List of 2012 Conference Sessions:
List of conference sessions (pdf)
As of 1/25/2012

“I can read it, but I don’t get it”: Integrating Literacy throughout the Social Studies Curriculum
1:1 Learning and the Social Studies Classroom
19th, 20th, and 21st Century Economic Crises
A New Way to Teach the New Standards
A Teacher’s Hands-On Guide to the European Union
Actively Engage Your Students in the Humanities with the NC Civic Education Consortium
African American History In Film
Batteries Not Included: Learning to Think with Dry Erase Ink
Bob the “Note” Builder: Can We Build It? Yes We Can!
Changing Perspectives: How travel abroad opened our eyes…
Children as Historians: Teaching Historical Thinking in the Elementary Grades
China: The Next Superpower?
Comparing Educational Systems: The US v. South Korea
Creating History Walks for Differentiated Instruction
Creating Self-Conscious Historians
Critical approaches in Civics
Deliberating in a Democracy – How to Teach Students to be Critical Readers, Thinkers & Speakers
Democratizing the DBQ: US and World Mini•Qs, Grades 4•12
De-mystifying the Middle Grades Social Studies Essential Standards
Differentiation for the Mixed Ability Classroom
Digital History in the Classroom: How LEARN NC can help connect your classroom to the Common Core and NC Essential Standards
Disrupting and Expanding the “Single Story” in Our Classrooms
Elementary Students Can Do Primary Source Research
Empower grades 4-12 students with a secure financial future using an active-learning, multidisciplinary unit
Engage Your Students with “Real World” Civics: The Civic Action Project
Engaging Students in NC’s African-American History
Essential Standards for Social Studies for Grades 3-5
Essential Standards for Social Studies for Grades 6-8
Finding the Economics in Cloudy with the Chance of Meatballs
Fostering Rich Content Knowledge among Middle Grades Learners Through Multimedia Projects
From “Bubbling In” to “Bubbling Over”: Two teachers’ odyssey into inquiry-based learning in the post-EOC era
Geocaching & Geography: Connecting Social Studies to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathmatics (STEM)
George Washington: Timeless Leadership
Getorix’s World and the Roman Republic: Using historical fiction to teach the lessons of history
Give your students a P.A.S.S!
History as Mystery: The Story of the H.L. Hunley
History’s Mysteries – Effectively Introducing and Incorporating Primary Sources
How Can the North Carolina Geographic Alliance better serve the needs of NC Teachers?
iCivics – Teaching Civics in a Digital Age through Games
Implementing the Common Core ELA/Literacy Standards in Social Studies Using Literary Nonfiction
Incorporating music into the high school Social Studies curriculum
Integrating Language Arts in the Social Studies Classroom
Introducing Students to Environmental Justice: A North Carolina Case Study
It’s A Disaster!: Teaching about Natural Disasters with materials from the NCSA
Journey to South America on the Giant Traveling Map!
Kremlinology in the Age of Social Media
Learn about George Washington through online primary sources
Lessons from SE Asia: Fulbright Hayes to Thailand and Vietnam, 2011
Long Vacation in a Tropical Paradise: $8,000 +, Mental Health Therapy: $100/hr, Time to Teach: Priceless
Making Connections: Integrating the Common Core Literacy Standards for History into your Classroom
Mock Trial Mania!
Money Habitutes: Understanding the Foundations of Personal Finance
More Than Just Voting: How to Engage Your Student in the 2012 Election and Beyond
NC Digital Collections & NCpedia: Free primary and secondary resources for educators & students
NCDPI Essential Standards Update
New Course at the NCEducation Portal: Grade 6 Social Studies Primary Artifact Questions (PAQs)
New Education Initiatives from Archives and History
New Strategies for Teaching the Great Depression
News addresses core values and core standards
News In Education, Use the Newspaper as a resource to meet your class objectives
Opening a Student Run Bank-Financial Literacy Skills
Psychology for Virgins: Content, Strategies, and Resources for teaching psychology to high school students
Pushing Past Picture Books: Teaching Social Studies through the Four Domains of Literacy
Quilting the Underground Railroad
Reading Strategies in the Content Areas!
Removing the Negative Nostalgia of Video Days: “You’re showing Avatar, The Wizard of Oz, Rocky IV in a US History Class?”
Research Made Simple! Helping Students in Grades 5-9 Master the Research Process with Individualized Prompts
SARASWATI’s WAY – Inspiration and Challenges of Writing a Book set in India
Social Studies and the Interactive Notebook
Social Studies Resources…No Textbook Necessary
Social Studies: The Blending Learning Approach
Student Journals: Building Content and Relationships
Supporting Rigor through Vocabulary Acquisition
Supporting Rigor through Vocabulary Acquisition
Teacher Action Research for Powerful Social Studies
Teaching about North Carolina American Indians through LEARN NC’s Online Curriculum Guide
Teaching Elementary Social Studies through Children’s Literature
Teaching the Middle East: A Region of Diversity
Teaching the Wilmington Race Riots
Teaching Using Free Social Studies Primary Sources from The Library of Congress
The Classroom Mini-Economy
The Core: Literacy, Leadership, and the 2012 Election
The First Japanese Embassy to the US: Focus on Diverse Perspectives Past and Present
The North Carolina Jewish Experience: An Immigration Story
The Secret of Successful Social Studies
The Standards are Unpacked, What Now?
The Stock Market Game
Tricks of the Trade V
Understanding Economics in Civics and Government
Using digital literacy to tell family stories prompted by family artifacts
Using Interdisciplinary Units and Learning Centers in Upper Elementary Classrooms to Address NC Essential Standards for Social Studies
Using Online Tools to Teach Psychology (or any other class)
Using Primary Sources to Teach the American Revolutionary Era
Voices of American Law: Exploring the Relevance of the US Supreme Court
Wake Them Up and Keep them Awake!
Was Abraham Lincoln a racist? Using Structured Academic Controversy to teach deliberation
Web 2.0 for the Social Studies Classroom
What can NCCSS do for You?
What Does the Lion King have to do with Government?
What Economics Is About: A Simple, Logical Approach to a Difficult Subject
What Personal Finance Is About: A Beginner’s Guide to Teaching Saving and Investing
What’s REALLY Essential About Social Studies?
Why Diversity is wrong: an exploration of genocide in world studies
Writing Literacy-Infused Social Studies Units: From University Classroom to Elementary Classroom