Inquiry is at the heart of every H-SS PBL project, and with a well-planned National History Day (NHD) program, you can also incorporate digital citizenship and media literacy right in to your curriculum. Shift the digital citizenship/media literacy focus of your curriculum from what not to do to empowering students to demonstrate their mastery through NHD research and projects.
Digital Learning Specialist, San Bernardino Superintendent of Schools
My passion in education is to help others. After being a middle school teacher for 20 years, I have changed positions, but not my love of learning and teaching. Working with fellow educators to help craft blended and personalized learning for students that encompasses 21st century... Read More →
Whitney D. Olson has been training teachers on how to teach historical thinking skills since 2014 when she became the coordinator of National History Day- CA and has been involved in supporting student inquiry through National History Day since 2000. In 2011, Whitney received the... Read More →
Does fitting PBL into your classroom feel like one more thing? Have you heard about NHD and think it takes too much work? Come hear from two experienced teachers about how to successfully integrate National History Day into your classroom and leave with concrete take-aways. Want to find the presentation with links to resources? Here's the bitly:
For over 15 years Christy Story, Ph.D. has been a teacher and held many leadership positions at Castilleja School in the Upper School across grades 9-12.
Digital Learning Specialist, San Bernardino Superintendent of Schools
My passion in education is to help others. After being a middle school teacher for 20 years, I have changed positions, but not my love of learning and teaching. Working with fellow educators to help craft blended and personalized learning for students that encompasses 21st century... Read More →
The session would invite presenters to explore how the themes of punk rock (Do-it-Yourself attitude, Voice, Inquiry, and Transgression) can be applied in the history classroom through unit design rooted in civic action, as well as the explicit teaching of historical thinking skills and disciplinary practices.
Copy and paste the link: bit.ly/punkCCSS for materials
Holly Royaltey has been teaching history for 15 years and has worked at all levels and in a variety of school contexts. She holds a doctorate in Education from San Francisco State University, and has worked with both the UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz History and Civics projects. Holly... Read More →
Teaching current events is challenging. How can we prepare students to have reflective and respectful discussion of current events, especially those that may be divisive? How can these lessons support critical literacy development and foster civic awareness? Facing History and Ourselves will model teaching activities to facilitate discussions that promote humanity, equitable participation, academic discourse and consider multiple perspectives.
Jason David is a program associate with Facing History and Ourselves. Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate. Jason is a former high school teacher, advisor, and member of a school-based equity... Read More →
Sunday March 1, 2020 11:20am - 12:50pm PST
Emerald Bay 1
