Virginia Council for the Social Studies
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"Virginia on the Move!"
November 1-2, 2013 at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center|Roanoke, VA
The annual conference offers sessions for every K-12 teacher – from those beginning their professional career to seasoned veterans. Both content and pedagogical sessions are available for all levels; all of the strands represented can offer a revolution in learning for students and teachers!
Our agenda is packed with new, exciting, and informative presentations. In order to understand "Virginia on the Move" there will be content specialists offering in-depth sessions in geography, citizenship, contemporary Virginia history, and Advanced Placement United States History and World History. Enjoy the many historic and entertaining sites in charming Roanoke, Virginia.
Conference Evaluation
Please use this link to complete an evaluation after each break-out session you attend. The same link is used for all break-out sessions. This link will remain available for one week after the conference. Completion of evaluations helps the VCSS Conference Planning Committee to enrich our experience for 2014.
Congratulations to Katie Blomquist!
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, History and Preserve America today recognized Fairfax County educator Katie Blomquist as the 2013 Virginia History Teacher of the Year. Blomquist teaches at Sunrise Valley Elementary School in Fairfax County. VDOE history specialist Betsy Barton presented the award today during a ceremony at the school where Blomquist has taught for six years. Blomquist, a fourth-grade Virginia Studies teacher, has served as the Social Studies lead then cluster lead teacher since 2006.
In 2012, she was honored as the Virginia Council for the Social Studies Teacher of the Year and was featured in a video highlighting the Fairfax County School Board’s achievement goals. "Katie Blomquist demonstrates her love of history by actively engaging her students in the learning process through the use of primary sources, historic documents and stories of the past,” Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia I. Wright said. “In her artifact-filled classroom, she promotes a deeper understanding of the past through high-level questioning, animated discussions and creative activities.”
You can read more here, at the Fairfax Times.
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ONLINE COURSE
Want to learn more about the Constitution, but you cannot travel to Orange, Virginia? Take our free online Constitutional Foundations course and immerse yourself into the language of the Constitution focusing on what the Constitution says about Congress, the President, the Supreme Court, States, Ratification and Amendment, and People. Each module will challenge you with a Constitutional Question and will provide you with an historical and theoretical overview and our Constitutional Conversation video series.
Visit: http://learn.montpelier.org/
Go to www.holocaustcommision.org and click, "GO," on the Amazon link, and a percentage of your purchases will automatically be donated to the Holocaust Commission, at no additional charge to you.
ONLINE COURSE
Want to learn more about the Constitution, but you cannot travel to Orange, Virginia? Take our free online Constitutional Foundations course and immerse yourself into the language of the Constitution focusing on what the Constitution says about Congress, the President, the Supreme Court, States, Ratification and Amendment, and People. Each module will challenge you with a Constitutional Question and will provide you with an historical and theoretical overview and our Constitutional Conversation video series.
Visit: http://learn.montpelier.org/
