7:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
On-Demand

Bring Learning Alive! Making TCI Work for You

Session Time: 7:30 - 9:20 a.m.

Presenter: Matt Doran, CCS and Brian Thomas, TCI

Target Audience: 6-12 social studies teachers

Description: In this session, we will unpack the TCI Approach, a series of instructional practices that allows students of all abilities to
experience key social studies concepts. We we will examine ways to customize TCI's approach for your classroom. Additionally, we look at the next level of TCI implementation for Year 2 and beyond.

Slide Presentation Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vScvt6JW_NeFwLY3nItZc2-pmOKkeM4HEP-v1vATlDFWeGGAK-oub7g_1k3pI4veHnZH7okYN5ROK-Y/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Introduction to TCI Lesson Cycle Session Recording: https://youtu.be/ejEf3dizF58

Visual Discovery Session Recording: https://youtu.be/ZMh_a4lMOu0

Continuation of 7:30 a.m. Session, Bring Learning Alive!

Introduction to OSU Origins and Picturing Black History

Session Time: 9:30 - 10:20 a.m.

Presenter: Professor Nick Breyfogle, OSU Department of History Goldberg Program

Target Audience: 7-12 Social Studies Teachers

Description: This session will introduce teachers to the resources from OSU's Goldberg Program. These include the Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective online magazine and Picturing Black History project.

Junior Achievement Career Adventures Virtual Simulation

Session Time: 9:30 - 10:20 p.m.

Presenter: Pete Crozier, Junior Achievement of Central Ohio

Target Audience: Social Studies 6 Teachers

Description: The JA Career Adventures encourage students to determine WHO they want to be before they can figure out WHAT they want to be! Students are encouraged to “be open to exploring ALL OF THE THINGS that make you so fantastically, extraordinarily YOU!”

Session Link: https://meet.google.com/wwr-znjr-mxb?hs=224

Making Social Studies Skill Builders Work for You

Session Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Presenter: Matt Doran

Target Audience: 6-12 Social Studies Teachers

Description: This session will unpack the TCI strategy Social Studies Skills Builder. The Social Studies Skill Builder strategy in the TCI Approach turns the traditional, rote tasks usually associated with skill-based worksheets into more dynamic, interactive activities. Students work in pairs on fast-paced, skill-oriented tasks such as mapping, graphing, identifying perspective, and interpreting political cartoons.

Session Presentation Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vScvt6JW_NeFwLY3nItZc2-pmOKkeM4HEP-v1vATlDFWeGGAK-oub7g_1k3pI4veHnZH7okYN5ROK-Y/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Making Writing for Understanding Work for You

Session Time: 12:30 - 1:20 p.m.

Presenter: Matt Doran

Target Audience: 6-12 Social Studies Teachers

Description: This session will unpack the TCI strategy Writing for Understanding. The Writing for Understanding strategy in the TCI Approach helps students learn key social studies concepts by give them rich experiences to write about through authentic writing assignments.

Session Presentation Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vScvt6JW_NeFwLY3nItZc2-pmOKkeM4HEP-v1vATlDFWeGGAK-oub7g_1k3pI4veHnZH7okYN5ROK-Y/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Supporting Student Well-Being

Session Time: On-Demand (2 hours)

Presenter: ISTE

Target Audience: All Teachers

Description: Supporting students’ well-being is paramount in this new age of education. With the many outside elements that affect our daily lives, it can be challenging for our students to focus on learning. Understanding how to reach our students and aid in their development of intrapersonal and interpersonal skills are necessary components to fostering a supportive community for our learners. This course will provide strategies that educators can use to support student well-being, through the use of meaningful connections and impactful technology integrations.

Session Link: https://www.iste.org/professional-development/iste-u/short-courses/supporting-student-well-being (Create a free account with ISTE and register for the session).

Navigating the Next Gen Personal Finance Website

Session Time: On-Demand (50 minutes)

Presenter: Next Gen Personal Finance

Target Audience: 6-12 Social Studies Teachers

Description: This self-paced NearPod PD session shows teachers how to navigate the NGPF website and access the free curriculum and student materials for teaching financial literacy.

Session Link: https://www.ngpf.org/account/#!/my-account-ngpf-academy-register/1002292 (Create a free NGPF account and register).

Unit Planning with Next Gen Personal Finance Curriculum

Session Time: On-Demand (50 minutes)

Presenter: Next Gen Personal Finance

Target Audience: 6-12 Social Studies Teachers

Description: This self-paced NearPod PD session shows teachers best practices, tools, and resources to effectively unit plan using the NGPF curriculum.

Session Link: https://www.ngpf.org/account/#!/my-account-ngpf-academy-register/1002279 (Create a free NGPF account and register).

The History of Racism in Finance

Session Time: On-Demand (1 hour)

Presenter: Next Gen Personal Finance

Target Audience: 6-12 Social Studies Teachers

Description: This self-paced NearPod PD session traces the history of racism in housing and banking.

Session Link: https://www.ngpf.org/account/#!/my-account-ngpf-academy-register/1001366 (Create a free NGPF account and register).

Encourage Civil Discourse to Discuss Controversial Topics in the Secondary Classroom

Session Time: On-Demand (32 minutes)

Presenter: Joe Schmidt, Maine Department of Education

Target Audience: 6-12 Social Studies Teachers

Description: Teaching controversial topics can be rewarding, but needs to be handled with strategies to make sure all voices are heard and student feel comfortable to share their ideas. We will review time-tested strategies to get teens talking and listening to each other while addressing contemporary and controversial subjects.

Session Link: https://youtu.be/9Dstn1xTsoQ

Teaching Hard History: American Slavery, Key Concepts

Session Time: On-Demand (45 minutes)

Presenter: Learning for Justice

Target Audience: 6-12 Social Studies Teachers

Description: In this video playlist, scholars of African-American history, including Ibram X. Kendi, Annette Gordon-Reed, and Martha Jones, present summaries of the ten key concepts in Teaching Hard History: American Slavery.

Session Link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCKMtQa10NDRr4gp_xQDtBr-vURsb0dQX
Teaching Hard History Framework: https://www.learningforjustice.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/6-12-framework

Educating Adolescents at the Intersection of Social-Emotional Learning, Civics, Equity, and Academics

Session Time: On-Demand (1 hour)

Presenter: Facing History

Target Audience: 6-12 Social Studies Teachers

Description: Facing History’s approach to SEAD enables teachers to promote students’ historical understanding, critical thinking, empathy and other social-emotional competencies, and to facilitate transformative dialogue in their classrooms.

Session Link: https://www.facinghistory.org/professional-development/ondemand/educating-adolescents-intersection-social-emotional-learning (Create a free Facing History account)

Assessing Historical Thinking

Session Time: On-Demand (1 hour)

Presenter: OER Project

Target Audience: 6-12 Social Studies Teachers

Description: Ane Lintvedt and Pete Lapre along with moderator Brad Fogo discuss best practices in assessing historical thinking

Session Link: https://youtu.be/w6ooYwpnkow