NCSS History

Digital Storytelling resources from EdTechTeacher Digital Storytelling workshop: discussion, activities, sources, comments, and more

KCSS 2009 Annual Conference September 23-24, 2009 Holiday Inn, University Plaza, Bowling Green, KY Theme: Social Studies: Relevance in the Age of NCLB

KCSS 2009 Annual Conference September 23-24, 2009 Holiday Inn, University Plaza, Bowling Green, KY Theme: Social Studies: Relevance in the Age of NCLB

As an artist and teacher, Shelly Blake-Plock is an everyday instigator for progressive art, organization, and education. In addition to his work teaching high school Latin and Art History, Shelly is a member of both the experimental Red Room Collective and Baltimore's High Zero Foundation; he also works daily as lead blogger at teachpaperless.com to promote fresh ways of thinking about new culture and new education for a new millennium.

As an artist and teacher, Shelly is an everyday instigator for progressive art, organization, and education. In addition to his work teaching high school Latin and Art History, Shelly is a member of both the experimental Red Room Collective and Baltimore's High Zero Foundation; he also works daily as lead blogger at teachpaperless.com to promote fresh ways of thinking about new culture and new education for a new millennium.

2009 CCSS Fall Conference Friday, October 30, 2009 Central Connecticut State University Conference Chair, John Tully, tullyj@ccsu.edu The Program Committee of the CCSS is now accepting proposals for individual sessions. The proposals must be postmarked by July 1, 2009.

2009 CCSS Fall Conference Friday, October 30, 2009 Central Connecticut State University Conference Chair, John Tully, tullyj@ccsu.edu The Program Committee of the CCSS is now accepting proposals for individual sessions. The proposals must be postmarked by July 1, 2009.

The Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies (MCSS) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit educational organization. It is a network of social studies educators who work at every level of schooling. They communicate with each other through publications and meetings. They broaden their communication by working with related professional associations, government, and private agencies. MCSS is affiliated with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and participates fully in that organization's efforts to advance the profession. NCSS encourages the highest standards of teaching, teacher preparation, and curriculum development. NCSS has developed and published both a code of ethics and academic freedom standards. It has established a defense fund to provide first-line legal assistance to teachers threatened with actions that violate this freedom. Social Education , the official journal of NCSS since 1937, is an outstanding organ of information and commentary. The Social Studies Professional is a newsletter of resources and opportunities. Social Studies and the Young Learner is a quarterly journal devoted exclusively to elementary social studies education. In addition, the NCSS publications program features a wide variety of bulletins, special publications, and standards. The program of the NCSS annual meeting provides major speakers, clinics, sessions, tours, a major exhibit of instructional materials, and several awards honoring those who have contributed to the advancement of social studies education.

The NHCSS fall conference will be held on October 29, 2009 at the Center of NH in Manchester. Almost 400 teachers of Social Studies and supporters of social studies education attended the Conference in 2008

The NHCSS fall conference will be held on October 29, 2009 at the Center of NH in Manchester. Almost 400 teachers of Social Studies and supporters of social studies education attended the Conference in 2008 and the Council is working toward another successful event for 2009.

The case of the Orlando Project offers a useful interrogation of concepts like completion and finality, as they emerge in the arena of electronic publication. The idea of "doneness" circulates discursively within a complex and evolving scholarly ecology where new modes of digital publication are changing our conceptions of textuality, at the same time that models of publication, funding, and archiving are rapidly changing. Within this ecology, it is instrumental and indeed valuable to consider particular tasks and stages done, even as the capacities of digital media push against a sense of finality. However, careful interrogation of aims and ends is required to think through the relation of a digital project to completion, whether modular, provisional, or of the project as a whole.

Ever the bane of teachers, wikipedia can be mined for more information using these tools.

graphic depicts greatest bankruptcies in history

A review of free technology resources and how teachers can use them. Ideas for technology integration in education.

Will Farren's very interesting project whereby students can lead him to travel to new places and interact with various people.

TeachGlobalEd.net is the product of ongoing collaboration of Ohio State University's Social Studies and Global Education program with OSU's African Studies Center, East Asian Studies Center, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Middle East Studies Center, the Slavic and Eastern European Studies Center and Indiana University's Center for the Study of Global Change. The Centers have approved all resources offered here for K-12 teachers.

United States history web sites

Holocaust Museum special exhibit on the role of propaganda in media to aid the Nazi doctrines.