Missouri Council of the Social Studies Annual Conference

Segregation isn't just about life--it's about death, too. Cemeteries offer insights into the role of Jim Crow in community history and a unique way to present that history. This content presentation discusses the "red-lining" of death and ways to present it to students.

This learning session shares a personal narrative of professional learning and sheds light on a lesser-known aspect of the Holocaust. Participants are encouraged to continue learning and exploring the history of World War II and the Holocaust. Lessons come from a conference I attended through Yahad In-Unum

Asian and Asian American students are the fastest-growing racial group in K–12 education. However, through their K-12 education, Asian and Asian American students have little opportunity to learn about the histories, cultures, and heritage of their communities. This workshop will share findings derived from the researcher’s youth participatory action research with Asian and Asian high school students and provide insights into ways to incorporate Asian and Asian American students’ transnational funds of knowledge in social studies classrooms. Attendees will learn ways to provide students with more rigorous, engaging, and hands-on learning about Asian American history, harnessing students’ transnational funds of knowledge.

Using a comparative lens, participants will examine aspects of North American Indigenous Genocide and the Armenian Genocide. Through exploration of primary and secondary sources, participants will analyze how these two cases have impacted survivors and descendants, and how ongoing denial contributes to continued ethnic cleansing and repression today.

Throughout history, legislation has been crafted with the intent of solving an economic, political or social problem. History courses usually focus on the intended effects of those policies. In this session teachers will share with students examples throughout history that unintended consequences are more consequential and, in an active learning lesson, conduct basic cost-benefit analysis of decisions government makes every day.