Tenth Annual Region 4 Social Studies Conference Schedule Saturday, January 28, 2017

Overview pages 1-5, session details pages 6-15

Registration: 7:30-8:30 a.m., Exhibitor Hall open, Room 101 (Exhibitor Hall is open all day, visit any time.) 8:30-8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions, Room 100 A-F 8:55-9:55 a.m. First breakout session 10:05-11:05 a.m. Second breakout session 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Third breakout session 12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch 100 A-F, Exhibitor Hall and Door Prizes, Room 101 1:15-2:15 p.m. Fourth breakout session 2:25-3:25 p.m. Fifth breakout session, submit evaluation form

Room Title Presenter 8:55-9:55 a.m. Session 1 102 Obliterate Classroom Boredom and Increase Reflective Thinking Aaron Daffern, Education Consultant Aaron Daffern Consulting 103 Ready Set Organize "Interactive Notebook" Barabara Clemons, History Teacher Aldine ISD Hoffman Middle School 106 Empower Yourself Through Teacher Travel Suzanne Acord, Teacher, History Day Coordinator, Houston ISD Sharpstown International Magnet 113A Historical Thinking with Objects Jennifer Hammond, Head of Education and Joey Milillo, Program Manager Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens 113B The American Experience: Embracing the Unheard Voices of Students of Marisela Martinez, Chavez Prep Coordinator and AP US History Instructor Color in U.S. History Classes Houston ISD Chavez High School Sarah Straub, Ed.D., Middle School Social Studies Instructor YES Prep Public Schools Brays Oaks 201 Get Your Game On! Egypt Armstrong, Teacher Houston Christian High School 202 Differentiating Document Analysis for Struggling Readers Using DBQ Keith Hyndshaw and Tyler Adams, Partnerships and Professional Online Development, The DBQ Project 203 Finally - Applying the Constitution is Fun! Penny Jones, Teacher, Houston ISD Pershing Middle School Elizabeth Crumbie, Teacher, Birdville ISD 204 Infuse Fun and Interaction into Economics Class! Deborah McClean, Owner WIN Multimedia Designs, LLC. 205 Latinxs and Social Justice Michelle Tovar, Associate Director of Education Spanish Outreach and Latin American Initiatives, Holocaust Museum Houston 206 A Quick Guide to the Texas Quiz Show Esther Rivera, Digital Education Program Manager Texas State Historical Association 207 Cultivating Digital Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom Linda Corbin, Elementary Curriculum Coordinator Katy ISD Elementary Curriculum and Instruction 1 Tenth Annual Region 4 Social Studies Conference Schedule Saturday, January 28, 2017

Room Title Presenter 10:05-11:05 a.m. Session 2 100D Strategies for G/T Students in Social Studies Debbie Behling, Education Specialist Region 4 Social Studies Solutions 102 21st Century History Classroom Megan Puckett, Teacher Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Salyards Middle School 103 Brain Power Today-Building Relationships + Movement =Success Gail Ward, Founder of Brain Power Today, Assistant Principal Ishmael Muhammad, Executive Director of Brain Power Today, ELAR 113A Create Active Engagement with Edutaining Strategies of Review Erica Robinson, Social Studies Instructional Coach, Cinco Ranch High School and Celaina Huckeba, Social Studies Instructional Coach, Mayde Creek High School, Katy ISD 113B Making The Civil Rights Movement "Real and Relevant" in the 21st Century Loki Mulholland, Executive Director Classroom The Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation 106 Increasing Student Achievement through Engagement and Collaboration Bradley Heilman, CEO, Exploros Katherine Bozick, Teacher, Tyler ISD Hubbard Middle School 201 Increasing Student Engagement Through Gamification Danielle Roseberry, Teacher Torah Day School Dallas 202 Between Genocide and Justice: Did the Trials and Laws Make a Difference? Jose Martinez, 5-6 Social Studies Bilingual/ESL Programs Aldine ISD Rayford Intermediate 203 Teaching with Primary Sources from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello: Christe Vaclavik, Teacher Revolutionary Ideas on a Revolutionized Website Houston ISD Pershing Middle School 204 Step Away from the Podium 2.0! Debra Carr, Teacher, Department Chair, Creekside Intermediate Stephanie Yates, Teacher, Department Chair, Clear Creek ISD Brookside Intermediate, Clear Creek ISD 205 Heat Up Your Warm Up Alicia Ebbeler, Instructional Officer, Social Studies and Nichelle Pinkney, Program Coordinator, Social Studies, Klein ISD 207 Professional Juggling Act: Teaching Social Studies Through the Literacy Shawn Mabry and Shari Markowitz, Senior PD Specialists Block Studies Weekly

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Room Title Presenter 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Session 3 102 Music and History Megan Puckett, Teacher Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Salyards Middle School 103 Hands On | Minds On - Social Studies Jason Ihlenfeld, Curriculum Specialist (Sales Representative/Professional Learning Instructor), Nystrom Education 106 Building a Better Class with Google Classroom Michael McNeil, Teacher, Galena Park ISD Galena Park High School Debbie Lowry, Teacher, Hardin ISD Hardin Intermediate School 113A New at Caddo Mounds State Historic Site -Classroom Resources and Rachel Galan, Educator/Interpreter Teaching Tools Texas Historical Commission Caddo Mounds SHS 113B 9/11 15th Anniversary: 9/11 Collaborative Visual Project Stephen Shedden, BLTC/Dean of Students Michael Weininger, Teacher Knox County Schools, Tennessee Bearden Middle School 201 Strategies to Improve Student Retention Sherry Owens, Educational Consultant s3strategies 202 History in the H.O.T. Seat Raechel Broussard, Social Studies and English Language Arts Instructional Coach, Sheldon Independent School District M.R. Null Middle School 203 Tools for Your Social Studies Tool Box Evangeline Mitchell, Teacher, Spring ISD Twin Creeks Middle School Tammy Spangler, Data and Assessment Specialist, Klein ISD Student Service Center 204 Content-Rich Skits for the History Classroom Sheryl Saeed, Teacher, Sheldon Early College High School Michael Rushing, Teacher, C.E. King Middle School, Sheldon ISD 205 Teaching Social Studies With a Multicultural Mindset Kelli Charles, Educator Kelli Charles Consulting 206 Engaging the Disengaged: Your Toolkit to Reach Reluctant Readers Ashley Schlafly, Teacher Aldine ISD Hoffman Middle 207 Elementary Entrepreneurs Sally Mayberry, Sales Representative Elementary Entrepreneurs

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Room Title Presenter 1:15-2:15 p.m. Session 4 100D Spaces of Diversity and Dialogue: Social Justice in the Classroom Pritpal Kaur Ahluwalia, Associate Director of Education, Kaur Foundation Mirin Kaur Phool, Co-Founder, Kaur Foundation 102 TEKS Say What??? Megan Puckett, Teacher Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Salyards Middle School 103 Sizzling Hooks: Student Engagement and Social Studies Sonia Chinn, Teacher The Village School 106 Review Like a Champion Andrew Terrell, Master Teacher, Aldine ISD Nimitz HS Kim Borten, Teacher, Aldine ISD 113A Teaching about the Holocaust and Other Genocides Emily Sample, Associate Director of Education and Mary Lee Webeck, Director of Education, Holocaust Museum Houston 113B The Darwin Shuffle and Other History Dances Brian Walenta, Ph.D., Teacher Goose Creek CISD Robert E. Lee High School 201 Supporting Academically Rigorous Instruction Sherry Owens, Educational Consultant s3strategies 202 Interdisciplinary Learning for a Changing Planet Paul Nagel, Teacher Hempstead ISD Hempstead High School 203 Supply and Demand on the STARR Michelle Neyrey, American History Teacher Humble ISD Kingwood Middle School Susan Kizer, Economic Education Coordinator Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch 204 1, 2, 3s of Summarization Kendra Yarbrough Camarena and Elena Silva-Leal, Instructional Coaches Houston ISD 205 ELLs? Newcomers? Practical Techniques for Your Classroom Carol Salva, Teacher, Stratford High School, and Sharon Owens, Teacher Spring Forest Middle School, Spring Branch ISD 206 Overthrowing the Testocracy with Active Engagement Egypt Armstrong, Teacher Houston Christian High School 207 Get Moving In 5th Grade Social Studies Aspen Cooper and Mary Lou Zeiders, Teachers, Katy ISD Pattison Elementary

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Room Title Presenter 2:25-3:25 p.m. Session 5 100D Strategies for G/T Students in Social Studies Debbie Behling, Education Specialist Region 4 Social Studies Solutions 102 To Know Me Is To Love Me: Read Alouds/Think Alouds Cynthia Fairbanks, Curriculum Specialist and Montra Rogers, Director, Houston ISD 103 Warming up the Classroom Bolton ISD North Belton Middle School and Barbara Epperson, Coach, Belton ISD Belton High School 106 Google Apps and Add-ons Can Do More Than You Think! Michael McNeil, Teacher, Galena Park ISD Galena Park High School Keith Notle, Teacher, Hardin ISD Hardin Middle School 113A Understanding the Holocaust through Artistic Expressions Mary Lee Webeck, Director of Education and Emily Sample, Associate Director of Education, Holocaust Museum Houston 113B Strategies for the New AP Histories Rubrics Robert Thornton, Curriculum and Instructional Coach Harmony Public Schools 201 Supporting Vocabulary Acquisition through a Language-Rich Environment Sherry Owens, Educational Consultant s3strategies 202 Hip-Hop History Traniece Brown-Warrens and Britany Murray, Teachers, Houston ISD Deady Middle School 203 Ten Strategies that Span History Michelle Neyrey, Teacher Humble ISD Kingwood Middle School 204 San Jacinto Symposium Barbara Eaves, Director San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site 205 Kahoot! More than a Review Tool Carol Salva, Teacher Spring Branch ISD Stratford High School 206 Where the Rubber Hits the Road: Creative Note Taking Susan Calvin, Teacher and Peggy Given, Teacher and Department Head Houston ISD Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School 207 Magnify Your Word Walls Alicia Ebbeler, Instructional Officer, Social Studies, and Nichelle Pinkney, Program Coordinator, Social Studies, Klein ISD

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Breakout Session 1: 8:55-9:55 am 102 Obliterate Classroom Boredom Students are naturally curious but can bore easily because of lackluster Aaron Daffern, Education Consultant and Increase Reflective instructional strategies. Learn two strategies, Synetic Journey for promoting Aaron Daffern Consulting Thinking connectedness and Vote With Your Feet for promoting positive feelings. These strategies can be used to help students connect with the past and think critically about historical subject matter. Grades 6-12 Differentiation 103 Ready Set Organize "Interactive Interactive Notebooks are designed to encourage students to be creative, Barabara Clemons, History Teacher Notebook" organized designers of relevant information regarding their own work. The Aldine ISD Hoffman Middle School notebook allows students to make connections between content as they explore new concepts, to revise their thinking and deepen their understanding of the world around them. Learn how to implement this vital learning tool. U.S. History Differentiation 106 Empower Yourself Through Give yourself the opportunity to be the learner. Learn tips on how to identify Suzanne Acord, Teacher, History Day Teacher Travel and apply for free teacher workshops and fellowships. Grades 6-12 Coordinator, Houston ISD Sharpstown International Magnet 113A Historical Thinking with Objects Bayou Bend educators will demonstrate techniques drawn from their new tour, Jennifer Hammond, Head of Education "Collectively American," that encourages students to evaluate objects as and Joey Milillo, Program Manager historical evidence and to make and support arguments about the usefulness of Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens different objects as evidence. Grades 6-12 113B The American Experience: Receive an overview of the "American Experience Essay Project." The session Marisela Martinez, Chavez Prep Embracing the Unheard Voices includes personal narratives developed by students. Resources will be provided Coordinator and AP US History of Students of Color in U.S. so that this project can be adapted for middle and high school levels. The Instructor, Houston ISD Chavez High History Classes presenters focus on a lived-experienced classroom. School and Sarah Straub, Ed.D., Middle Grades 6-12 Differentiation School Social Studies Instructor YES Prep Public Schools Brays Oaks 201 Get Your Game On! This session will explore both digital and non-digital games to aid in student Egypt Armstrong, Teacher learning and friendly competition. Grades 6-12 Differentiation Houston Christian High School 202 Differentiating Document Document analysis is difficult for students of any age and ability. They not only Keith Hyndshaw and Tyler Adams, Analysis for Struggling Readers have to read the document but also dig deeper for meaning. This session will Partnerships and Professional Using DBQ Online focus on strategies to differentiate document analysis for all students using The Development, The DBQ Project DBQ Project's new digital platform, DBQ Online. Bring your devices!!! Grades 6-12 Technology 203 Finally - Applying the Participate in a lesson that allows you to apply the Constitution. The activity Penny Jones, Teacher, Houston ISD Constitution is Fun! includes 15 primary source documents (including a Elvis Presley Letter, photo Pershing Middle School of President Obama vetoing a bill, photo of LBJ's oath on Air Force One, and a Elizabeth Crumbie, Teacher, Letter to President Eisenhower). Students will match the primary source to the Birdville ISD article within the Constitution and then determine the correlating principle of government. U.S. History

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Breakout Session 1: 8:55-9:55 am 204 Infuse Fun and Interaction into MoneyCamp is an interactive program that infuses fun and interaction into your Deborah McClean, Owner Economics Class! financial literacy classes. With fun tools like: Road To College Success, Budget WIN Multimedia Designs, LLC. Mania, Saving & Giving, Let's Do A Deal, and Busy Banking, we teach students how to balance a checkbook, do a budget, save and give in a fun and practical way. Economics 205 Latinxs and Social Justice This session will focus on social justice issues that are currently affecting Latinx Michelle Tovar, Associate Director of students and how we can use historical facts to create a call to action. Education Spanish Outreach and Latin Grades 6-12 English Language Learners American Initiatives, Holocaust Museum Houston 206 A Quick Guide to the Texas Could your student be the next Texas Quiz Show Champion? Find out how to Esther Rivera, Digital Education Quiz Show win prizes, engage students, and have fun with this TEKS-aligned competition. Program Manager Texas Quiz Show is a program from the Texas State Historical Association Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). Learn more about other programs and resources TSHA offers. Grades 6-12 G/T Students 207 Cultivating Digital Literacy in How can we utilize digital tools seamlessly in the social studies classroom to Linda Corbin, Elementary Curriculum the Social Studies Classroom cultivate digital literacy? Learn and share ideas about flipped classrooms, digital Coordinator media, primary sources, multimodal "prosuming," curating, and productive Katy ISD feedback. You are sure to walk away with practical ways to amplify the learning in your social studies classroom! Grades K-5

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Breakout Session 2: 10:05-11:05 am 100D Strategies for G/T Students in **Required for Optional G/T Update Credit** Debbie Behling, Education Specialist Social Studies Explore a variety of strategies that address the nature and needs of Region 4 Social Studies Solutions Gifted/Talented and advanced students in Social Studies. Grades K-12 G/T Students 102 21st Century History Classroom The classroom is changing. In this session we will look optimistically at ways to Megan Puckett, Teacher embrace the changing classroom. Explore ways to embrace social media, ways Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Salyards Middle to "love what our students love," and make history meaningful in a whole new School way. Grades 6-12 103 Brain Power Today-Building Would you like your students to be motivated to learn? Would you like Gail Ward, Founder of Brain Power Relationships + Movement student's success to increase? If you answered "yes" to these questions then Today, Assistant Principal =Success Brain Power Today is the presentation for you! Energizing and motivating Ishmael Muhammad, Executive Director activities will be introduced that will have you wanting more Brain Power Today of Brain Power Today, ELAR strategies. Grades 6-12 Statewide Assessment 106 Increasing Student Collaboration in the social studies classroom increases student engagement and Bradley Heilman, CEO, Exploros Achievement through learner understanding. Learn how STAAR test scores grew 24% by engaging Katherine Bozick, Teacher, Tyler ISD Engagement and Collaboration students in activities that support the social learning environment of the Hubbard Middle School classroom, and fostering greater collaboration and engagement in a digital teaching and learning experience. Grades 6-8 Hands-On Technology 113A Create Active Engagement with Get expert training on student centered activities to achieve total participation. Erica Robinson, Social Studies Edutaining Strategies of Review Increase the instructional intensity of your lessons and receive fresh techniques Instructional Coach, Cinco Ranch High that are quick, easy, and ready to use with ANY content area. Walk away with School and Celaina Huckeba, Social a variety of interactive methods that will successfully "edutain" your diverse Studies Instructional Coach, Mayde learners. Grades 6-12 Differentiation Creek High School, Katy ISD 113B Making The Civil Rights Loki Mulholland, an award-winning filmmaker, author and the son of Civil Loki Mulholland, Executive Director Movement "Real and Relevant" Rights Icon, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, explores how to make the Civil Rights The Joan Trumpauer Mulholland in the 21st Century Classroom Movement meaningful for students. Using mixed media content, he shares how Foundation to create cause and effect connections while empowering students to become engaged learners. U.S. History 201 Increasing Student Engagement Mrs. Roseberry presents specific examples of increased student engagement Danielle Roseberry, Teacher Through Gamification and performance as achieved through a gamified approach to U.S. History. Torah Day School Dallas Specific assignments will be shared. Grades 6-12 G/T Students

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Breakout Session 2: 10:05-11:05 am 202 Between Genocide and Justice: Receive information on the effects of laws passed after the liberation of Jose Martinez, 5-6 Social Studies Did the Trials and Laws Make a concentration campus. Explore reasons that laws were established to bring Bilingual/ESL Programs Difference? justice to those who perished during the Holocaust. During this session we will Aldine ISD Rayford Intermediate discuss the Nuremberg trials, Frankfurt, and the Legal Construction of the Holocaust. Participants will also role play a phase of the Nuremberg - Auschwitz Trials. Additionally, we will discuss Raphael Lemkin's impact on the Jewish people. Participants will receive a copy of the packet, books, posters, and other materials in appreciation for attending. Grades 6-12 Statewide Assessments 203 Teaching with Primary Sources Thomas Jefferson's Monticello is a little mountain that is home to big ideas. Christe Vaclavik, Teacher from Thomas Jefferson's Learn from an alumna of the Monticello Teacher Institute on how to bring those Houston ISD Pershing Middle School Monticello: Revolutionary Ideas ideas to your classroom through the free primary sources and teacher-created on a Revolutionized Website lesson plans on Monticello's NEW education web site. Leave with free resources for your classroom and information about Monticello's fully funded summer fellowship. U.S. History 204 Step Away from the Podium Want opportunities to meet one-on-one with students about troublesome Debra Carr, Teacher, Department Chair, 2.0! TEKS? Two 8th grade teachers share their successful plan, adaptable to every Creekside Intermediate grade level. Learn about ways to personalize lessons to meet the needs of Stephanie Yates, Teacher, Department diverse learners in the modern social studies classroom. Chair, Clear Creek ISD Brookside Grades 6-12 Differentiation Intermediate, Clear Creek ISD 205 Heat Up Your Warm Up Give your students the match to light your lessons on fire. Learn new strategies Alicia Ebbeler, Instructional Officer, to peak the students' curiosity and draw them into a lesson. Make the most of Social Studies and the crucial first minutes of your class by setting the tone with a captivating Nichelle Pinkney, Program Coordinator, warm up. Grades 6-12 Differentiation Social Studies, Klein ISD 207 Professional Juggling Act: Maximize time by learning exciting ways to engage students through the Shawn Mabry and Shari Markowitz, Teaching Social Studies integration of social studies into the literacy block. Teachers will learn new Senior PD Specialists Through the Literacy Block strategies for teaching social studies content and working with primary sources Studies Weekly while using technology to foster life-long learners and global citizens in the 21st Century. Grades K-5 Differentiation

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Breakout Session 3: 11:15-12:15 am 102 Music and History Music surrounds us! Music is a great unifier of people-- people who don't agree Megan Puckett, Teacher on anything find commonality through music. Music humanizes history. In this Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Salyards Middle session we will look at ways to use music effectively in your classroom. School Grades 6-12 103 Hands On | Minds On - Social Come ready to participate! This session will focus on the power of using hands- Jason Ihlenfeld, Curriculum Specialist Studies on resources to better engage students, build background knowledge, increase (Sales Representative/Professional visual literacy and address a variety of learning styles. Learning Instructor), Nystrom Education Grades 6-12 Differentiation 106 Building a Better Class with In this session Google Classroom will be demonstrated and used. Google Michael McNeil, Teacher, Galena Park Google Classroom Classroom is a classroom administration site that allows a teacher to build a ISD Galena Park High School class and then add students. Students are able to complete and submit Debbie Lowry, Teacher, Hardin ISD assignments. Google Classroom provides a simple way to manage student Hardin Intermediate School work. Grades 6-12 Hands-On Technology 113A New at Caddo Mounds State Join a conversation with Caddo Mounds SHS Educator/Interpreter Rachel Galan Rachel Galan, Educator/Interpreter Historic Site -Classroom to talk about the most respectful ways to teach about American Indians. You Texas Historical Commission Caddo Resources and Teaching Tools will be among the first people to tour the wealth of new resources available on Mounds SHS the Caddo Mounds website to enrich your American Indian lessons. Texas History 113B 9/11 15th Anniversary: 9/11 In an all-new 9/11 presentation for 2017, teachers will learn how to create a Stephen Shedden, BLTC/Dean of Collaborative Visual Project 9/11 memorial project, using I-Movie and the Ken Burns effect. This will be Students supported by primary source information by the presenter who was a Michael Weininger, Teacher Lieutenant in the N.Y.P.D. on 9/11. Grades 6-12 Differentiation Knox County Schools, Tennessee Bearden Middle School 201 Strategies to Improve Student Maximize student achievement through the use of learner-centered strategies Sherry Owens, Educational Consultant Retention designed not only to review but also diagnose gaps in knowledge. Challenge s3strategies students to make powerful connections with higher-ordered review strategies developed to make meaningful application. U.S. History Technology 202 History in the H.O.T. Seat Teachers will evaluate, analyze and create H.O.T. (Higher Order Thinking) Raechel Broussard, Social Studies and questions that are engaging and increase rigor to increase student success in English Language Arts Instructional their middle school history classes. Teachers will unpack the TEKS and develop Coach, Sheldon Independent School fun engaging questions. Grades 6-12 Statewide Assessments District M.R. Null Middle School 203 Tools for Your Social Studies This session will focus on a variety of high yield instructional strategies which Evangeline Mitchell, Teacher, Spring ISD Tool Box align throughout the middle school curriculum. These strategies support the Twin Creeks Middle School ultimate success of students on 8th grade social studies STAAR. Tammy Spangler, Data and Assessment Grade 8 Statewide Assessments Specialist, Klein ISD Student Service Center

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Breakout Session 3: 11:15-12:15 am 204 Content-Rich Skits for the Discover unique, content-rich, and humorous history skits that may help your Sheryl Saeed, Teacher, Sheldon Early History Classroom reluctant learners to become more interested in history class! Session College High School participants will be led in exciting role-plays to show what this experience might Michael Rushing, Teacher, C.E. King be like for students. Recent research will be provided supporting the use of Middle School, Sheldon ISD role-play and dialogue as learning tools for any student group. Lastly, tips will be given for facilitating student creation of skits. Grades 6-12 Differentiation 205 Teaching Social Studies With a Multicultural consciousness is a process, not a product. Cultivating multicultural Kelli Charles, Educator Multicultural Mindset awareness is a lifelong pursuit; yet as educators we must deeply engage in this Kelli Charles Consulting process so as to reach our students and cultivate their awareness. Participants will critically examine the impact of their own multicultural consciousness on their relationships with the content, students, and families and aspects of the multicultural mindset in social studies lesson plans. Grades 6-12 Cultural Relevance 206 Engaging the Disengaged: Your Reluctant readers pose a unique problem for teachers. This session will assist Ashley Schlafly, Teacher Toolkit to Reach Reluctant attendees in finding strategies to entice students of all abilities to read. Aldine ISD Hoffman Middle Readers Additionally, the toolkit you will leave with includes during-reading and post- reading activities to aid comprehension with lesson plans prepared and centered around social studies mentor texts. Grades 6-12 Differentiation 207 Elementary Entrepreneurs Explore ideas to help elementary age students learn business, job, and life Sally Mayberry, Sales Representative skills while making money for their classrooms or schools. Students practice Elementary Entrepreneurs many academic skills (math, reading, writing, and verbal skills) using a unique hands-on approach. Grades K-5 Economics

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Breakout Session 4: 1:15-2:15 p.m. 100D Spaces of Diversity and Come explore strategies on how to introduce the experiences of a minority Pritpal Kaur Ahluwalia, Associate Dialogue: Social Justice in the community (Sikh Americans) into the classroom as a starting point for dialogue Director of Education, Kaur Foundation Classroom about broader social justice and civil rights issues. Mirin Kaur Phool, Co-Founder, Grades 6-12 World Geography Kaur Foundation 102 TEKS Say What??? The TEKS look to many like a teacher guidebook that is unreachable for Megan Puckett, Teacher students. However, in this session we will discuss ways to make the TEKS Cypress-Fairbanks ISD relevant to you and your students. The goal of this session is to help you see Salyards Middle School the TEKS as never before. Receive help to guide instruction in your classroom (especially as we look toward the ominous STAAR Test). Grades 6-12 Statewide Assessments 103 Sizzling Hooks: Student Explore how to increase student engagement using culturally relevant Sonia Chinn, Teacher Engagement and Social Studies resources as hooks. Participants will learn how to use rap and pop music, movie The Village School trailers, poetry, and video games as hooks that connect with social studies topics and learning objectives. U.S. History 106 Review Like a Champion Working with technology enables some truly dynamic reviewing options with Andrew Terrell, Master Teacher, Aldine our students. Where to go, what to do, and how to use competition as a ISD Nimitz HS and Kim Borten, Teacher, stimulant for learning is what this session is all about. Aldine ISD Grades 6-12 Hands-On Technology 113A Teaching about the Holocaust This presentation will expand teacher awareness and understanding of the Emily Sample, Associate Director of and Other Genocides Holocaust and genocide, present primary source materials, prepare teachers to Education and Mary Lee Webeck, work with different geographic representations, gender and age experiences of Director of Education genocide and develop a better understanding of the use of human rights issues Holocaust Museum Houston as learning models for students. World History 113B The Darwin Shuffle and Other Students learn better when actively involved. This session will teach the Gilded Brian Walenta, Ph.D., Teacher History Dances to Imperialism eras through the use of dance. Goose Creek CISD Statewide Assessments Robert E. Lee High School 201 Supporting Academically Rigor! Rigor! Rigor! We've all talked rigor until we are blue in the face! But Sherry Owens, Educational Consultant Rigorous Instruction what does it really look like in the classroom? Learn how to engage, support s3strategies and hold students accountable for their performance at the appropriate level of complexity. Grades 6-12 202 Interdisciplinary Learning for a In this hands-on session, participants will discover interdisciplinary, inquiry- Paul Nagel, Teacher Changing Planet based lesson plans around human geography/human ecology themes. The Hempstead ISD Hempstead High School presented activities build knowledge and skills in life and social sciences, while applying learning to authentic problems. Topics include human population growth, climate change, changes in biodiversity and land use. Grades 6-12 G/T Students

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Breakout Session 4: 1:15-2:15 p.m. 203 Supply and Demand on the Join us for a fast paced session that will provide you with strategies to improve Michelle Neyrey, American History STARR performance on the STAAR and EOC. Ensuring that you have the necessary Teacher, Humble ISD Kingwood Middle economic knowledge will help equip your students for success. Strategies School and Susan Kizer, Economic demonstrated are classroom ready. You will receive strategies for STAAR Education Coordinator, Federal Reserve review. Grades 6-12 Statewide Assessments Bank of Dallas Houston Branch 204 1, 2, 3s of Summarization Students are often reluctant to engage in informational text or visuals. Using Kendra Yarbrough Camarena and Elena the concepts of "successful struggle," students can become more comfortable Silva-Leal, Instructional Coaches with analysis. Participants will participate in a strategy that guides them Houston ISD through analysis of text and visuals utilizing the skill summarizing. Grades 6-12 Differentiation 205 ELLs? Newcomers? Practical Join us for an interactive session that models practical strategies to engage Carol Salva, Teacher, Stratford High Techniques for Your Classroom your language learners. These techniques will boost achievement for every School, and Sharon Owens, Teacher child. Spring Forest Middle School, Grades 6-12 English Language Learners Spring Branch ISD 206 Overthrowing the Testocracy Participants will engage in kinesthetic activities and strategies that can bring Egypt Armstrong, Teacher with Active Engagement engagement and creativity to any lesson. Grades 6-12 Differentiation Houston Christian High School 207 Get Moving In 5th Grade Social Get students out of the textbook and learning through activities. Explore a Aspen Cooper and Mary Lou Zeiders, Studies crime scene investigation to teach the students about the Boston Massacre, an Teachers, Katy ISD Pattison Elementary exploration of an underwater sunken boat with artifacts that explorers and settlers needed for the new world, a lesson and debate set up for what happened to the settlers of Roanoke, a reenactment of "No taxation without representation" so students can understand how colonists felt before the American Revolution, and a scavenger hunt for reviewing geographical skills needed for social studies. K-5 English Language Learners

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Breakout Session 5: 2:25-3:25 p.m. 100D Strategies for G/T Students in **Required for Optional G/T Update Credit** Debbie Behling, Education Specialist Social Studies Explore a variety of strategies that address the nature and needs of Region 4 Social Studies Solutions Gifted/Talented and advanced students in Social Studies. Grades K-5 G/T Students 102 To Know Me Is To Love Me: If I want to lead 30 students in learning new information through reading social Cynthia Fairbanks, Curriculum Specialist Read Alouds/Think Alouds studies text, how do I do it? Read Alouds/Think Alouds allow teachers to model and Montra Rogers, Director how a good reader thinks about text while reading. This explicit modeling Houston ISD benefits all students as they strive for deeper understanding of content. This session offers teachers the chance to see how the use of read alouds/think alouds will impact achievement and success as students grapple with increasingly difficult and complex text. Grades 6-12 103 Warming up the Classroom Create a classroom routine in which your students will practice their social Elizabeth Howson, Teacher studies skills every week and build their history fluency. Learn about Mapping Belton ISD North Belton Middle School Monday, Timeline Tuesday, Writing Wednesday, Thinking Thursday, and Fact Barbara Epperson, Coach Friday. Grades 6-12 Belton ISD Belton High School 106 Google Apps and Add-ons Can In this session, participants will see examples of Google Apps and Add-ons that Michael McNeil, Teacher, Galena Park Do More Than You Think! are available through the Google Drive. Participants will receive a list of these ISD Galena Park High School tools to implement immediately. Keith Notle, Teacher, Hardin ISD Hardin Grades 6-12 Hands-On Technology Middle School 113A Understanding the Holocaust This program addresses the content, context, and complexity of the Holocaust Mary Lee Webeck, Director of Education through Artistic Expressions through primary sources of artistic expression. With a focus on historical and Emily Sample, Associate Director of literacy and student engagement, we expose students to the history and Education, Holocaust Museum Houston lessons of the Holocaust while offering opportunities for connections to art and poetry. World History 113B Strategies for the New AP Participants will engage in strategies that align to the new AP History exam Robert Thornton, Curriculum and Histories Rubrics rubric. The focus will be on developing skills necessary to perform successfully Instructional Coach on the exam. Grades 6-12 G/T Students Harmony Public Schools 201 Supporting Vocabulary Do your students struggle with the acquisition of difficult vocabulary? Sherry Owens, Educational Consultant Acquisition through a Experience strategies not only for academic vocabulary but also for problematic s3strategies Language-Rich Environment Tier II vocabulary. "Intentional" is the key for vocabulary support and success! Grades 6-12 Differentiation 202 Hip-Hop History Explore engaging, encouraging and energizing student growth through the use Traniece Brown-Warrens and of today's culture. Teachers will learn how to connect their students to the Britany Murray, Teachers, Houston ISD material with the use of today's music, videos, and social media. Grades 6-12 Deady Middle School

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Breakout Session 5: 2:25-3:25 p.m. 203 Ten Strategies that Span Explore ten strategies and then some that can be used in a variety of Michelle Neyrey, Teacher History classrooms. These strategies can be entire lessons or reviews for a test or the Humble ISD Kingwood Middle School end of year exam. Learn strategies that support process TEKS to help with those dual coded questions. The students will be up and moving to ignite learning. Grade 8 Differentiation 204 San Jacinto Symposium Tom Green, the Sons of the Republic of Texas’ speakers’ bureau chief, will Barbara Eaves, Director present his collection of historic Texas flags. During this session, learn about San Jacinto Battleground State Historic the San Jacinto Symposium and the event agenda. Come to this hallowed Site battleground for a symposium on San Jacinto, the battle that gave us Texas! In the morning, hear scholars discuss ordinary Texan and Mexican soldiers-- their arms, their battle tactics. After lunch, scholars lead tours of the battleground (tours optional). Teachers earn six CPE credits for the full day. Saturday, April 8, 2017. Visit http://www.sanjacintobattlegroundconservancy.org for details. Texas History 205 Kahoot! More than a Review Come learn deeper uses of this popular platform. Get students engaged and Carol Salva, Teacher Tool thinking at the highest levels of Bloom's Taxonomy! Spring Branch ISD Stratford High School Grades 6-12 Technology 206 Where the Rubber Hits the Tired of students just copying from the book or Google? Need a project that Susan Calvin, Teacher and Peggy Given, Road: Creative Note Taking includes student choice and differentiation? Try creative notes. In addition, we Teacher and Department Head will look at how to incorporate writing effectively in a social studies class Houston ISD Meyerland Performing and addressing the most challenging Grade 8 TEKS. You will walk away with Visual Arts Middle School activities you can incorporate tomorrow. Grades 6-12 Differentiation 207 Magnify Your Word Walls Explore interactive strategies to intensify your content. Participants will engage Alicia Ebbeler, Instructional Officer, in strategies to increase students' vocabulary comprehension through the use Social Studies, and Nichelle Pinkney, of word wall vocabulary cards and technology applications. Program Coordinator, Social Studies, K-5 English Language Learners Klein ISD

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