California Council for the Social Studies 57th Annual Conference: Full Schedule

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10:00am PDT

Got Inquiry?

Limited Capacity full
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Come see how a teacher has used inquiry as the foundation of her social studies curriculum. Participants will also be introduced to different places where they can find inquiries, as well as a tool they can use to construct their own. Participants will want to bring a tablet or laptop as time will be provided to view inquiries on the Internet.

Speakers

Tracy Middleton

Hidden Valley Middle School

Tracy Middleton - 8th grade social studies teacher at Hidden Valley Middle School in Escondido, CA, social studies teacher mentor, social studies expert for Escondido Union School District, member of the Board of Directors for the National Council for Social Studies, Master Teacher... Read More →

Friday March 23, 2018 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Pacific Salon 6

Civics, General Audience

Target Grade Level Audience General Audience
Additional Disciplines History, Economics, Geography

1:00pm PDT

The California Democracy School Initiative – A Statewide Model for Institutionalization

Limited Capacity seats available

How do you build connections, collaboration and civil discourse for ALL students to become responsible, engaged citizens? You need an intentional structural approach that CAN be accomplished using the California Democracy School model. Learn how to make this happen for YOUR school from Democracy School teachers and administrators across the state.

Speakers

Michelle Herczog

Consultant III, History-Social Science, Los Angeles County Office of Education

Michelle Herczog is the History-Social Science Consultant III for the Los Angeles County Office of Education, responsible for providing professional development, resources, and support for K-12 social studies educators throughout the 80 school districts of Los Angeles County. She... Read More →

Bea Rulli

Teacher, RTSA Camp Scott

Friday March 23, 2018 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Esquire Room

Civics, General Audience

Target Grade Level Audience General Audience
Additional Disciplines ELA, History, Science

2:00pm PDT

Civil Discourse: The Heart of our Democracy

Limited Capacity full
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This session will focus on specific methods for practicing civil ways to state opinions and formulate arguments. Using an actual courtroom case, participants will have the opportunity use their CCSS Speaking and Listening skills. This strategy, when used in a developmentally appropriate manner is effective for all grade levels and connects multiple disciplines.

Speakers

Fran Chadwick, Ed.D.

Project Director, CSU San Marcos

Civic education, Literacy and the Law: Mock Trials to Meet the Common Core.

Friday March 23, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Brittany Room

Civics, General Audience

Target Grade Level Audience General Audience
Additional Disciplines ELA, ELD, Sociology

2:00pm PDT

Making Global Connections Using Environmental Principles and Concepts to Inspire Student Action

Limited Capacity seats available

This session showcases the statewide signature program of the California International Studies Project modeling collaborate work across disciplines while integrating Environmental Concepts and Principles. Middle and high school lessons will be demonstrated applying global competencies and culminate in inspired student action in their community. Curricular examples of how to identify local/global challenges and student-designed solutions will be showcased.

Speakers

Michelle Mazzeo

Administrator, California International Studies Project

Barbara Vallejo-Doten

Site Director, California Global Education Project at CSU Long Beach

Barbara Vallejo-Doten is the Regional Director for the California Global Education Project at CSULB, which offers a place-based professional development environmental education program, Teaching for Sustainable Communities: Empowering Eco-Literate Global Citizens that centers the... Read More →

Friday March 23, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Dover Room

Civics, General Audience

Target Grade Level Audience General Audience
Additional Disciplines Pedagogy/Curriculum Development

3:00pm PDT

Introducing – The Civic Learning Compendium for the CA HSS Framework!

Limited Capacity seats available

The updated HSS Framework emphasizes the importance of applying knowledge in the real world today to equip all students to engage in civic actions to solve real world problems through responsible, democratic means. Meet the authors to learn how the official Civic Learning Compendium provides a number of practical, hands-on strategies for students, beginning in Kindergarten to achieve this goal.

Speakers

Michelle Herczog

Consultant III, History-Social Science, Los Angeles County Office of Education

Damon Huss

Senior Editor & Curriculum Specialist, Constitutional Rights Foundation

Damon Huss is senior editor and curriculum specialist at Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) where he develops, writes, and edits curricular materials, including Bill of Rights in Action magazine, and where he coordinates and conducts teacher professional development. Before CRF... Read More →

Friday March 23, 2018 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Pacific Salon 7

Civics, General Audience

Target Grade Level Audience General Audience
Additional Grade Level Audienc... General Audience

10:00am PDT

California HSS Frameworks 101: Tearing Down Walls of Social Studies

Limited Capacity full
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The new social studies frameworks were just adopted…now what? Learn how one district developed teacher inquiry-based learning expertise by unpacking the new CA History-Social Science Frameworks through a resource “crosswalk” process with the C3 Framework, CCSS for Literacy in HSS, HSS Content Standards of California, TCI History Alive, and a textbook. Receive access to more than 30 inquiry related resources.

Speakers

Dr. Chad Mabery

Saturday March 24, 2018 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Towne Room

Civics, General Audience

Target Grade Level Audience General Audience

10:00am PDT

(WS) Environmental Literacy: Content, Inquiry, Literacy, Citizenship in K-12 H-SS

Limited Capacity seats available

Environmental literacy, apart from being required in History-Social Science instruction, supports student engagement as well as understanding of the complexities of human impact in our world past, present, and future. In this session, participants will experience a lesson sequence that exposes educators to the Environmental Principles & Concepts (EP&Cs) and how they can bring out the best in history instruction.

Here's a link to a shared google folder where we will add the presentation, handouts, and other resources: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TOjbLuoGdYpgyfqD8zbU3WxhWiST10xT

Speakers

Linda Braatz-Brown

County Office Administrator, San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools

Mary Walls

Action Driven Inquiry

Mary is founder of Action Driven Inquiry and volunteer Co-Chair for the EEC (Environmental Education Collaborative). She has taught World Languages & English Language Arts, she has been an Instructional Coach, a Director for a California MSP grant, a beginning teacher mentor, an International... Read More →

Saturday March 24, 2018 10:00am - 11:50am PDT
Esquire Room

Civics, General Audience

Target Grade Level Audience General Audience
Additional Disciplines History, Science

11:00am PDT

Active Advocacy for Social Justice and Diversity Through Community Collaboration

Limited Capacity filling up

Come hear a local immigration advocate talk about ways to champion social justice issues that your diverse students are facing in the classroom and in their communities everyday!!! Walk away with various resources, contacts, and strategies you can take back to your school including the Diversity and Social Justice Advocacy toolkit.

Speakers

Carmen Chavez

Ruth Luevanos

Teacher, John R. Wooden High School

Saturday March 24, 2018 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Brittany Room

Civics, General Audience

Target Grade Level Audience General Audience
Additional Disciplines Geography, History, ELD

4:00pm PDT

Creating Original Mock Trials: Justice in Action!

Limited Capacity seats available

Roll up your sleeves and help create a mock trial based upon literature, research-based landmark cases, and intriguing current events to build powerful civil discourse skills through our justice system. Walk away with resources, templates, and experience to guide students or teacher collaboration teams to design trials that build connections with meaningful societal issues! Ideal for: ToSAs, Teachers, and Coaches.

Speakers

Robyn Litt

Teacher on Special Assignment, Encinitas Union School District

Robyn Litt is a Teacher on Special Assignment for Encinitas Union School District (K-6). She has led over 40 teachers in her district in a civic education movement over the past six years, resulting in Top Statewide Civic Learning Awards in three schools and permanent branding of... Read More →

Saturday March 24, 2018 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Pacific Salon 6

Civics, General Audience

Target Grade Level Audience General Audience
Additional Disciplines ELA, VPA

8:00am PDT

(WS) Bringing American Creed Into the Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

How do we have rich and honest discussions across a polarized divide? After Friday's screening of American Creed, dive into the themes of the film, see and practice classroom lessons for civic engagement and dialogue, and get hands-on experience analyzing student work to concretize how to help students translate academic or private writing for public audiences.

Additional resources at: www.facinghistory.org/american-creed

Speakers

Mary Hendra

Program Director, Facing History and Ourselves

Mary Hendra leads the California statewide work for Facing History and Ourselves, sustaining authentic partnerships and collaboration to meet the needs of educators and schools throughout the state. Through in-depth historical and literary case studies, student-centered pedagogy... Read More →

Stan Pesick

Teacher, National Writing Project

Sunday March 25, 2018 8:00am - 9:50am PDT
Sunset Room

Civics, General Audience

Target Grade Level Audience General Audience
Additional Grade Level Audienc... High School, Middle School
Additional Disciplines ELA, History, Pedagogy/Curriculum Development