Missouri Council of the Social Studies Annual Conference

7:45am CST

Registration; Breakfast LobbyChaebong Nam • Thomas Herron • Kerri Flynn

8:30am CST

Meeting the Holocaust Education Mandate MatsunHelen Turner "We the Missourians: Diverse Changemakers" in Grade 3 History—Teaching Missouri’s Complexities and Cultivating Civic Agency through Civic Honesty CalhounChaebong Nam Crime Scene! Foster Student-Based Inquiry with a Primary Source Mystery AugustaKimberly Fudge People and the Environment: Hands-on World History, Geography, and Environmental Literacy RocheportBrian Keller

9:30am CST

Conference Welcome and Keynote Speaker WindsorLynne Jackson

10:40am CST

World Peace Through Geography Knowledge CalhounBob Reynolds The Process: A Legislative Process Simulation RocheportColby Crowder Using AI to Teach Traumatic History: Balancing Sensitivity and Depth in the Classroom AugustaBill Edney Aligning Best Practices in Writing and Source Analysis Across Social Studies and English Language Arts. MatsunBetty Roberts

11:30am CST

Lunch and Teacher of the Year Awards WindsorMCSS President Brian Keller and Past President Linnet Early

1:00pm CST

“DBQ-In-A-Day”: Incorporating Document-Based Skills and Strategies within Daily Instruction RocheportTyler Adams “I don’t have time for social studies!” Teaching Elementary U.S. History with new BRI resources CalhounLori Rech Martin Luther Sticks it to the Church MatsunBecky Harrold What Fires Together Wires Together: The Science of Simulations AugustaBill Norton

2:00pm CST

MO HiStory: Missouri History Through the Lives of Its Entrepreneurs CalhounGrant Black Armenian Genocide: Then and Still Today AugustaDerek Frieling Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher: Practical Strategies for Daily Lessons in Social Studies MatsunMatt Loomis Getting Nast-y with Political Cartoons in your classroom! RocheportLori Rech

3:00pm CST

Keynote Speaker: Brent Trout WindsorBrent Trout

4:00pm CST

Holocaust Composer Stories Screening Windsor

6:30pm CST

Trivia Night Sponsored by BRI WindsorDerek Frieling • Scott Petri • Bill of Rights Institute

8:15am CST

Registration; Breakfast WindsorKerri Flynn How Travel Develops Teachers: A Roundtable Discussion WindsorRhett Oldham

9:00am CST

Inquiry Through Time: Exploring History's Untold Narratives AugustaErin Conklin Personal Stories & Spatial Reasoning Help Students Develop a Sense of Historic Time CalhounRay Wicks African American History Taught Through Its Cemeteries RocheportJeff Smith The Holocaust by Bullets: A lesser known story of the Holocaust and the Personal Connection to my Husband’s Family MatsunBrooke Rich

10:00am CST

The Frontiers of Content and Pedagogy: Teaching with Primary Sources CalhounTina Ellsworth Flipping the script: Translating transnational funds of knowledge of Asian American and migrant youth into practices and implications for social studies teachers MatsunYeji Kim Teaching Indigenous Genocides RocheportKerri Flynn When Good Laws Go Bad: Unintended Consequences in History AugustaMike Kaiman

11:00am CST

Keynote Speaker: Jody Sowell and Closing Remarks WindsorJody Sowell • Thomas Herron