause in American History and Today

Explore the Commerce Clause of the Constitution’s power in shaping significant national policies related to labor, civil rights, public health, and more. Primary sources and Supreme Court cases are included. See session details.

5. National Board Certification: Revolutionize Your Teaching

How does being a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) validate accomplished teaching, offer leadership opportunities, and advance one's professional learning continuum? Find out how it can change your teaching. See session details.

6. Transformative Discussions in Social Studies: Bringing Students into Professional Development

Discover a toolkit for making social studies professional development more responsive, impactful, and authentic, drawing from the experience of inviting 50 Philadelphia students into a professional development workshop. See session details.

7. CRP, not CRT: Building Confidence with Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Schools

Build confidence with culturally relevant pedagogy, inside and outside your classroom. Using primary sources, grade-level strategies, and peer discussions, learn ways to support students, communicate about CRP, and combat misinformation. See session details.

8. Promoting Inquiry in the Social Studies Classroom Using Graphic Novels

Examine the benefits of using graphic novels as either a foundational or supplemental text in the classroom. See session details.

9. Literacy for All! Historical Thinking Using Causation, Comparison, and Contextualization

Experience hands-on strategies that inspire and teach the habits your students need to maximize their historical thinking skills. Walk away with strategies that incorporate document analysis, literacy, and historical thinking! See session details.

10. DOK it Like it's HOT!

Explore ways to increase Depth of Knowledge (DOK) and Higher Order Thinking (HOT) in your classroom. This session is filled with strategies to build cognitive complexity so that you can DOK it like it’s HOT. See session details.

11. Standing Out Yet Still Invisible: Including Sikh Americans in AAPI History and Heritage

Explore Sikh-American history and contributions to expand your teaching of AAPI history. Receive our Sikh-American Heritage Toolkit to promote cultural and religious literacy with primary sources, multimedia, and more. See session details.

12. The Arts of Money Management: Learning and Practicing Basic Principles of Economics

Assess basic economics (scarcity, choice, opportunity cost, and rationality) as practical decision-making tools for preK-12 students. Gain knowledge in financial decisions from basic economics. See session details.

13. Dirty Tricks, Jim Crow, and Systemic Racism in the United States

Discover how a graphic novel focusing on the civil rights movement of the late 1960’s can be utilized to discuss voting rights issues after the 1965 Voting Rights Act. See session details.

14. Game ON: Learning how to Modify Commercial Board Games to Fit Curriculum Standards in Geography

Use games as a time filler? Explore how to modify commercial games to fit the C3 Framework and use them for teaching geography. Easier to do than you might think! See session details.

15. Quality Counts: The Importance of High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) in Social Studies

Research shows that High Quality Instructional Materials improve outcomes for students. Discover how these materials can help teachers navigate a polarized social studies landscape and support them in developing their inquiry-based practice. See session details.

16. The Bill of Rights and You! Civic Education Resources for Elementary Students

Discover how to engage elementary students with primary sources when teaching about the Bill of Rights with resources from the National Archives' new civic education initiative. See session details.