Premeeting Workshop: Connecting Historical Scholarship to the K–12 Classroom

Friday, January 3, 2025: 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Sutton Center (New York Hilton, Second Floor)
Speakers:
Marc Lapointe, New York City Department of Education
Brian Carlin, New York City Department of Education
Trevor Getz, San Francisco State University
Sharika D. Crawford, United States Naval Academy
Natalie Mendoza Gutierrez, University of Colorado Boulder
In this session, K–12 teachers will have the opportunity to connect with colleagues, interact with historians, and consider how to incorporate contemporary historical research into their Social Studies and Civics instruction. The objectives of this session are to: convene a professional learning community of K–12 teachers to elevate teacher practice and student learning in social studies and civics; explore best practices in building student knowledge and civic readiness; identify areas of relevance between academic scholarship and K–12 teaching to make common cause/interest in social studies/civics instruction and interests in the historical discipline.

Session Abstract

In this session, K-12 teachers will have the opportunity to connect with colleagues, interact with historians, and consider how to incorporate contemporary historical research into their Social Studies and Civics instruction. The objectives of this session are to: convene a professional learning community of K-12 teachers to elevate teacher practice and student learning in Social Studies and Civics; explore best practices in building student knowledge and civic readiness; identify areas of relevance between academic scholarship and K-12 teaching to make common cause/interest in Social Studies/Civics instruction and interests in the historical discipline.
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