This session will explore the new Missouri Holocaust Education Mandate which is required in public and charter schools for grades 6-12. The session will include an overview of effective teaching strategies, access to key resources such as survivor testimonies and historical materials, and time for educators to begin developing or refining their own Holocaust education plans. By the end of the workshop, attendees will be equipped to meet the mandate’s objectives with confidence.
This session explores the unique demands of social sciences versus ELA writing and the impact of unified instruction. Through best practices in writing and source analysis, educators will gain strategies and scaffolding techniques to elevate student writing, foster skill transfer, and build cross-disciplinary language for critical thinking and analytical expression.
Discover dynamic U.S. History resources enriched with primary sources, tailored for grades 3-5 and beyond. Immerse yourself in Bill of Rights Institute’s new elementary curriculum, exploring a lesson on the causes of the Civil War that fosters literacy and history. Gain practical strategies and ready-made lesson plans to reclaim valuable social studies time. This session equips teachers with tools for effective cross-curricular literacy instruction in upper elementary classrooms. Engage with BRI's innovative resources and participate in a lesson on the causes of the Civil War featuring text coding, primary sources, and informative paragraph writing.
Every elementary student in Missouri studies state history. Although popular Missouri textbooks include important information about the state's geography, institutions, explorers, politicians, and military heroes, little – if any – mention is made of the individuals whose entrepreneurial spirit led to the development of business and the growth of cities and towns throughout the state. The MO HiStory curriculum fills this gap by providing lessons based on age-appropriate biographies about 20 diverse entrepreneurial Missourians. Lessons include activities that apply skills in language arts, research, and critical thinking. Participants receive a free set of ready-to-use lessons to engage students.
In this session, participants will be introduced to numerous structured literacy practices that can be quickly and easily implemented in Social Studies classrooms in order to develop content knowledge, facilitate critical thinking, assess student achievement, and improve reading fluency and comprehension. Attendees will have multiple opportunities for deliberate practice, meaningful collaboration, productive discussion, and active learning.
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
