Focus on strengthening how sources are selected, used, and taught. Participants will explore strategies for helping teachers move beyond surface-level source activities, and primary source work that confirms pre-taught narratives towards using sources as evidence, perspective, and tools for reasoning. Emphasis will be placed on improving opportunities for student analysis and argumentation.
Building on the content and sources from this era’s Content Session, experienced classroom educators will lead a hands-on workshop exploring inquiry-based, standards-aligned instructional approaches and classroom applications for teaching this era.
Examine how revolutions, imperial expansion, and social change unfolded across Latin America, the Ottoman Empire, and South Asia, highlighting the diverse experiences of people living through this transformative era.
Examine how formative tasks can be used to build and monitor disciplinary thinking throughout a unit. Participants will learn how to give feedback on and refine formative activities that make student reasoning visible, and support instructional adjustment in real time.
Building on the content and sources from this era’s Content Session, experienced classroom educators will lead a hands-on workshop exploring inquiry-based, standards-aligned instructional approaches and classroom applications for teaching Era Five B.
Explore how global conflict, migration, and war reshaped societies during the twentieth century, examining experiences across the Pacific, Europe, and East Asia.
Explore what authentic learning in social studies truly means. Participants will analyze how tasks can reflect real disciplinary practices, meaningful problems, and genuine applications of learning. This session will distinguish between projects that seem fun and deep engagement with authentic intellectual work.
Building on the content and sources from this era’s Content Session, experienced classroom educators will lead a hands-on workshop exploring inquiry-based, standards-aligned instructional approaches and classroom applications for teaching this era
Join us for the 2027 Project Citizen Student Showcase, where student teams from across Minnesota will share their civic engagement projects with educators, community members, and judges.
Investigate how decolonization, political change, and global movements reshaped societies after World War II, with a focus on Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
Building on the content and sources from this era’s Content Session, experienced classroom educators will lead a hands-on workshop exploring inquiry-based, standards-aligned instructional approaches and classroom applications for teaching this era.
Reflect on this year’s learning and plan for sustained improvement. Participants will consider how to embed disciplinary literacy, task quality, observation practices and coaching structures into long-term district systems. This session will focus on maintain instructional quality over time and supporting ongoing growth.