Pre-Conference Clinics
PRE-CONFERENCE CLINICS
St. Louis is rich in history and culture, providing a wealth of resources for the social studies classroom, and NCSS pre-conference clinics offer many options to take advantage through in-depth, hands-on sessions. When you attend a clinic, you will gain practical knowledge and skills you can apply immediately in your classroom.
Pre-conference clinics are focused, content-based programs conducted by well-known professional development providers, NCSS members, and prominent St. Louis institutions.
9:00AM-4:00PM
Preparing NCSS/NCATE Program Reports-Clinic for Program Report Writers
Workshop to prepare participants to review teacher preparation programs in social studies or related disciplines and to update current reviewers in applying NCSS Standards for the NCATE Program Review Process.
Presenter: Leah Engelhardt, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Fee: $300 for members, $360 for nonmembers
The following St. Louis-based organizations are generously hosting clinics, on a variety of topics of interest and benefit to social studies educators. We encourage you to review this list and consider attending one or more of these outstanding offerings.
Time TBD
A Look inside the Least Understood Branch
Host: Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse, 111 S. 10th St., St. Louis
Visit the federal courthouse to experience the administration of justice through observations and presentations. Walk away with resources to teach what the federal courts do, and why it matters.
Presenter: Rachel Marshall, U.S. Courts, Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse, St. Louis, MO
Fee: Included with conference registration
12:30-4:30PM
Engaging Online Programs and More from the St. Louis Fed
Host: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Broadway and Locust St., St. Louis
Choose sessions on the Federal Reserve, macroeconomics, and international economics, and learn about engaging online programs used to teach thorny subjects such as comparative advantage, inflation, unemployment, and more.
Presenters: Mary Suiter, Barbara Flowers, Scott Wolla, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Fee: Included with conference registration
Time TBD
Following the Threads: Tracing Connections among Cultures at the Saint Louis Art Museum
Host: Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM), 1 Fine Arts Drive (Forest Park), St. Louis
Explore connections between Asia, Africa and Europe in the newly-renovated Saint Louis Art Museum. Trace cultural, economic and religious influences through artifacts; learn to create similar activities in local museums and online.
Presenters: Barbara Petzen, Middle East Connections, Lovettsville, VA; Jennifer Doyle, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Fee: TBD
10:00AM-1:00PM
Beyond the Arch: Discovering the Hidden Treasures of St. Louis
Veteran teachers will provide hands-on strategies and lesson plans concerning GPS--Global Positioning Systems--using 21st-century tools for learning in order to enhance students' geographic understanding utilizing geocaches.
Presenters: Paul Nagel, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX; David Faerber,Tara High School, Baton Rouge, LA
Fee: $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers
1:00-4:00PM
The Dred and Harriet Scott Case: The Story and the Legacy
Host: Old Courthouse, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, 11 N. 4th St., St. Louis
In 1846, Dred and Harriet Scott filed suit for their freedom in the St. Louis Courthouse. Their subsequent 1847 and 1850 trials were just the beginning of a complicated series of events which led to the United States Supreme Court's controversial 1857 decision and hastened the Civil War. Learn more about the court case, other freedom suits, the personal family story, and the significance and legacy of the court’s 1857 decision in the building where it all began.
Presenters: TBD
Fee: Included with conference registration
9:00AM-3:00PM
National Showcase of Schools of Character
Explore innovative approaches from the principals who guide nine National Schools of Character (NSOC) from Missouri and several other states. They share the vision, strategies, and outcomes that transformed their culture and increased academic achievement.
Presented by CHARACTERplus
Fee: $50 for members, $60 for nonmembers
10:00AM-4:00PM
Common Core Classics: Tried and True Strategies to Strengthen Literacy
Experience field- and time-tested strategies for using history and social studies to foster student engagement, deep thinking, and essential literacy skills. Hands-on examples apply across multiple disciplines and grades.
Presenters: Mike Yell, Hudson Middle School, Hudson, WI; Geoffrey Scheurman, University of Wisconsin River Falls, River Falls, WI
Fee: $30 for members; $40 for nonmembers
10:00AM-4:00PM
Web Tools and Strategies for the Flipped Classroom
Join TCI to discover powerful web tools and pedagogy to help you flip your classroom and supercharge classroom instruction time.
Presenters: Bert Bower, Brian Thomas, TCI
Fee: $30 for members, $40 for nonmembers
10:00AM-4:00PM
Columbus, Entrepreneur? Isabella, Venture Capitalist? Economics, World History, Common Core
A play on Columbus, traveling the Silk Road, and food for "The Columbian Exchange;" 23 interactive lessons (5000 B.C.-1776 C.E.) with activities, content, pedagogy and assessments tied to the NCSS.
Presenter: Doug Young, Council for Economic Education, New York, NY
Fee: $30 for members, $40 for nonmembers
10:00AM-4:00PM
Perspectives for a Diverse America: A Literacy-Based, K-12 Anti-Bias Classroom
Learn how to use the curriculum's texts and learning plan to teach the Common Core State Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies and support students' socio-emotional growth.
Presenters: Sara Wicht, Emily Chiarello, Thom Ronk, Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL
Fee: $30 for members, $40 for nonmembers
2:00-5:00PM
The DBQ Project: A Solution to the Common Core Standards
Aligning with Common Core, The DBQ Project sharpens students' critical thinking, reading and evidence-based writing. The Project's method allows all students, grades 4-12, to excel in the sophisticated DBQ experience.
Presenters: Mollie Hackett, Beth Montgomery, The DBQ Project, Evanston, IL
Fee: $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers
2:00-5:00PM
Teaching History as Mystery
Classroom-ready materials teach U.S. and World History as uncertain problems based on primary and secondary sources--images words, music, numbers--riddled with bias, confusion, and controversy to motivate youthful detectives.
Presenters: David Gerwin, Jack Zevin, Robert Dytell, Queens College/CUNY, New York NY
Fee: $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers
2:00-5:00PM
Targeting Vocabulary Acquisition and Use In Social Studies
Vocabulary acquisition and use are articulated as essential outcomes within the Common Core standards. Engage your students in an interactive, replicable five-step word-learning process to promote social studies understanding.
Presenters: Tina Heafner, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; Dixie Massey, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Fee: $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers
2:00-5:00PM
Action Civics: Harnessing Youth Voice to Create Sustainable Change
This interactive clinic demonstrates strategies for teaching students to determine root causes of issues, analyze power, develop strategies and implement effective action plans that work toward long-term sustainable change.
Presenters: Jill Bass, Meghan Goldenstein, Mikva Challenge, Chicago, IL
Fee: $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers
2:00-5:00PM
History, Memory, Legacy: The Sand Creek Massacre at 150
For the 150th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre, a key event in frontier history, we hear from Cheyenne and cavalry descendents, discuss primary sources and share lesson plans.
Presenters: Lauren Small, Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; Henrietta Mann, Alden Whiteman, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College, Weatherford, OK; Michael Schrage, Peyton High School, Peyton, CO; Byron Strom, Des Moines, IA
Fee: $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers
2:00-5:00PM
Historical Thinking about Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima: Competing National Narratives
This clinic will integrate historical thinking skills and primary sources (speeches, cartoons, official documents, newspapers, textbooks) to provide lessons on perspectives on the Pacific War between Japan and the United States.
Presenters: Dennis Lubeck, Cooperating School Districts, St. Louis, MO; Thomas Johnston, St. Louis Public Schools, St. Louis, MO; Karen Johnson, Nerinx Hall, Webster Grove, MO; Chris Marshall, John Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO
Fee: $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers
2:00-5:00PM
Innovative Lessons on World War I: Balkans and Middle East
World War I transformed world history--and 2014 marks its centennial! Focusing on the war's effects on the Balkans/Middle East, presenters will share classroom-ready lessons, resources, and teachers' opportunities.
Presenters: Lisa Adeli, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Lora Vogt, National World War I Museum, Kansas City, MO; Kent Schull, Binghamton, NY
Fee: $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers
2:00-5:00PM
You've Got Issues . . . Creating Engaging Issues-Centered History Lessons
Participants will learn how to redesign their existing lesson plans with an issues-centered focus. Essential questions will connect present day social justice issues with content found in U.S. history standards.
Presenters: Scott Wylie, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY; Kim Koeppen, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN; Mark Previte, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA; Ronald Evans, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; Gregg Jorgensen, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; Arlene Gardner, New Jersey Center for Civic Education, Piscataway, NJ
Fee: $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers
2:00-5:00PM
Practice Exchange: Integrating Speech and Performance into your History Classroom
This clinic is a Practice Exchange, designed for secondary educators to share their work. Learn about the National Oratory Fellows and share experiences using speech and performance to teach history.
Presenters: Sarah Jencks, Thembi Duncan, Ford's Theatre Society, Washington, DC; Jennifer Erdtmann, Bridger Middle School, Independence, MO
Fee: $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers
Printer-friendly version
