How to Revive Social Studies Instruction in Elementary Classrooms; A Simplified Approach to Rigorous Standards and New Frameworks For Teachers, Grades K – 6
“Powerful Social Studies instruction not only readies students for college and careers in an increasingly competitive world but prepares our students to be active and engaged citizens in a local and global context.”
This workshop seeks to reunite grade K – 6 teachers with their vital role in elementary-level social studies instruction — while emphasizing ways to do this which align with the new suggested frameworks and standards. Teachers will explore ways to maximize their English Language Arts (ELA) and Social Studies instruction in order to help students:
• build/strengthen conceptual understanding of the ideas presented in the social studies standards
• engage in inquiry, collaboration, and informed action
• develop disciplinary literacy skills and social science practices in tandem