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98th NCSS Annual Conference - Chicago 2018

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November 30, 2018through December 2, 2019
Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL

Earlybird Registration Deadline: June 30, 2018
Advance Registration Deadline: November 24, 2019

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All of Chicago's history, culture, and traditions will be on display at the 98th NCSS Annual Conference. NCSS returns to the city for the first time in 15 years for the world's largest and most comprehensive social studies professional developoment conference. Join more than 3,000 of your social studies colleagues to share the most current knowledge, ideas, research and expertise in social studies education, and experience all that Chicago has to offer.


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Events

Event Name Date Time Description
CUFA Sessions Nov 28, 2018 -
Nov 29, 2018
11:00 AM -
9:00 PM CST
NSSSA Conference-Nonmember Nov 29, 2018 7:00 AM -
7:00 PM CST
NSSSA Conference-NSSSA Member Nov 29, 2018 7:00 AM -
7:00 PM CST
Clinic-Religious Literacy Bus Tour of Chicagoland Nov 29, 2018 9:00 AM -
3:00 PM CST
Explore Chicagoland's rich religious culture and history by exploring notable houses of worship in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Examine intersections of belief, behavior, and community identity. Likely stops include: Quinn Chapel AME Methodist Church. Located in Chicago's historic Bronzeville neighborhood Quinn AME is the oldest black church in Chicago. Prior to the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation, Quinn played an important part in the abolition movement in Chicago and served as a station for the Underground Railroad. In subsequent years, Quinn became hub for American activists looking to reach the city's black population. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Susan B. Anthony, and W.E.B. Dubois were are just some of the figures who have spoken at Quinn. St. Therese Catholic Church. Opened in 1903, St. Therese Mission originally served a predominantly Italian population that is believed to have included at one point, Al Capone's mother. As neighborhood demographics transitioned, the Church became home to a predominantly Chinese population. Chinatown/Buddhist Friendship Association. A self-guided tour of Chinatown including a stop at the Buddhist Friendship Association, a storefront Buddhist shrine aligned most closely with Pure Land Buddhism. Palatine Gurdwara or Wheaton Gurdwara (TBD). Visit one of only three Sikh Gurdwaras in Chicagoland and experience langar, a traditional vegetarian meal served to all visitors. Presenters: Seth Brady, Naperville Central High School, Naperville, IL; Benjamin Marcus, Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute, Washington, DC; Mirin Phool, Kaur Foundation, Potomac, MD
Clinic-Tasting Trade/Trading Tastes: Teaching Geography and Culture through Food Nov 29, 2018 9:00 AM -
5:00 PM CST
Join us as we cook and taste our way through the Middle East and beyond in this full-day, off-site clinic, exploring history, geography, culture, and even conflict by tracing how what we eat reflects who we are. We will also look at how other aspects of culture-raw materials and luxury goods, techniques and technologies, design and disease-have moved and morphed across the world to create a global tapestry of traded commodities and memes you can trace in the classroom through experiential activities. Whet your appetite for understanding how goods and ideas connect through trade and movement of people as we touch, taste, smell, and feel the commodities exchanged along this route, interspersing discussion with hands-on cooking and other activities. As we make lunch (included), we'll learn the stories of the ingredients we're using, the spices we use as flavoring, and the impact of trade from east to west, and eventually across the Atlantic Ocean. Presenters: Barbara Petzen, Middle East Outreach Council, Washington, DC; Chris Rose, Middle East Outreach Council, Austin, TX; Craig Cangemi, Qatar Foundation International, Washington, DC
Clinic-Your Whole Classroom is Watching: Teaching 1968 Nov 29, 2018 9:00 AM -
12:00 PM CST
Explore the tumultuous events of 1968 through analysis of artifacts, photographs, oral histories and place. Drawing on the Chicago History Museum's resources, you'll discover strategies to critically assess 1968's lasting impact. Presenters: Heidi Moisan, Megan Clark, Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL
Preparing NCSS/CAEP Program Reports-Clinic for Program Report Writers Nov 29, 2018 9:00 AM -
3:00 PM CST
This clinic will prepare participants to review teacher preparation programs in socal studies or related disciplines and to update current reviewers in applying NCSS Standards for the CAEP Program Review Process. Presenter: Brandie Benton, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR
Clinic-Chicago: The Exceptional City Nov 29, 2018 9:30 AM -
3:30 PM CST
Join Adams State University Professors Rich Loosbrock and Nick Saenz on a tour of Chicago as we explore the concept of American exceptionalism as it relates to the Second City. The tour will make several stops, including one for lunch (on your own). The trip will include places such as the 1893 Columbian Exposition site, Union Station, the University of Chicago, Hull House, Soldier Field, and Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the White Sox. This tour will use time on the bus to explain the concept of American exceptionalism as it emerged in 1893 with two key events: the Columbian Exposition and Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis. The tour will take in many sites around Chicago via bus and the running narrative will cover various aspects of Chicago history, but three themes will be emphasized: The 1893 Exposition and Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis; Chicago as Gateway to the West, and Chicago and American Sports. Presenters: Rich Loosbrock, Nick Saenz, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO
Tour-Chicago's Architectural Highlights, by Bus Nov 29, 2018 9:45 AM -
1:15 PM CST
Discover the exciting diversity of Chicago architecture on this wide-ranging odyssey, conducted by the Chicago Architecture Foundation, which traces the city's development from its founding through the very present. The tour covers 30 miles of Chicago design and includes sites in the Loop, Hyde Park and other South Side areas, Gold Coast, lakefront, two university campuses, parks and residential neighborhoods.
AP Workshop-AP Comparative Government and Politics Nov 29, 2018 10:00 AM -
4:00 PM CST
This interactive workshop helps teachers organize this AP course to facilitate research and comparison of the United Kingdom, Russia, Mexico, Iran, China, and Nigeria. Participants will engage in activities using political data and key concepts to compare political systems and explore how governments respond to external and internal forces of change.
AP Workshop-AP Human Geography Nov 29, 2018 10:00 AM -
4:00 PM CST
This interactive workshop for teachers will contain activities that explore the content and structure of the AP Human Geography course and exam and will suggest appropriate instructional strategies and practices for AP teachers.
AP Workshop-AP U.S. Government and Politics Nov 29, 2018 10:00 AM -
4:00 PM CST
Engage in several interactive activities structured to facilitate key curriculum requirements from the redesigned curriculum framework, including interpreting political data, argumentation, exploring other political science skills, and applying course content to contemporary political events.
AP Workshop-AP World History: Critical Trends and Global Processes Nov 29, 2018 10:00 AM -
4:00 PM CST
Learn how to use course themes and concepts from the World History Curriculum Framework to develop strategies for cultivating students' historical reasoning as focused on critical trends and global processes.  They will also discuss how to revise a course syllabus to align with course audit requirements.
Clinic-Birth of a Movement: Do You Know William Monroe Trotter? Nov 29, 2018 10:00 AM -
4:00 PM Cst
Who is William Monroe Trotter and why is he forgotten? His fight against D.W. Griffith's groundbreaking yet notoriously KKK-friendly "Birth of a Nation" is a lesson for civil rights activists today. Presenters: Michael Curry, NZZCP National Board of Directors, Boston, MA; Judy Richardson, SNCC Digital Gateway, Silver Spring, MD; Colin Rose, Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA; Susan Gray, Northern Lights Productions, Allston, MA; Dick Lehr, Boston University, Boston, MA
Clinic-Inquiry, Argument Writing, and DBQ Online Nov 29, 2018 10:00 AM -
4:00 PM CST
To address the C3 Framework, instructional shifts emphasizing student engagement and writing instruction must prevail. The DBQ Method helps teachers implement rigorous reading and writing activities in technology-rich classrooms. Presenters: Chip Brady, Phil Roden, The DBQ Project, Evanston, IL
Clinic-Primary Source Strategies to Support Literacy and STEAM Nov 29, 2018 10:00 AM -
4:00 PM CST
Discover the world of digital primary sources and the Library of Congress through the lens of Chicago, while learning and applying innovative literacy, technology, and media strategies for the classroom. Presenters: Keith Patterson, Kile Clabaugh, Teaching with Primary Sources Western Region, Denver, CO; Peggy O'Neill-Jones, Teaching with Primary Sources ast MSU Denver, Denver, CO; Michelle Pearson, Adams 12 School District, Broomfield, CO; Laura Israelsen, Chesterfield School District, Chesterfield, VA; Roland Schendel, MSU Denver, Denver, CO
Tour-Frank Lloyd Wright by Bus Nov 29, 2018 10:00 AM -
2:00 PM CST
Discover the neighborhood where Wright's famed Prairie style of architecture evolved. the tour includes bus transportation to and from Oak Park with commentary, a one-hour interior tour of Wright's Home and Studio and a walking tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District, conducted by the Chicago Architecture Foundation. The tour includes an interior visit to Wright's newly restored masterpiece, Unity Temple.
Clinic-American Empire: Philippines, Hawaii & Puerto Rico in Primary Sources Nov 29, 2018 1:00 PM -
4:00 PM CST
Study original primary sources from the Newberry's collection to explore perspectives on, and experiences with, American Imperialism. Clinic case studies focus on Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Presenter: Charlotte Ross, The Newberry, Chicago, IL
Clinic-Artwork as Primary Source: Fostering Historical Thinking, Student Inquiry Nov 29, 2018 1:45 PM -
5:00 PM CST
Explore artwork at the Art Institute of Chicago related to themes of identity and membership in society. Learn strategies for fostering student inquiry and visual literacy. Presenters: Wayde Grinstead, Facing History and Ourselves, Chicago, IL; Jack Gruszczynski, Kristin Enright, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Clinic-Classroom-Ready Lessons on the Muslim World Nov 29, 2018 2:00 PM -
5:00 PM CST
Explore the diversity of the Muslim world, including southeastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and East Africa. A group of teachers share their innovative lesson plans and teaching ideas. Presenters: Lisa Adeli, University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tucson, AZ; Robert Hallock, Sammamish High School, Bellevue, WA; Seth Polley, Bisbee High School, Bisbee, AZ; Katy Smoot, Ridgedale Middle School, Florham Park, NJ
Clinic-Developing Social Studies Curriculum to Combat Misinformation Nov 29, 2018 2:00 PM -
5:00 PM CST
Work collaboratively to explore the long history of misinformation and create interactive lessons to help students develop the skills they need to understand and combat misinformation. Presenter: Sarah Morris, Nucleus Learning Network, Austin, TX
Clinic-Engaging Social Studies: Creative Assessment with Toys, Games and Comics Nov 29, 2018 2:00 PM -
5:00 PM CST
Learn how to help all students connect with social studies using toys, games, and comics. Literacy strategies, design thinking, and cross-curriculum connections all combine in this hands-on clinic. Presenter: Quinn Rollins, Granite School District, Salt Lake City, UT
Clinic-Finding Truth: White Supremacy and Forced Removal of Native Children Nov 29, 2018 2:00 PM -
5:00 PM CST
Explore new ways to teach about white supremacy, settler colonialism, forced removal of Native children, curricular representations of Indigenous peoples, and historical falsehoods using Dawnland and its digital teacher's guide. Presenters: Mishy Lesser, Upstander Project, Boston, MA; Sarah B. Shear, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona, Altoona, PA; Riel LaPlant, Rising Cedar Storytelling Project, Olympia, WA
Clinic-First Peoples Day: From Problem Based Learning Challenge to Law Nov 29, 2018 2:00 PM -
5:00 PM CST
Learn how to develop an inquiry-laden, problem-based project around an important community issue. Middle school students and teachers will share their framework for passing a new city law. Presenters: Matthew Russ, Sam Chestnut, John Bennett, The Lippman School, Akron, OH
Clinic-Live It to Learn It: Understanding Elections Using Storypath Nov 29, 2018 2:00 PM -
5:00 PM CST
How do we teach about elections in a manner that inspires students to embrace the democratic process and ultimately be lifelong engaged citizens? Learn about the Storypath approach--curriculum provided. Presenters: Margit McGuire, Seattle University, Seattle, WA; Bridget Walker, Mukilteo, WA
Clinic-Looking at Ourselves: Confronting Race and Racism Nov 29, 2018 2:00 PM -
5:00 PM CST
Uncover the history of scholarship around race and its lasting impacts on society. Unpack ideas related to race and racism, and explore strategies for addressing these complex topics with students. Presenters: Heidi Rouleau, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL; Heidi Moisan, Megan Clark, Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL
Clinic-New Space, New Day: Blending ELA, Social Studies, Social Media Nov 29, 2018 2:00 PM -
5:00 PM CST
Explore how social studies and ELA intersect with this generation. Learn how to open up students' imaginations, using sources from picture books to the Canon to Tweets to Beyonce. Presenters: Jocelyn Chadwick, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Arlington, MA; Carol Jago, UCLA, Chicago, IL
Clinic-Teaching Content Literacy Skills, Develop Content, Engage Elem. Learners Nov 29, 2018 2:00 PM -
5:00 PM CST
Learn content literacy, inquiry and effective questioning strategies, having social studies content as the focus, while fulfilling CCSS's increasing depth, rigor and student engagement. Receive ready-to-use lessons. Presenter: Donna Knoell, Shawnee Mission, KS
Clinic-Using Inquiry to Discover the Past and Present of Chicago Nov 29, 2018 2:00 PM -
5:00 PM CST
Find treasure along the Magnificent Mile; discover the secrets of the Chicago River and enjoy scuptures near Lake Michigan. Join a hands-on exploration of Chicago using inquiry as our guide. Presenters: Paul Nagel, Cypress, TX; David Faerber, Lee Magnet High School, Baton Rouge, LA
Tour-Chicago's Original Gangster Tour Nov 29, 2018 2:00 PM -
3:45 PM CST
Experience Chicago as it was in the 1920s and 1930s. See the old gangster hot spots and hit spots. Hear historically accurate accounts of the exploits of Capone, Moran, Dillinger and the rest of the boys. Feel the excitement of jazz-age Chicago during the Prohibition Era. Enjoy a journey into the past as you cruise the city in search of the old hoodlum haunts, brothels, gambling dens and sites of gangland shootings.
Tour-Hull-House Nov 29, 2018 2:30 PM -
4:00 PM CST
Learn about the conditions immigrants faced in the 19th Ward of Chicago, the unique work of the Hull-House residents, the life and work of Jane Addams, and the lasting impact of the Hull-House Settlement. Organized by room, each door opens to a new collection of artifacts, photographs and stories. The tour also includes a screening of "An Experiment in Democracy," exploring the history of the world's most famous settlement house.
Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me Nov 29, 2018 7:00 PM -
9:30 PM CST
Experience NPR's weekly hour-long news program live, from its regular home at the Chase Bank Auditorium. Test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world, and laugh at the week's events.
International Assembly Conference--IA nonmembers Nov 30, 2018 9:00 AM -
5:00 PM CST
International Assembly Conference-IA Members Nov 30, 2018 9:00 AM -
5:00 PM CST
Tour-Devil in the White City Nov 30, 2018 10:15 AM -
1:45 PM CST
Explore the compelling true story told by Erik Larson in his best-selling book, "The Devil in the White City" about two simultaneous events in Chicago history: the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 and the emergence of serial murderer Dr. Henry H. Holmes. The tour, conducted by the Chicago Architecture Foundation, stops at the street that was home to Chicago's business and social elite during the Fair, winds past the home of Fair critic Ida B. Wells, highlights the Midway and the site of the Ferris Wheel and stops for a short walking tour of the Fairgrounds in Jackson Park.
Lunch-African American Educators for the Social Studies Community Nov 30, 2018 12:30 PM -
1:30 PM CST
Session at Art Institute of Chicago-Mystery Object: An Arts Integration Model Nov 30, 2018 3:00 PM -
4:00 PM CST
Discover how to encourage creativity and critical thinking in a non-competitive/non-high stakes manner. The Art Institute of Chicago's Teacher Advisory Panel will share effective pedagogy for promoting visual literacy. This session will be held at The Art Institute of Chicago. Enter the museum through the Modern Wing at 159 E. Monroe Street and proceed directly to the Educators Resource Center. http://www.artic.edu/visit/directions-and-parking
Breakfast-Great Lakes Council Dec 1, 2018 7:00 AM -
8:00 AM CST
Breakfast-Texas Breakfast, hosted by TCSS Dec 1, 2018 7:00 AM -
8:00 AM CST
Breakfast-Indigenous Education Community Dec 1, 2018 7:30 AM -
8:30 AM CST
Tour-Chicago's Architectural Highlights, by Bus Dec 1, 2018 10:15 AM -
1:45 PM CST
Discover the exciting diversity of Chicago architecture on this wide-ranging odyssey, conducted by the Chicago Architecture Foundation, which traces the city's development from its founding through the very present. The tour covers 30 miles of Chicago design and includes sites in the Loop, Hyde Park and other South Side areas, Gold Coast, lakefront, two university campuses, parks and residential neighborhoods.
Tour-Best in Chow Food Experience Dec 1, 2018 4:00 PM -
6:30 PM CST
Explore the River North and Streeter Neighborhoods. Start with an ample service of Lou Malnati's Chicago-style deep dish pizza and then graze on the Chicago staples from Al's Beef (Italian beef sandwich); XOCO, Rich Bayliss's take on Mexican street food; Garret Popcorn and Portillo's Chicago-style hot dog. End at Copper Fox with a Nutella brownie that pays homage to the chefs at the Palmer House Hotel, who created it for the World Columbian Exposition of 1893.
Reception at the Palatine Gurdwara Dec 1, 2018 6:00 PM -
9:00 PM CST
The Palatine Gurdwara, the oldest in the midwest is a unique venue for this celebration of teachers and social studies education, connecting us with the heritage of the Sikh-American community. This engaging evening includes networking opportunities, a gallery tour, cultural activities, and a traditional vegetarian Langar. Explore exhibits and watch diverse documentaries. The reception is hosted by the American Sikh Council in collaboration with the Sikh Resource Society and the Palatine Gurdwara.
The Second City Dec 1, 2018 8:00 PM -
10:00 PM CST
The Second City is America's most famous live comedy theater, with original comedic revues featuring sketch, improvisation, and music, performed 7 nights a week. For over half a century, their ensemble casts have been daring audiences to laugh at our world, our shared troubles, and ourselves. In their oldest theater, Second City's Mainstage Revue features the latest of cutting-edge sketch comedy. The Second City boasts an lengthy alumni list from Bill Murray to Steve Carell, John Belushi to Tina Fey, and continues to produce the premiere comic talent in the industry.