California Council for the Social Studies 58th Annual Conference: Full Schedule

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

10:00am PDT

Educating All Children for a Sustainable World

Limited Capacity filling up

Turn today's global challenges into thought-provoking lessons with hands-on activities that explore world population growth, natural resource use, climate change and social justice. Participate in role-playing, concept mapping and other experiential formats that engage all kinds of learners. Receive electronic versions of lesson plans matched to the new California History-Social Science Framework.

Sessions

Maggie Beddow, Ph.D.

Professor, CSU Sacramento College of Education

Maggie Beddow is a Professor of Education at California State University, Sacramento where she has taught numerous courses on social studies methods, bilingual education and English learners. She was the former director of ISPAS (International Studies Project at Sacramento) - a California... Read More →

EunMi Cho

Sacramento State University, California State University, Sacramento

EunMi Cho is a Professor of Education at the California State University, Sacramento. She is Mild to Mod Ed Specialist Credential Program and Placement Coordinator with 36 years of teaching experiences, including H-SS method course. EunMi earned her doctorate degree on Multicultural... Read More →

Friday March 15, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
San Juan Room Doubletree by Hilton, 2050 Gateway Place, San Jose, CA 95110

Environmental Literacy, Middle School

11:00am PDT

PORTS - California State Parks Innovative Digital Suite for K-12 Education

Limited Capacity seats available

The Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students (PORTS) Distance Learning Program. PORTS programs provide real-time videoconferencing opportunities for educators and their students from parks throughout the state, reaching over 50,000 students every school year. With programs spanning cultural and natural history , including our newest programs on CA Missions from La Purisima Mission and El Presidio de Santa Barbara.

Sessions

Brad Krey

PORTS Program Manager, California State Parks

Since the last century, Brad has been exploring new ways to tell the stories of California’s diverse and complex natural and cultural history. As a statewide program manager in the Interpretation and Education Division of California State Parks, he is currently managing the award-winning... Read More →

Friday March 15, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Santa Clara Room Doubletree by Hilton, 2050 Gateway Place, San Jose, CA 95110

Environmental Literacy, Elementary

1:00pm PDT

Environmental Cooperation as a Path to Peace in the Middle East

Limited Capacity seats available

In this presentation, experience and apply relevant instructional strategies around environmental challenges in the Middle East that are being addressed through peaceful transboundary collaboration and the introduction of new technologies. Explore those challenges, particularly around water resources, and the ways that Israelis, Jordanians, and Palestinians are cooperating to meet them.

Sessions

Dori Gerber

Trainer & Educator, Institute for Curriculum Services

Dori Gerber, M.Ed., is the Southern Region Trainer and Educator for the Institute for Curriculum Services (ICS). On behlaf of ICS, Dori presents at conferences and conducts curriculum trainings in the Southern states and serves as a local resource for teachers and school districts... Read More →

Friday March 15, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Fir Room Doubletree by Hilton, 2050 Gateway Place, San Jose, CA 95110

Environmental Literacy, High School

1:00pm PDT

What is Environmental Literacy & Why Does it Matter in HSS?

Limited Capacity seats available

California’s new HSS Framework integrates the state’s Environmental Principles and Concepts into curriculum guidelines. This session is designed to provide teachers of all grade levels with the tools, strategies, and teacher resources to begin or deepen classroom investigations related to the role of the environment in history-social science instruction. Classroom-application activity and grade-band discussions will round-out the presentation.

Sessions

Shelley Brooks

California History-Social Science Project

Friday March 15, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
San Juan Room Doubletree by Hilton, 2050 Gateway Place, San Jose, CA 95110

Environmental Literacy, General Audience

11:00am PDT

Communicating Climate Change in the Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Climate change is a human-caused problem that requires human solutions - solutions that involve economics, politics, and other social-science disciplines. Learn research-based framing techniques that will help you and your students understand what is happening, how it is different from historical climate change, and how civic engagement can lead to solutions.

Sessions

Kathy Schulz

Kathy Schulz has over 20 years experience as a formal and non-formal educator. Throughout her career she has focused on interpreting how people influence natural systems, and vice versa. In 2016, Kathy was selected to participate in a National Network for Ocean and Climate Change... Read More →

Saturday March 16, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Carmel Room Doubletree by Hilton, 2050 Gateway Place, San Jose, CA 95110

Environmental Literacy, High School