History classes that involve students in historical inquiry using primary sources can prepare young people for civic engagement. In this webinar, I will illustrate 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, I will present model lesson ideas that add pizzazz to history courses and prepare young people to change the world.…

1. Thank you for joining us today! Tell us about yourself and your involvement with NCSS through the years. I have just retired from 33 years of teaching social studies at the middle school and high school levels. Currently I am the Executive Director for the Tennessee Council for the Social Studies, but I’ve served two terms as president of the council. As for NCSS service, I have missed only one national conference since my first one in Nashville in 1993. I served a term on the NCSS board of directors and a term as the chair of the FASSE board. 2. Tell us about…

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National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) is a member of the "Homework Gap Coalition," which represents many education and related organizations working together to increase funding for students and teachers without access to technology and Internet connectivity - both critical needs as more schools continue to function partially or fully online. NCSS joined 59 other education and related organizations to urge Congress to include in an emergency COVID-19 package the provisions in the HEROES Act 2.0 (H.R. 925), that would establish an “Emergency Connectivity Fund” to provide $12 billion…

Delegates: Please use the link in your email to access the HOD Zoom webinar.    Non-delegates: Please see the stream of the HOD meeting here. 

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