National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

Learn on your own schedule with the NCSS On Demand Video Library, available 24/7 to members here: hubs.li/Q041231w0 #futureteachers #professionaldevelopment

🖌️ Explore how colonial artists shaped revolutionary thought in next week's member-exclusive webinar, led by Catherine VanDyke and Anne Marie Millar Baker of @jyfmuseums! ➡️ Register now: hubs.li/Q044DRRH0 #America250 #edchat #professionallearning

"Learning about 9/11 helps students understand why things, like security, are the way they are today. I also want students to be inspired by the stories of victims and first responders who displayed great courage and compassion in the midst of a challenging emergency." 🌟 Learn more about Emily Gardner in this special issue of Social Studies and the Young Learner: hubs.li/Q046c4B80 #educator #appreciation

🇺🇸 How has the definition of citizenship changed over time? TOMORROW: Dive into primary documents and civic inquiry with experts Steve Armstrong and Allison Norrie. ➡️ Certificates available for live attendees: hubs.li/Q045Cclz0 #america250 #citizenship

Thank you to the @WCSS1 for having me at their annual conference today. I was honored to join @NCSSNetwork Executive Director Kelly McFarland Stratman for a panel moderated by 2023 Teacher of the Year Sarah Kopplin from Shorewood High School

Rho Kappa Scholarship Applications are due in ⚠️One Month ⚠️. Review the guidelines and submit here by April 17, 2026: hubs.li/Q0452WZk0 #socialstudies

🌍 Help students connect local issues to global economics. On April 14 (7 PM), leading scholars in political #economy and social studies education share how to teach trade, labor, supply chains, and financial systems with clarity and relevance. ➡️ Save your spot: hubs.li/Q043nN8x0 #econ #edchat

How do you help students connect America’s past to today’s civic challenges? Share your strategies at the NCSS Summer Virtual Conference. 📅 Submit your proposal by April 8: hubs.li/Q045MGXK0 #teachers #professionallearning

📖 Representation matters in every classroom! Join NCSS and @Simonschuster online for an Author Spotlight with Dr. Seema Yasmin: hubs.li/Q046Msgn0 #teaching #kidlit

NCSS President Elect Joe Schmidt with first-time attendees at the @CAsocialstudies Annual Conference today!

📣 NCSS invites its members to volunteer for an Operations Committee, Awards and Grant Selection Committee, or the Rho Kappa Advisory Council. ➡️ Details here: hubs.li/Q044TVR20

🇺🇸 One week away: join social studies educators online for America at 250: Promises, Paradoxes, and the Present: 'Who Counts as ‘We the People’? ➡️ Explore the Reconstruction Amendments, Suffrage, Civil Rights, and the evolving meaning of citizenship + gain ideas you can bring straight to your classroom: hubs.li/Q044ttzN0

Edited by @Sept11memorial, this special issue of Social Studies and the Young Learner equips elementary educators with developmentally appropriate, inquiry-based strategies for teaching 9/11 with care: hubs.li/Q046c5Pq0 #September11 #elementaryeducation

🎨 Two weeks to go! Explore how images like Paul Revere’s “The Bloody Massacre” galvanized colonial resistance: hubs.li/Q044tYWf0 #america250 #art #edutwitter

📣 Save the Date: hubs.li/Q0469zXK0 The NCSS Summer Leadership Institute heads to Washington, D.C., this July 13-15 for two and a half days of leadership and advocacy training. We will be visiting spaces you won't want to miss! #SLI2026

📰 This NEW issue of Social Education is on its way to your mailbox, and online now. Explore AI literacy, thoughtful technology use, and civil discourse: hubs.li/Q0469F1J0 #edtech #ailiteracy

It's #CivicLearningWeek! Join us as we energize the movement for civic education as a nationwide priority. Discover how you can get involved: hubs.li/Q04402B10

🧰 The NCSS Advocacy Toolkit is an educational resource and planning tool created and developed for non-profit educational and research purposes with the objective of advocating for social studies education: hubs.li/Q043CtTh0 #advocacy #socialstudies #education

Students and teachers, including NCSS Vice President David Kendrick, join Justice Sotomayor in a discussion about civic education and the Civic Learning Week 2026 theme Liberty and Learning: Civic Education at 250. Recording released and available for viewing beginning 8:00 AM ET on Wednesday, March 11: hubs.li/Q0469bk_0

“Our greatest asset is our network of educators…” NCSS Executive Director Kelly McFarland Stratman at the #CivicLearningWeek kick-off at the Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site in Philadelphia, PA. @NationalCLW