11th Annual Region 4 Social Studies Conference January 27, 2018
December 15, 2017
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2 General Conference Informa on • Twi er #R4SocialStudiesMa ers: Join the conversa on online using Twi er hashtag #R4SocialStudiesMa ers, and share your thoughts on the conference with fellow a endees! • To be considered for G/T Update Credit, you must a end the session “Social and Emo onal Needs of Gi ed/Talented Students,” off ered at 10:05 and 2:25 in Room 203. In order to accurately document appropriate G/T hours, par cipants will use the G/T Credit Documenta on Form, only given to teachers who a end the required session. This form is designed so that par cipants will record the other conference sessions they a end and write jus fi ca ons about the sessions’ connec ons to the State Goal. Districts will make a fi nal decision as to whether or not they will award G/T credit for individual teachers who complete and submit this form to their districts. • Lunch will be served in our kitchen area. Form a line down the hall beside 100 D-F, and enter the door at the end of the hall on your right. Pick up your lunch and drink and exit to 100 A-F, where you can sit and eat. Today's lunch is from Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q. • Door prizes will be awarded throughout the day and posted at the Region 4 booth in the Vendor Hall, Room 101. Check to see if you have won a prize and pick it up there. • Please return your evalua on sheet a er Breakout Session #5 either to your presenter or to our Region 4 staff as you exit the building. We truly appreciate your feedback and use it for future conferences. • Cer fi cate informa on: To obtain your Cer fi cate of a endance at this conference, see page 24.
3 11th Annual Region 4 Social Studies Conference Social Studies MaƩ ers
We are glad you are here and trust you will benefi t from the conference. Expect to take away fresh ideas, strategies, and applica ons that will both challenge tradi onal paradigms and give you mul ple tools for reaching all children.
If you have any ques ons or concerns, please stop by the Sign-in Booth, and we will do our best to help you!
Thank you for coming and enjoy your day with us!
The Social Studies Team Reading/Language Arts and Social Studies SoluƟ ons
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Time of First Choice Second Choice Session Sign-in: Sign-in Booth 7:30-8:30 Vendors: 101 Introduc ons, Announcements: 100 A-F 8:30-8:45
8:55-9:55
10:05-11:05
11:15-12:15
Lunch: Room 100 A-F 12:15-1:15 Vendors and Door Prizes: 101
1:15-2:15
2:25-3:25
3:25 Return Evalua on Sheets
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Door Prizes! Visit the Vendor Hall in Room 101 to check for door prize winners! The list will be at the Region 4 booth; pick up your prize there!
8 Vendors Thank you to our vendors! Visit these booths in Room 101 throughout the day.
Special Thanks to our Conference Sponsor:
Academic Partnerships - UTA
Cengage
Perfection Learning
Region 4
The Sikh Coalition
Sirius Solutions
Studies Weekly
TAGE
9 1100 1111 Breakout Sessions
8:55-9:55 The Na onal Atlas of Korea: Comprehensive Edi on – Great Online Cha ng it Up in Social Studies Resources for K-12 Geography Get expert training on student-centered The free online Na onal Atlas of Korea: ac vi es to achieve total par cipa on. Learn Comprehensive Edi on, published (Spring, and prac ce fi ve diff erent instruc onal 2018) specifi cally for secondary level strategies that are fun and easy to implement, geography, is a great resource for teachers of including ac vi es using reading passages Advanced Placement Human Geography, social that encourage all students to read, write, and studies, environmental, and climate change share. Join us to get your students cha ng it topics. Maps, graphs, sta s cs, expert map up in Social Studies! interpreta ons, and spa al thinking ques ons Celaina Huckeba, Paula Taylor, and Cris shall be presented. Rodenberg, Instruc onal Coaches Gregory Chu, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Katy ISD Independent Scholar Grades 6–12 Diff eren a on Room 102 AP Human Geography, WG Room 113A Breakout to Unlock Student Engagement Escape the Geography Classroom Want students to experience engagement Bring the excitement of the escape room into at a whole new level? Then this breakout the classroom! Challenge your kids to review session is for you! Par cipants will use their geography skills by comple ng an escape cri cal thinking, collabora on, problem room style review game. solving and communica on to engage in Kris n Escobar, Teacher, Cypress Woods High a content rich breakout ac vity, and learn School, Cypress Fairbanks ISD how to incorporate them. Par cipants will World Geography Room 113B be provided access to all resources for easy implementa on. Social Studies Strategy Salad: Recipes for Sharon Thorne-Green, J.D., and Kevin Student Engagement LaFolle , Instruc onal Coaches This session will cover integra on strategies Katy ISD and strategies for student engagement. Grades 6-12 Room 103 Come and create a blueprint for compressing objec ves and making social studies ac vi es Review like a Champion cap va ng and relevant for all your students. Learn strategies for crea ng digital forma ve Claudia Morales-Nolasco, assessments including games, blind learning, Doctoral Student, Former Elementary and compe ve stages. These tools can Teacher, and Special Educa on Program provide be er challenges to diff erent Specialist academic levels. Grades K-5 Technology Room 201 Andrew Terrell, Teacher, Aldine ISD and Lone Star College and Kim Borten, Teacher, Aldine ISD Grades 6–12 Technology Room 106 1122 Riddikulus! Turn the Scariest Subjects into The History of Racism In America and Child's Play How to Talk About It This session is for middle school teachers who Par cipants will view several movie clips from know NOTHING about economics or business. the feature documentary, "The Uncomfortable Give us 50 minutes and we’ll give you a new Truth" by award-winning fi lmmaker, author, perspec ve. No higher math or graphs - just and son of Civil Rights Icon Joan Trumpauer logic, ac vi es, compe on, mischievousness, Mulholland. Par cipants will be guided and context. We’ve made it easy and fun to through discussion and refl ec on on inherent teach rigorous economics to your kids. Make bias and racism from years past to present day. magic in your classroom! Loki Mulholland, Founder and John Foster, President, Execu ve Director, Entrepreneurial Arts The Joan Trumpauer Mullholland Founda on Grades 6-12 Economics Room 202 U.S. History, Cultural Relevancy Room 205 Darwin Shuffl e and Other Dances Crime Scene Inves ga on This session will teach history through Engage middle school students deeply in movement. Students learn in diff erent ways, primary source analysis, with a crime scene and these ac vi es connect U.S. History twist! In this workshop we will address key (Gilded through WWI) with dance. Dance your TEKS from both ELA/SS standards in a highly way through history and have fun. engaging, crime scene, primary source analysis Brian Walenta, Ph.D., Teacher, experience. Take away a full lesson that can be Robert E. Lee High School, Goose Creek ISD applied to Texas and American History. U.S. History Assessments Room 203 Jason Ihlenfeld, Sales Representa ve, Nystrom Crea vity Collabora on in Social Studies Grades 7-8 Diff eren a on Room 206 What do 21st Century Employers want? Crea ve Collabora ve Go Ge ers! How Got 99 TEKS but a PBL Ain't One: can we use that to our advantage in Social STEMifying History Studies? In this session we will be sharing and Educators will have the opportunity to prac cing ideas on how to use technology to par cipate in a hands-on PBL process from encourage collabora on in your classroom start to fi nish. They will create a sample STEM that is produc ve and crea ve for students. PBL lesson, and be provided with a handout of We will go from Lesson Planning to designing the step-by-step PBL process. experiences for our students to explore and Jarrauri Curry, Social Studies Instruc onal ac vely take a role in their learning! Specialist, Olle Middle School, Alief ISD Megan Pucke , Teacher, Grades 6-12 Diff eren a on Room 207 Bridgeland High School , Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Grades 6-12, G/T, Technology Room 204
1133 10:05-11:05 like historians, engage in debate, and write evidence-based arguments. Keith Hyndshaw and Tyler Adams, **Required for Op onal Partnerships and Professional Development, G/T Update Credit** The DBQ Project Social and Emo onal Needs of Gi ed/ Grades K-5 Diff eren a on Room 103 Talented Students Gi ed students may have intense feelings and Automa c TEKS Breakout Tracking in the sensi vi es that can aff ect their social growth Live Social Studies Classroom and academic achievement. Explore some All Exploros OER Texas Middle School Social of these feelings and sensi vi es as well as Studies Curriculum is now TEKS-mapped strategies that can increase gi ed students’ at the TEKS Breakout level. This means awareness of their social development and that as students engage using their social assist them in the classroom. media skills in Social Studies learning, and as Kathi Langford, Educa on Specialist, teachers teach using our 5E Model learning Region 4 Advanced Academics Solu ons experiences, student performance against the Grades K-12 G/T Students Room 203 TEKS is automa cally tracked. Learn how we can automa cally track TEKS Breakout-level engagement for your district or campus, on a Special Session per student basis. Julie Carter, Ed.D., What Makes Students Tick? Discover Professional Learning Coordinator, the Five Facets of Mo va on That Drive Exploros, GreyEd Solu ons Student Engagement Grade 8 Hands-On Technology Room 106 Engaged students are learning students. A Assessments combina on of student mo va on and instruc onal design, engagement is an “Where Will They Go?” essen al ingredient for student achievement. Take a journey to the Maldives in this Google Learn the fi ve facets of student mo va on Earth lesson. Explore the country’s physical that drive students to act. Walk away with features and human geography. It’s paradise several teaching strategies that can be easily but maybe not for long. We will search for a implemented to harness student mo va on real life solu on to the current problem facing and increase engagement. this island na on namely, where will they Aaron Daff ern, Educa on Consultant, go when the Indian Ocean swallows up their Aaron Daff ern Consul ng land? Bring your cri cal thinking skills and your Grades K-5 Room 102 geographic knowledge. Tammy-Lee Koonce, Social Studies Specialist, Klein High School, Klein ISD Do You DBQ? It's Elementary! Chris na Richards, Teacher/Team Lead, Using engaging ques ons and a variety of Langham Creek High School, Klein ISD sources, The DBQ Project was created to World Geography Room 113A help students read with understanding, think Technology straight, and write clearly. Come discover strategies for breaking down a DBQ so that younger learners can learn how to think
1144 Teaching GIS through Zombies Know Your Rights Having trouble interes ng your students in The Know Your Rights Session will focus GIS? Try teaching it using a Zombie a ack! on providing resources and informa on Students will have to survive a zombie to educators who work with the La no a ack by selec ng map layers to help them community. Learn about the roles of successfully navigate through an infected town educators as advocates and as allies for to retrieve supplies. undocumented students. This session will be Kirs n Escobar, Teacher, Cypress Woods High open to educators and specialists in all grade School, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD levels. World Geography Room 113B Michelle Tovar Garcia, Associate Director Diff eren a on of Educa on, Spanish Outreach and La n American Ini a ves, Do Students "Own" It? Building Student Holocaust Musuem Houston Ownership of Learning K-12 English Learners Room 204 Interested in fostering authen c student- centered lessons that empower your students Tragedy Transformed: Transla ng to be responsible for their own learning? the Events of Hurricane Harvey into Then this session is for you! Explore the Teachable Moments use of teacher check-off points, student What is the impact of a tragedy on the people, self-assessments, and profi ciency scales to who live through it, especially students? give your students the tools to set personal Par cipants will view various successful 9/11 learning goals and determine when they "own" projects including a 2017 Na onal Award a topic. Winner and learn strategies that will allow Debra Carr, Teacher, Creekside Intermediate, Clear Creek ISD them to re-create these projects with any eye Grades 6–12 Diff eren a on Room 201 to using Hurricane Harvey as a local theme. Stephen Shedden, Dean of Students and Michael Weininger, Teacher, Bearden Middle Elementary Entrepreneurs School, Knox County Schools, Tennessee Explore ideas to help students learn business, U.S. History Diff eren a on Room 205 job, and life skills while making money for Social Studies Showdown: A Plethora of their classrooms or campuses. Learn how Technology Resources for Your Classes. to help, students prac ce academic skills in Swing by to learn how to integrate technology math, reading, wri ng, and verbal skills using a into your social studies classrooms. Tips, unique hands on approach. Sally Mayberry, Sales Representa ve, tricks, and share outs will provide teachers Elementary Entrepreneurs with immediate takeaways for your K-12 Grades 3-5 Economics Room 202 lesson planning. No educa onal technology experience necessary. Suzanne Acord, Ph.D., Advanced Placement Social Studies Curriculum Specialist, Houston ISD Grades 6-12 Technology Room 206
1155 10:05-11:05 ac vi es and thought-provoking resources provided by Mission Dolores State Historic Site. Professional Juggling Act: Teaching with Brooke Bonorden, Educator/Interpreter, and 5Es over World Cultures Mick Haven, Site Manager, 5Es over World Cultures is a series of Texas State Historical Commission conceptually designed instruc onal lessons Texas History Room 103 that are seamlessly aligned to the Texas Essen al Knowledge Skills (TEKS). Come Building a Be er Class with Google learn how to incorporate the 5E Model Classroom into your World Cultures classroom, as well In this presenta on, par cipants will be able as experience research-based, student- to see the use of a Google Product called centered ready to use model lessons that are Google Classroom. The presenta on will be scaff olded to maximize your students learning geared to working with Google Classroom and experiences. its many applica ons in the educa on se ng. LaTonya Amboree, Educa on Specialist, Michael McNeil, Technology Instruc onal Region 4 Social Studies Solu ons Specialist, Galena Park High School, Galena Grade 6 World Cultures Room 207 Park ISD and Keith Nolte, Teacher, Hardin Intermediate School, Hardin ISD Grades 6–12 Hands-On Technology Room 106 11:15-12:15 Maximizing Student Data Self-Refl ec on Hands-on Human Geography in the 21st How do you build student ownership in test Century analysis? In this session par cipants will u lize Discover hands-on ac vi es that build global Google Forms and Sheets to develop student awareness on popula on dynamics, land use exam analysis to facilitate student driven pa erns, and environmental impacts while review and individual student conferencing. cul va ng cri cal thinking and problem- Par cipants will receive templates and solving skills, communica on, and crea vity. formulas to personalize their own data Receive electronic lesson plans for World collec on tools. Geography and AP Human Geography, all Kerry Flanagan, 5-8 District Social Studies matched to the TEKS. Specialist, and Jessica Janota, 9-12 District Paul Nagel, Ph.D., Teacher, Social Studies Specialist, Pasadena ISD Hempstead High School, Hempstead ISD Grades 6-12 Diff eren a on Room 102 Texas History Room 113A
Mission Accomplished! Engaging Students Popula on Pyramids' Hidden Stories in Spanish Colonial History Come discover the stories that popula on Nearly 300 years ago, Spanish priests built pyramids tell. Par cipants will explore Catholic missions on the eastern fron er of pyramids of diff erent countries and mes to Texas to expand their cultural infl uence and territorial grasp. Immerse students in the main ideas of the mission story with exci ng
1166 determine the past and present issues, and on their hands? The response by some is what the future holds for these countries. "give them another assignment." The G/T Tammy Koonce, Social Studies Specialist, student doesn't need "MORE" work; they Klein High School, Klein ISD, and Robert need "DIFFERENT" work that mo vates and Cooms, Re red Teacher, FOG Board Member challenges them. In this session, par cipants World Geography Diff eren a on Room 113B will explore ways to meet the needs of these learners by providing "Diff erent, Not More." Nothing Ma ers, I Am Just a Kid! Debra Woolley, Social Studies Instruc onal Poverty: does this aff ect our students? Do Coach/Advanced Academics, Hempstead ISD, my students have role models? Do you no ce and Brenda Jackson, Teacher, Spillane Middle how you provide opportuni es yet students School, Cypress Fairbanks ISD are hesitant to accept them? Learn about Grades 6-12 G/T Room 203 strategies to help students overcome their most diffi cult obstacles in life. Ishmael Muhammad, Execu ve Director Danish Rescue and The Universe of and Teacher, and Gail Ward, Founder and Obliga on Assistant Principal, Brain Power Today Using children's literature, par cipants will Grades 6–12 Cultural Relevancy Room 201 learn the history of rescue in Denmark during the Holocaust. They will learn instruc onal strategies to teach the concepts of Infuse Fun and Interac on into Your responsibility, empathy and ac ve ci zenship Economics Class! to their students. MoneyCamp is an interac ve program that Wendy Warren, Senior Associate Director of infuses fun and interac on into your fi nancial Educa on, Holocaust Museum Houston literacy classes! It begins with a human-sized, Grades K-5 Diff eren a on Room 204 board game called Road To College Success that prepares high school students for college The Words That Ma er: Speeches in life. Players walk around the board managing American History money and discussing "risky" scenarios that Use famous speeches from notable historical could arise on a college campus. With more fi gures to understand and appreciate the fun tools like: "Budget Mania", "Let's Do a events and dynamics of the 20th century Deal", "Busy Banking", and "Savings & Giving" American experiences. Learn strategies to you'll teach personal fi nancial literacy in a fun, perform close readings and deep analysis of prac cal way. Schools can purchase the en re speeches. Designed for APUSH. program for your school. For more info visit Gary Loss, Educa on Specialist, h p://winmds.com/workshops. Region 4 Language Arts Solu ons Deborah McClean, Owner, WIN Mul media U.S. History, G/T Room 205 Designs, LLC. Grades 6–12 Economics, PFL Room 202 Take Back Your Teaching Time! Are you running your classroom or is your classroom running you? In one hour, walk Diff erent, Not More for the Gi ed/ away with eff ec ve management techniques, Talented Student not gimmicks, that you can use on Monday! Have you ever given an assignment to your Lisa Farrow, Teacher/Educa onal Consultant/ class and many of the G/T students fi nished Associate, Time to Teach their work rather quickly and have me Grades K-5 Room 206 1177 11:15-12:15 Examining Social Studies Concepts and Content Through Text Circles Envisioning History: Landscapes Using informa onal text, teachers will Par cipants will engage in art integra on par cipate in structured conversa ons strategies while analyzing landscape pieces, designed to engage even struggling readers par cularly of movement aligned with TEKS. and ELLS in the skills necessary for the 21st Classroom ready materials will be provided. century. Listening is also a focus of this Robin Sabo and Shara Appanai s, session and teachers will discover ways to Coordinators, Clear Creek ISD increase the skill of listening during student Grades 6-12, G/T Room 207 conversa ons. Ian Olmstead, Teacher Development Specialist, Houston ISD Grades 6–12 Literacy Room 102 12:15-1:15 Lunch and Vendors WWII Teacher Boot Camp Par cipants explore new and engaging Visit the Vendors in Room 101. strategies for immersing their students in Check the Region 4 booth for door prizes. resources from history's greatest confl ict. Teachers will take away access to new digital resources and a free resource kit full of standards-based lessons and student-centered 1:15-2:15 ac vi es at the end of the session. James Duncan, Teacher, **Required for Op onal Morton Ranch High School, Katy ISD G/T Update Credit** U.S. History, World History Room 103 Social and Emo onal Needs of Gi ed/ Talented Students Increasing Student Achievement through Gi ed students may have intense feelings and Engagement and Collabora on in the sensi vi es that can aff ect their social growth Social Studies Classroom and academic achievement. Explore some This session dives into a hands-on experience of these feelings and sensi vi es as well as with the free, digital and interac ve Exploros strategies that can increase gi ed students’ lessons, giving every par cipant access to awareness of their social development and their own account and the complete 5E model assist them in the classroom. curriculum for Texas History. Learn how STAAR Kathi Langford, Educa on Specialist, test scores grew 24% by engaging students Region 4 Advanced Academics Solu ons in ac vi es that support the social learning Grades K-12 G/T Students Room 203 environment of the classroom, fostering
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1188 greater collabora on and engagement in a and skills to increase students' academic digital teaching and learning experience. vocabulary. Julie Carter, Ed.D., Professional Learning Clayton Minor, Instruc onal Coach, Coordinator, Exploros Princeton ISD Grade 7 Statewide Assessment Room 106 Grade 8 Statewide Assessment Room 201 Simula ons for Real Life Experiences Join us in experiencing two simula ons: one Integra ng Social Studies and ELAR: involving urbaniza on push/pull factors, and Cri cal Thinking Makes the Diff erence! the other about European Union dynamics In this highly interac ve workshop, including the Syrian crisis. Simula ons are fun, par cipants will learn and prac ce strategies engaging, and thought-provoking experiences for integra ng Social Studies and ELAR with an that cap vate the mind and hearts of our emphasis on using cri cal thinking skills when students. reading and responding to non-fi c on texts. John Tracy, Teacher, Memorial Parkway Workshop materials will be provided so that Junior High, Katy ISD, and Tammy-Lee Koonce, teachers can easily integrate these strategies Social Studies Specialist, Klein High School, into classroom use. Klein ISD Kathryne Stewart, Ed.D. and Stephanie World Geography Diff eren a on Room 113A Bridges, Curriculum Specialists, Pearson Educa on The Power of Maps Grades K-5 Cross-Curriculum Room 202 In this session, par cipants from all grade levels (K-12, GT, AP) explore the power of maps to teach social studies content and skills. Giddy Up Cowboy – Explore the World Par cipants will be guided through numerous Whoa Sliver, what is over there? Children’s classroom-ready ac vi es using Google Earth literature provides a way to teach geographic and ArcGIS Online. Bring your digital device to concepts that form the founda on of learning. use during this session. Learn exci ng, hands-on, ac ve lessons to Jeff Lash, Ph.D., Associate Professor of explore the world. In this interac ve session Geography, University of Houston-Clear Lake for elementary students, learn how to explore K-12 World Geography, G/T Room 113B the world with literature. Paul Nagel, Ph.D., Teacher, Hempstead High School, Hempstead ISD Above and Beyond Strategies for the 8th Grades K-5 Geography Room 204 Grade Social Studies STAAR Test Strategies will be presented that are proven to raise STAAR test scores by 20%. Learn how to eff ec vely engage students using each minute of the instruc onal period. Prac cal methods that can be taken back to the classroom will be presented including interac ve journals
1199 1:15-2:15 2:25-3:25 S mula ng Simula ons Consume, Cri que, Create—Authen c Experience history through simula ons. Learn Wri ng in Social Studies how to fully engage you classes in self-created Engage in the "Consume, Cri que, Create" simula ons. Bring your own digital devices to process that allows students to use their own create your own simula on during this session. unique voice to write in Social Studies to show Alyssa Amshoff , Teacher, mastery of content. Examples of authen c Hall Center for Educa on wri ng opportuni es include public service Grades 6-12 Technology Room 205 announcements, obituaries, persuasive le ers, elevator speeches, found poems, and many Sikhism 101 more. Par cipants will leave with ready-to-use This session will provide an introduc on to materials. the world's fi h largest religion. Come fi nd Jamie Filipow and Tamara Dean, Teacher out about Sikhism and explore resources Development Specialists, Houston ISD which can be used within the social studies Grades 6-12 Literacy Room 102 curriculum to learn about this community. The presenters will be delivering this session via I Have Google: Now What! distance technology. In this presenta on, par cipants will be able Pritpal Kaur Ahuwalia, Ph.D. to see the advantages of using Google and the Director of Educa on, Kaur Founda on many resources that it off ers. The presenters Grades 6–12 Diff eren a on Room 206 will go over the diff erent products that Google has and how it can benefi t the classroom. Michael McNeil, Technology Instruc on Engage and Mo vate All Students with Specialist, Galena Park High School, Galena Diff eren ated Instruc on Park ISD and Debbie Lowry, Teacher, Hardin You will experience proven teaching strategies Intermediate School, Hardin ISD that can work with all subjects and grade Grades 6-12 Technology Room 103 levels. You will learn diff eren ated prac ces designed to promote posi ve feelings, Using Edmodo to Become Paperless a en on and interest, connectedness and Are you interested in becoming a paperless relevancy, and self-effi cacy in students. The classroom, or Primary Learning Community methods learned in this session are easily (PLC)? Come and learn about Edmodo, a applied to any lesson and, through increased great tool that can turn your classroom into a engagement and student mo va on, will paperless learning community! raise student interest and decrease off -task Walter Childs, Teacher/Team Leader/ behaviors. Assistant Principal Intern, and Michelle Aaron Daff ern, Educa on Consultant, Bowman, Teacher and Team Leader, Aaron Daff ern Consul ng Bejamin O. Davis Senior High School, Grades 6–12 Diff eren a on Room 207 Aldine ISD Grades 6–12 Technology, G/T Room 106
2200 4 Complete Lessons in 60 Minutes Great Brains on Fire! A endees will be ac vely engaged in 4, ready- Brain Power Today will shake your nerves and to-take lessons including a new take on short ignite your brain, too much si ng without videos, using QR Codes in the BYOD classroom, movement will make all insane! High energy, analyzing graphics, and a sequencing mystery. mo va ng ac vi es by the Brain Power Today Learning is fun! team will share strategies for "SUCCESS." Tammy Koonce, Social Studies Specialist, Gail Ward, Founder and Assistant Principal, Klein High School, Klein ISD and Robert and Ishmael Muhammad, Execu ve Director Comms, Re red Teacher, FOG Board Member and Teacher, Brain Power Today World Geography Technology Room 113A Grades 6-12 Room 202
How Can We Team Teach for Global Ci zenship? The Mystery of History: Strategies that Teach about global challenges to the planet Promote Historical Thinking and human well-being by approaching topics Join us to solve the mystery of historical through the lens of science, social studies, thinking skills. Explore mul ple instruc onal math, and language arts. Engage in theme- strategies that can be used to teach the based hands-on ac vi es that address diff erent historical thinking skills. Par cipants popula on growth, land use, climate change, will get to experience hands-on ac vi es that and social equity issues. Receive electronic are easy to adapt for their own content and lesson plan matched to the TEKS. designed to engage. BYOD (Bring your own Anita Lewis, Teacher, Westbrook digital device to use in this session.) Intermediate School, Clear Creek ISD Meagan Evans, Cinco Ranch High School, World Geography Room 113B and Emmily Ellio , Paetow High School, Cross-Curriculum Instruc onal Coaches for Social Studies, Katy ISD Grades 6-12, G/T Room 203 Helping Students Use What They Know and Logical Reasoning to Answer STAAR Test Items About 50% of the STAAR Grade 8 Social Be Proac ve, Not Reac ve: The 411 on Studies and the STAAR U.S. History test Special Educa on and Social Studies items include a s mulus—such as a quote, Accommoda ons and modifi ca ons got you photo, illustra on, or graphic organizer. Learn down? S ll a bit confused on the alphabet strategies to help students make use of the soup of Special Educa on? Well, look no clues presented in these test items, and apply further than this session! We will focus on logical reasoning to eliminate wrong answer sample accommoda ons and modifi ca ons, choices. Instruc on and prac ce using STAAR quick bites on a successful co-teaching test items with a s mulus is the most effi cient rela onship, and easy and free online tools way to improve students' STAAR test scores. that can be included in any lesson (e.g., Quizizz Andrew Roberts, President, and Newsela)! Sirius Educa on Solu ons Monica Loas, Instruc onal Technology Grades 8, U.S. History Assessment Room 201 Specialist, Aldine ISD K-5, Special Educa on, Technology Room 204
2211 2:25-3:25 Content-Rich Skits for the History Classroom Texas History Digital Resources Discover unique, content-rich, and humorous Do you ever fi nd yourself in need of a last history skits that may help your reluctant minute lesson plan? Experience digital learners to become more interested in resource integra on in your classroom with history class! Session par cipants will be TEKS-aligned classroom ac vi es and methods led in exci ng role-plays to show what this for teachers and students. Allow us to simplify experience might be like for students. Recent your search for Texas history resources. research will be provided suppor ng the use Esther Rivera, Digital Educa on Program of role-play and dialogue as learning tools for Manager, and Mary Katherine Marshall, K-12 any student group. Sample skits from Texas, Educa on Program Manager, U.S., and World History will be available for Texas State Historical Associa on session par cipants to take home. Grades 6–12 Technology Room 205 Sheryl Saeed, Ed.D., Teacher, Sheldon Early College High School, aNd Michael Rushing, Teacher, C.E. King High School, Sheldon ISD I Wanna Be In Your Social Studies Grades 6-12 History Courses Room 207 Classroom! Diff eren a on Want to get your kids up, moving, and engaged in Social Studies? This session is all about that! We will be looking at third, fourth, and fi h grade ac vi es that get your kids passionate about Social Studies all through hands-on, engaging ac vi es, and projects. Aspen Cooper and MaryLou Zeiders, Teachers, Pa son Elementary, Katy ISD Grades K-5 Diff eren a on Room 206
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Win a Free Registra on for the 12th Annual Region 4 Social Studies Conference Saturday, February 2, 2019 Several people have won a free seat to our conference by compe ng in and winning our Conference Theme Contest. If you want to enter the contest for next year’s conference theme, send your ideas to: [email protected].
Deadline: May 11, 2018 Conference themes should be unique and refl ect broad ideas. Previous Conference Themes: • Preparing 21st Century Citizens for Global Leadership • Building Relationships through the Social Studies • Thinking Outside the Book: Innovation in Social Studies Education • See a World of Possibilities: Focusing on the Social Studies • Reaching for the Stars • Navigating the Power of Student Learning in Social Studies • A Global Perspective through a Local Lens • The Past: Building Blocks for the Future • Refl ecting on the Past through Today's Lens
• Social Studies Matters
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