Registration for Best Practices in Social Studies Institute Closes May 10

Be sure and register for the 2016 Best Practices in Social Studies Institute, June 20-21 at the State Historical Museum in Des Moines. The Institute is entirely FREE to attend for any K-12 social studies teacher and license renewal credit will be available.

Some highlights of the Institute include:

• Overview of process for creating new draft Social Studies standards
• Statewide social studies professional development for elementary teachers on building literacy in social studies
• Teaching the Holocaust through Night. This session includes a Holocaust survivor.
• Using the Medal of Honor Foundation curriculum to teach using oral histories from Medal of Honor recipients. This includes all of their free curriculum.
• Technology integration sessions
• Great resources for teaching psychology
• Iowa history sessions such as Iowa Prisoner of War camps and the Underground Railroad in Iowa
• Economics resources from the Iowa Council on Economic Education
• Using State Historical Museum resources

View the at-a-glance schedule
Register here

For more information, contact Stefanie Rosenberg Wager with the Iowa Department of Education at (515) 725-7842.