Awards and Grants
National Council for the Social Studies annually recognizes teachers, researchers, authors, and other worthy individuals or programs through its recognition programs.
2012 NCSS Award and Grant Applications Coming Soon!
Please review last year's guidelines to prepare your applications for this year's award applications. Check back to our awards page for updated 2012 applications soon!2011 NCSS Award and Grant Recipients
National Council for the Social Studies congratulates the 2011 recipients! .
Please join us in celebrating these outstanding educators. Award and grant recipients will be formally recognized during the NCSS Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Recipients will also be presenting sessions at the conference on their award winning work.
More Information on Awards Receptions and Conference Special Events
Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the Year
Co-sponsored by Farmers Insurance
Elementary Ruth King Cedar Ridge Elementary Cedar Hills, UT |
Middle Level
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Secondary Benjamin D. Weber Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School Los Angeles, CA |
Award for Global Understanding in honor of James Becker
Made possible with funding from the Longview Foundation
Mark Johnson
Concordia International School
Shanghai, China
Jean Dresden Grambs Distinguished Career Research in Social Studies
Co-sponsored by the Research Community
Lynne Boyle-Baise
Elementary Social Studies, Curriculum Theory
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Exemplary Research Award
Co-sponsored by the Research Community
Ronald W. Evans
School of Teacher Education
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
Award-winning Research: The Hope for American School Reform: The Cold War Pursuit of Inquiry Learning in Social Studies
Larry Metcalf Exemplary Dissertation
Co-sponsored by the Research Community
Avishag "Abby" Reisman
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Award-winning Dissertation: "Reading Like a Historian: A Document-Based
History Intervention in Urban High Schools"
Grant for the Enhancement of Geographic Literacy
Co-sponsored by Herff Jones | Nystrom.
2011 Grant for the Enhancement of Geographic Literacy
Cynthia Resor, April Blakely, Connie Hodge, and Karen Maloley
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
Grant-winning Proposal: "Pre-service Teacher Conference: Geography in the Classroom"
2010 Grant for the Enhancement of Geographic Literacy
James N. Oigara, EdD.
Canisius College
Buffalo, NY
Grant winning proposal: Enhancing the Teaching of Geographic Standards Through Tools of Technology: A Summer Workshop for K-12 Teachers
Christa McAuliffe Reach for the Stars
Kathryn Bauer and Sheila Simpson
Patterson Elementary School
Mesa, AZ
Award-winning Proposal: "Historical Firsts! Civil War Science and Technology"
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