101 Best Strategies for Teaching Social Studies (Grades 6-12)
How can we best reach and teach our 21st century social studies learners? How can we cover our required content, teach to standards and strengthen students' reading and writing skills? How can we best prepare our students for the future? And how can we integrate the most powerful and applicable new approaches in our field? For practical answers and solutions to these questions, join outstanding and innovative social studies teacher Christopher Lange as he presents 101 of the best,…
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How can we best reach and teach our 21st century social studies learners? How can we cover our required content, teach to standards and strengthen students' reading and writing skills? How can we best prepare our students for the future? And how can we integrate the most powerful and applicable new approaches in our field?
For practical answers and solutions to these questions, join outstanding and innovative social studies teacher Christopher Lange as he presents 101 of the best, classroom-tested strategies designed to greatly enhance your social studies program. If you want to increase your students' acquisition of content and social studies skills in highly engaging ways, this seminar is for you! Each of the strategies and techniques Chris shares can be easily implemented the very next day in your own program. These strategies can also easily be differentiated or scaffolded to meet the needs of your diverse learners.
Join Chris for a high energy, humorous, engaging day of 101 outstanding strategies to strengthen your grades 6-12 history/social studies program.
Unfortunately, the lessons and activities that worked for us years ago do not translate well for our 21st century students. Yet, it can feel like a massive challenge and undertaking to try to reinvent or rethink our curriculum and approaches in order to best engage our students. As social studies teachers we face many difficult tasks. How can we fit it all in? How can we maximize our effectiveness given the time that we have? And now in this current environment – how can we help catch up our students who have fallen behind?
My goal is to provide you with 101 of the best, proven strategies you can use immediately to greatly enhance activities, lessons, units, and your overall social studies program. I have personally used and tested all these strategies, ideas, processes, and approaches with my own students. In this seminar, I will share the best of what I found to be successful.
I designed this seminar expressly with the needs of history/social studies teachers in mind. Like me, you may have left past professional development sessions saying something like, "So they told me what I should be doing, but how do I actually do this in my classroom?" I guarantee, I will provide you with a wealth of great ideas and resources you can take home and apply the very next day in your program.
Each strategy, technique, website, app, and lesson idea that I share can be applied to any area of social studies content. You will be able to easily scaffold and adapt these strategies across varied student ability levels and a variety of circumstances. I want to help you with one of the most important issues in our field today – how we can best engage our students and help them be successful with the content. Please join me for a renewing, empowering day full of solutions and answers.
P.S. Be prepared for a thought-provoking and fast-paced learning day full of 101 outstanding strategies you can use immediately!
Extensive Digital Resource Handbook You will receive an extensive digital resource handbook specifically designed for this seminar. The handbook includes:
For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.
Share Ideas This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to share ideas with other educators interested in strengthening their history/social studies program.
Consultation Available Christopher Lange will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own program.
Semester Credit Option Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.
Meet Inservice Requirements Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.
What you'll learn
- 101 highly effective, practical strategies to strengthen your students' motivation and achievement in your history/social studies classroom
- Practical lessons, examples and strategies designed to greatly enhance your program, spark curiosity and increase students' acquisition and application of new content – no matter what social studies courses you teach
- Specific ways to build high-level student engagement and help catch up students who have fallen behind in reading and writing skills as you immerse students in your social studies curriculum
- Receive an extensive social studies digital resource handbook filled with 101 practical strategies, techniques and ideas that you can use immediately
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