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Missouri Council of the Social Studies Annual Conference

Welcome to the 2025 Missouri Council of the Social Studies Conference

7:45am CST

Registration; Breakfast LobbyChaebong Nam • Kerri Flynn

8:00am CST

Vendor Showcase: Complete Card to Win - Prize Drawings on Saturday! Matsun

8:30am CST

Meeting the Holocaust Education Mandate AugustaHelen 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 WindsorKimberly 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

10:30am CST

Coffee Break and Refreshments TBAKerri Flynn

10:40am CST

Using AI to Teach Traumatic History: Balancing Sensitivity and Depth in the Classroom WindsorBill Edney Aligning Best Practices in Writing and Source Analysis Across Social Studies and English Language Arts. AugustaChloe Telle • Betty Roberts Teaching Indigenous Genocides RocheportKerri Flynn

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 AugustaLori Rech What Fires Together Wires Together: The Science of Simulations WindsorBill Norton Martin Luther Sticks it to the Church CalhounBecky Harrold

2:00pm CST

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

2:50pm CST

Coffee Break and Refreshments TBAKerri Flynn

3:00pm CST

Keynote Speaker: Brent Trout WindsorBrent Trout

4:00pm CST

Holocaust Composer Stories Screening Windsor

7:00pm CST

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

8:00am CST

Vendor Showcase: Collect Signatures, Win Prizes Saturday! Matsun

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 WindsorErin 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 AugustaBrooke Rich

10:00am CST

The Frontiers of Content and Pedagogy: Teaching with Primary Sources CalhounTina Ellsworth World Peace Through Geography Knowledge RocheportBob Reynolds When Good Laws Go Bad: Unintended Consequences in History WindsorMike Kaiman

10:45am CST

Coffee Break and Refreshments TBAKerri Flynn

11:00am CST

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