Past Meetings
National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference
Music City Center
201 Rep. John Lewis Way
South Nashville, TN 37203
Venue website
5th Grade Economics Standards Session
Virtual
To support elementary teachers with integrating the Economics Content Standards into their lessons, we will offer 1-hour Zoom sessions from 5-6 pm approximately every other week.
4th Grade Economics Standards Session
Virtual
To support elementary teachers with integrating the Economics Content Standards into their lessons, we will offer 1-hour Zoom sessions from 5-6 pm approximately every other week.
3rd Grade Economics Standards Session
Virtual
To support elementary teachers with integrating the Economics Content Standards into their lessons, we will offer 1-hour Zoom sessions from 5-6 pm approximately every other week.
Indigenous Studies through a Mohegan Lens (K-12)
Virtual
During this session, led by Samantha Tondreau (Director of Curriculum and Instruction at the Mohegan Tribe), K-12 educators will engage in topics such as oral tradition, storytelling, and cultural identity through the lens of the Mohegan Tribe. Next steps
2nd Grade Economics Standards Session
Virtual
To support elementary teachers with integrating the Economics Content Standards into their lessons, we will offer 1-hour Zoom sessions from 5-6 pm approximately every other week.
2023 CCSS Annual Conference
Central CT State University
1615 Stanley St
New Britain, CT 06050
Venue website
1st Grade Economics Standards Session
Virtual
To support elementary teachers with integrating the Economics Content Standards into their lessons, we will offer 1-hour Zoom sessions from 5-6 pm approximately every other week.
Kindergarten Economics Standards Session
Virtual
To support elementary teachers with integrating the Economics Content Standards into their lessons, we will offer 1-hour Zoom sessions from 5-6 pm approximately every other week.
K-5 Economics Standards Overview
Virtual
To support elementary teachers with integrating the Economics Content Standards into their lessons, we will offer 1-hour Zoom sessions from 5-6 pm approximately every other week.
Connecticut Social Studies Curriculum Writing Workshop
Hybrid
In person locations, dates, and times to be announced.
End-of-Unit Wrap-Up: Structured Academic Controversy
Virtual
Join High School Social Studies teacher, Max Comando, as he shares about his use of Structured Academic Controversy to wrap up learning in a unit, with students engaging in research and dialogue.
Incorporating Local History into Your Lessons & Curriculum
Virtual
Join Middle School Social Studies teacher, Mark Jackson, for a session on how he incorporates local history into his lessons and curriculum, tapping into the historical sites in his city as well as community partnerships.
Imperialism Unit through Documents, Political Cartoons, & Case Studies (World History)
Virtual
Join High School Social Studies teacher, Max Comando, as he shares about how he uses primary documents, political cartoons, and case studies to teach his World History class and specifically, his Imperialism Unit.
Scaffolding Inquiry-Based Learning
Virtual
Planning Daily Connections Between History & the Present
Virtual
Join High School US History teacher, Melissa Zablonski, as she shares how she connects her lessons on historical topics with follow-up lessons on related current events to help her students better understand history and the present day. (For example, aft
2023 CCSS Summer Institute
Central CT State University
1615 Stanley St
New Britain, CT 06050
Venue website
Westward Expansion, Manifest Destiny, Settler Colonialism
Virtual
Join High School US History Teacher, Melissa Zablonski, who will share how she has "re-routed" her Westward Expansion unit to be more social justice-oriented, having students focus on and evaluate this period of US history and its themes (e.g. Manifest De
The Nat Turner Debate
Virtual
June 15 (5-6 pm), for High School (US History and Black/African American/Puerto Rican/Latino Studies teachers in particular): Join US History & BAAPRL Studies Teacher Melissa Zablonski, who will share about the Nat Turner Debate in which her students part
CT Standards Info Session
Virtual
2023 CCSS Annual Spring Meeting
Connecticut's Old State House
800 Main St
Hartford, CT 06103
Environmental Literacy in Social Studies Classes
Virtual
Connecticut Social Studies Leadership Summit
Southern Connecticut State University | Adanti Student Center
345 Fitch Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Venue website
Introduction to new social studies standards for Connecticut's school district leaders and teachers.
May 3 (Elementary)- AAPI Studies Integration in Elementary School Classrooms
Virtual
Mar. 22 (High School)- Effective Unit Activities for the African American/Black and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies Course
Virtual
Mar. 15 (High School)- Students Creating Their Own Chronicles
Virtual
Mar. 8 (Elementary)- Integrating Economics Daily through a Classroom Economy
Virtual
Feb. 22 (High School)- Recruiting Students for African American/Black & Puerto Rican/Latino Studies
Virtual
Feb. 8 (High School)- East African Slave Trade, Globalization, & Connecticut
Virtual
