🔔 First-Timer Scholarship applications are due in one month! This scholarship covers the registration fee for the 104th NCSS Annual Conference in Boston, MA (November 22-24, 2024), and a one-year regular membership in NCSS. Attending the NCSS Annual Conference helps social studies educators share innovative ideas, discuss the best teaching methods, and network with colleagues to create lifelong professional connections. ➡️ Apply by August 30, 2024: https://hubs.li/Q02HtpRb0 #NCSS2024 #scholarships
National Council for the Social Studies
Primary and Secondary Education
Silver Spring, Maryland 5,285 followers
NCSS is the largest professional association devoted solely to social studies education.
About us
National Council for the Social Studies is the largest association in the country devoted solely to social studies education. NCSS engages and supports educators in strengthening and advocating social studies. With members in all the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 69 foreign countries, NCSS serves as an umbrella organization for elementary, secondary, and college teachers of history, civics, geography, economics, political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and law-related education. Organized into a network of more than 110 affiliated state, local, and regional councils and associated groups, the NCSS membership represents K-12 classroom teachers, college and university faculty members, curriculum designers and specialists, social studies supervisors, and leaders in the various disciplines that constitute the social studies.
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https://www.socialstudies.org
External link for National Council for the Social Studies
- Industry
- Primary and Secondary Education
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Silver Spring, Maryland
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1921
- Specialties
- social studies and social sciences
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8555 16th St,Suite 500
Silver Spring, Maryland 209102844, US
Employees at National Council for the Social Studies
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Nancy Driver, CAE
Director of Publications at the National Council for the Social Studies
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Anne Walker
2019 Madison Fellow DE Government and American History Teacher with Prince William County Public Schools Virginia…
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Anton Schulzki
Middle Years Coordinator at William J. Palmer High School. past-president National Council for the Social Studies
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Lawrence M. Paska, Ph.D., CAE
Association Executive | Educator | Lifelong Learner
Updates
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🇺🇸 Have you read the latest Social Education? If you're looking for resources on teaching presidential elections, this is the issue for you. The articles inside include strategies for combatting conspiracy theories, an IDM lesson plan with a focus on the Watergate scandal, and a project-based inquiry approach designed to show students the power of their voices in our democracy: https://hubs.li/Q02MbP8m0 #teaching #elections
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💻 Tomorrow! Learn how to turn division into inquiry and dialogue with NCSS, @InquirED, and panelists Dr. Judith L. Pace, Elizabeth Robbins and Ashley L. McCall in this free #socialstudies webinar: https://hubs.li/Q02LVRz30 #edchat #teachers #elearning
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📢 We cannot wait to hear from Eric Liu at our 104th Annual Conference! Eric is co-founder and CEO of Citizen University, a non-profit organization promoting civic empowerment. He is also the author of numerous acclaimed books. ➡️ More about Eric and #NCSS2024: https://hubs.li/Q02L8R1J0 #civicengagement #citizenship
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📣 Tomorrow, 7 PM ET: Discover tools for effective advocacy for social studies using portions of NCSS' own toolkit! This webinar is free and open for all to attend: https://hubs.li/Q02LMr4P0 #advocacy #socialstudies
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First recognized as a public holiday in 1887 by the state of Oregon, Labor Day is now a federal holiday that celebrates the achievements and contributions of the American worker. Happy #LaborDay!
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📬Watch your mailbox - the September issue of Social Education is on its way to you! In the meantime, browse the issue online here: https://hubs.li/Q02MbChR0 #elections #constitution #teachingresources edchat
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