Start the school year with these new webinars from the National Council for the Social Studies:
Sparking Curiosity – Geography, the C3 Framework and the Inquiry Arc
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT
Join a panel of classroom and content experts as they share how to spark your students’ curiosity about the world through geographic reasoning.
The NCSS’s C3 Framework is structured around an Inquiry Arc that places student questions and questioning at the center of the learning process. The National Geography Standards similarly place inquiry at the center of geographic learning. During this webinar, learn how to help students apply geography’s unique spatial and environmental perspectives to critical social studies content by exploring links between Dimension 2 of the Inquiry Arc and the National Geography Standards.
Presented in cooperation with National Council for Geographic Education.
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Get Digital with Discovery Education and NCSS
Tuesdays, September 16, 23 & 30 at 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT.
Are you looking for more digital sources for your Social Studies class? If so, this 3-part webinar series is for you!
Join us in exploring the use of digital sources in the classroom by discussing:
- Unlocking the C3 Framework with Digital Resources: What is Social Studies Inquiry in the Digital Age?
- The Five Keys to Digital Social Studies: How to use digital tools to enhance Social Studies instruction and develop strong thinkers, readers, and writers?
- Reflections from the Classroom: How teachers are using digital resources in their classrooms?
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Mapping the Nation: Making Global Classroom Connections
Tuesday, September 18, 2014 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT
Mapping the Nation is a new classroom resource that presents economic, demographic, and education data at both the state and county levels to show international connections for every county in the U.S. – from jobs tied to global trade and immigrants with rich linguistic resources, to the billions of dollars contributed to our economy by international students studying here.
With almost one million data points, as well as over 50 info graphics, MappingtheNation.net, is a robust research tool with many potential uses for grades 4-12. This webinar will help you utilize this new interactive resource and share tools you can use in the your state, building, district, and classroom.
