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California Council for the Social Studies 58th Annual Conference

Welcome to the 58th Annual California Council for the Social Studies Conference

Courtney Konopacky

San Ramon Valley Unified School District
Stone Valley Middle School

Courtney Konopacky has taught 8th grade core at Stone Valley Middle School in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District since 2003. She currently leads the district’s middle school cohort working with the new California History-Social Studies Framework. She created and designed a district-wide “repository” online that provides tools and resources to teachers so that they can build and tailor a history curriculum that incorporates inquiry, increases engagement, and instills relevance.

8:50am

Keynote Speaker - “Technology? Yes! But How, and How Much?” Cedar RoomLIMITEDJudge Paul Bernal

10:00am

Teaching CA: Bringing the Archives into the Classroom (U.S. High School) San Simeon RoomFULLBeth Slutsky • Frances Kaplan Featured Speaker - "Applying Science to Archaeology: Tracking Hannibal With Technology, New Methods for an Old Story" Cedar RoomLIMITEDDr. Patrick Hunt

11:00am

Book Talk - Michael Lella - Beneath A Scarlett Sky Carmel RoomLIMITEDMichael Lella

12:00pm

Become a Nat Geo Certified Educator San Simeon RoomFILLINGBrenda Barr

1:00pm

The Big History Project: Tools and Strategies for Improving Writing in History San Carlos RoomFULLDamian Pawlowski Synchronize department writing standards so colleagues believe and students achieve! Carmel RoomLIMITEDArt Horner • Andy Brennan

2:00pm

Visualize Historical Inquiry with Engaging Tools & Protocols Carmel RoomFILLINGLiz Ramos

3:00pm

California HSS-Frameworks 101: Integrating Technology and Tradition in Content, Literacy, Inquiry, Citizenship Santa Clara RoomFILLINGDr. Chad Mabery Using Progress and Decline to understand Westward Expansion San Carlos RoomFILLINGEmily Richards • Mary Robillard

4:00pm

Plan, Assess, Teach, Inquiry and Historical Thinking in YOUR CLASSROOM Oak RoomFILLINGLindsey Heule • Emily Richards What's New with the State: CDE History–Social Science Projects Cedar RoomLIMITEDJanet Mann • Kenneth McDonald

8:00am

Not Your Grandfather’s History Class: Shaping Your History Curriculum Thematically San Martin RoomFULLCourtney Konopacky • Melinda Daly

10:00am

Teacher Reflections on Implementing the H-SS Framework - A Roundtable Discussion Oak RoomLIMITEDDevin Hess

11:00am

Skills Based Assessment in History/Social Science San Juan RoomFULLRob Vicario • Adam Wemmer Teaching CA: Bringing the Archives into the Classroom-World History Grades 6,7,10 San Simeon RoomFULLShennan Hutton • Shelley Brooks

12:00pm

It's About People: Building Perspectives & Empathy in the Social Studies Classroom Fir RoomLIMITEDMeg Honey

1:00pm

Prove What You Know: Alternative Assessments in HSS Classrooms San Simeon RoomFULLKatharine Cortes • Stephanie Kugler TAKE A STAND!: ADDRESSING CHALLENGING TOPICS AND CREATING A CULTURE OF INCLUSION Fir RoomLIMITEDMeg Honey

2:00pm

The Hand that Holds the Pen Writes History: Teaching Inquiry through Historiography San Carlos RoomFILLINGAnne Olson • Whitney Olson

3:00pm

Content, Literacy, Inquiry, Citizenship: A project to help the HSS Framework CLIC Oak RoomLIMITEDCharley Gilmore • Michelle Herczog • Frank Pisi Using PBS LearningMedia Digital Platform to Teach the WWII Japanese American Incarceration San Simeon RoomFULLKaren Korematsu