The 2022 MSCSS Annual Conference will be held Saturday, February 26, 2022. Theme: Analyzing the Past; Shaping the Future  Location: Virtual Conference Event Please use this link to find out more on how to register for this year’s Analyzing The Past And Shaping The Future Conference Event!

- Authentic voices shared by authors in person and in books - Stories and experiences of all peoples and communities in inclusive instructional practice Attendees will critically consider how to elevate narratives and cultural identities. We’ll also explore how we can listen to and respect what is valued by each other and in our communities.  Earn up to three clock hours for this FREE event. 

A lot of social studies teachers want to address issues of injustice in the past and present, but it can be hard to figure out how to do it. Sometimes politically controversial issues seem too divisive to discuss with students. In this session, we will share how educators can ask compelling questions and design critical inquiries to address issues of justice in their classrooms. The C3 Framework promotes an inquiry approach to organizing social studies units. We will review a critical inquiry approach and share a model for developing questions and litigating them in the classroom that can…

Quality children’s literature, specifically picture books, can be extremely helpful to teach social studies concepts to students of all ages, including secondary, by sharing important messages through simplistic, imagery-filled text. Learning names and dates is not enough. We must be prepared to help children ask questions, and discover their answers through creative thinking, reasoning, judging, and understanding. Presenter Jessica Torre ESC Region 12, Waco, TX

Teaching controversial issues is both pressing and difficult in today’s world. Many teachers fear that these issues will spark classroom conflict, backlash, or harm to students. This two-part webinar is for novice and experienced teachers, teacher educators, and school leaders who want to develop the practice of teaching controversial issues. Dr. Judy Pace of the University of San Francisco, Dr. Eric Soto-Shed of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Dr. Elizabeth Washington of the University of Florida will lead these interactive sessions and facilitate discussion among participants…

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) fit perfectly in education. We're now less than 10 years away from the goals' "completion date." It's time to empower our students to be the changemakers they were born to be. Come learn about how SDGs intersect naturally in the social studies classroom. Presenter Tara Linney Author, Award Winning Educator and Founder, TL Specialists, LLC

Using a modified ethnographic approach, this presentation takes social studies inquiry to another level of engagement by creating opportunities for students to connect the past directly to their lives. This next level of student engagement is created by introducing the participant to the methods for using anthropological concepts within a unit of study that explores connections in culture and social changes as they occurred in the past and how these same concepts are being affected in the present. The presentation is based on the Inquiry Design Model framework by creating a subset of…

We can disrupt inequity in the classroom by generating a more expansive understanding of what and who counts as worthy.

Cooperative learning stimulates student engagement and spurs deep thinking and classroom discussion.

Investigating the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the social studies classroom offers rich opportunities to explore global citizenship themes such as human rights, poverty, justice, and protecting the planet.