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WCSS2019

WELCOME TO WCSS 19! Please check the WCSS Website for council news, information about WCSS mini-grants, upcoming PD opportunities, and more! Also, you can access all submitted presenter materials here. Enjoy your two days of social studies fun in Madison!

8:30am CDT

Unconference Networking and PlanningLIMITED AssemblyChuck Taft

9:00am CDT

Unconference Sessions VariousWCSS

10:00am CDT

Unconference Sessions VariousWCSS

11:00am CDT

REGISTRATION OPENS TBAWCSS

11:40am CDT

Welcome to WCSS Conference 2019 TBAWCSS

11:45am CDT

KEYNOTE BallroomMichael Matera

12:55pm CDT

Finding Time to Teach Social Science and Science in ElementaryLIMITED Room IIDavid R. Allen • Cory Nilsen Selecting your Badger State DelegatesLIMITED Room IIIJennifer Leahy • Mary Walz Why Does It Matter? Making Social Studies RelevantFULL A/BChuck Taft Tales, Chamberpots, and Historical Literacy . . . with a HistorianLIMITED Room IAnnette Laing The Korean War Legacy Project/World History Digital Education's extensive oral history digital interviews; digital archive of primary source artifacts; and C3 inquiry lesson plans.LIMITED Room IVMona Al-Hayani Civic Education: Participation in the Wisconsin State LegislatureLIMITED AssemblyDr. Tammy Wehrle Digitized Newspapers in the ClassroomLIMITED Senate AJenny Kalvaitis • Randi Ramsden • Senate A Socratic Seminars: How to Empower Students' Comprehension, Advocacy, and ActionLIMITED Senate BNancy Roncke

1:45pm CDT

OPEN TIME IN THE EXHIBIT HALL TBAWCSS

2:15pm CDT

Interdisciplinary Inquiry: Social Studies, Environmental Ed, and ScienceLIMITED Senate ADave Landers • Sandy Benton • Kelly Koller • Yun-Wen Chan • Peter Michaud Cultivate student voice and choice!LIMITED AssemblySarah Kopplin • Kristina Stridde • Krystle Thomas • Assembly Exploring Student-led DiscussionLIMITED Senate BJolene Luther

2:45pm CDT

Game On! Creating purposeful, powerful, and playful moments with learnersLIMITED A/BMichael Matera Digital Tools from the National Constitution CenterLIMITED C/DDavid Olson Leading Literacy in Social StudiesFILLING Room IVTrent Rasmussen • Joseph Pachal • Room IV Supporting the Shift to InquiryLIMITED Room IJeanette Baum Engaging English Language Learners in Social StudiesLIMITED Room IIBrad Vonck Belle Case la Follette, Wisconsin Women and the 100th Anniversary of the 19th AmendmentLIMITED Room IIIKate Van Haren

3:45pm CDT

Explore Writers Workshops in your Social Studies ClassLIMITED Room IVAshley Hahn Become an Educator Explorer with National Geographic CertificationLIMITED Senate BKelly Koller Religion and Politics in the Middle EastLIMITED Room IAndrew Askuvich Gaining the Mindset of an Explorer-Inquiry in the Social Studies ClassroomLIMITED C/DAngela O'Regan The Art of Shrinking your Psych Classes: Strategies for Content & IndividualizationLIMITED A/BElayna Clark Creative Projects in the Advanced (or any) ClassroomFILLING Room IIIAlisha Neinfeldt • Justin Glodowski • Room III PBS LearningMedia – The Gateway to America’s Most Trusted ClassroomLIMITED Senate AKristin Leglar • David Olson Access For All - Supporting Differentiation and Reading into Social StudiesLIMITED AssemblyJason Poirer The World History Lab: Possibilities for Document & Media AnalysisLIMITED Room IIJohn Kozlovich

4:35pm CDT

Wine and Cheese in the Exhibit Hall TBAWCSS

8:30pm CDT

WCSS PUB TRIVIA!LIMITED THE BAR

7:00am CDT

BREAKFAST TBAWCSS

8:00am CDT

KEYNOTE BallroomEric Larsen

9:10am CDT

Projects in Standards-Based GradingLIMITED C/DCawley Hubner • Courtney Milkent • C/D A Report Card for AmericaLIMITED Senate AJill Jones Investigating Social Studies Through InquiryFILLING Room IIDeborah Jones Wait you want me to think?!" Moving away from lecture to Inquiry-based Social Studies classroomFULL A/BLindsey Bernhardt • Sarah McLellan Ways of Knowing: Framing Inquiry in the Secondary ClassroomLIMITED Room IVicki Porior Interdisciplinarity & The Big History ProjectLIMITED Senate BMichael Weisensel Get Them Arguing!LIMITED Room IIIJoey Kovnesky The Final LessonLIMITED Room IVMichael Koren Mount Vernon Teacher InstituteLIMITED Room VRhonda Watton American Indian Studies in WisconsinLIMITED AssemblyDavid O'Connor

10:10am CDT

Game Changer: Learn Today, Engage Tomorrow!LIMITED A/BMichael Matera Civic Engagement in the Elementary School: A Voice for AllLIMITED Room IWanda Kern Free Global Resources from UW-Madison's Institute for Regional and International StudiesLIMITED Room IIINancy Heingartner Curriculum Renewal and Design for Social Studies, Sun Prairie's StoryLIMITED AssemblySamantha Moen • Tim Keal • Andrea Daniels • Jill Schmoldt • Rick Mueller Exploring History and Culture through GamesLIMITED Senate BJohn Jandrin Using Sports to Teach Social StudiesLIMITED Senate AJohn C Honish Blended Learning: How to Flip Your Social Studies ClassroomLIMITED Room VRyan Bailey Learning Beyond The ClassroomLIMITED Room IVBrittany Glad • Teri Rucinsky • Tanya Schmidt • Room IV Mettle & Honor, Wisconsin History Brought to LifeLIMITED C/DMark Concannon Incorporating the new Behavioral Sciences standards into any social studies classroomFILLING Room IIAndy Riechers

11:00am CDT

OPEN TIME IN THE EXHIBIT HALL TBAWCSS WCSS AWARDS AND LUNCH TBAWCSS

12:10pm CDT

Rho Kappa National Honors Society: Recognizing Student Success in Social StudiesLIMITED Room VIndia Meissel • Jenny Morgan • Room V Inquiry Based Learning in the Social Studies ClassroomFILLING A/BThomas Freesmeier Isn’t Inquiry Always Interdisciplinary?LIMITED Senate BJessica Leahy • Bizzy Schultz The Other C3 Framework: Custom Core ContentLIMITED Room IVMark Gallo Using Student Choice to Make the Most of Your ContentLIMITED Room IIIYedda Olson “Thinking Like a Historian:” Shaping Elementary Social Studies Instruction Around the New Inquiry StandardsLIMITED AssemblyConnie Michaud • Kevin J Podeweltz • Assembly No Text Book? No Problem! Create Your Own with Actively Learn!LIMITED C/DErin Patchak Using Primary Sources to Highlight Women in U.S. HistoryLIMITED Room IIChristine Kadonsky Using the 1880 Census Report to Learn about a Kansas Community on the Great PlainsLIMITED Room IScott Scheuerell "Dinner with the Past": Implementing the new standards into curriculumLIMITED Senate AJen Wachowski

1:10pm CDT

Teaching Economics in the 21st Century ClassroomLIMITED Senate AMichael Horne Replenish Your Social Studies ToolboxFULL A/BChuck Taft Bridging Two Worlds: Lodi High Schools Thailand Exchange and Distance Education ProgramsLIMITED Room IVJohn P. Fassbender • Mark C. Kohl • Room IV C3 for K-3! Develop Questions, Apply Tools, Evaluate Evidence and Take Informed Action in Elementary Social Studies!LIMITED AssemblyLa Keshia Neal It's a Girl - The Three Most Dangerous Word in the WorldLIMITED Room IIIMelissa Collum A Creative Curriculum for a Crowded WorldLIMITED C/DHoward Aprill Jo Wilder and the Capitol Case – A Wisconsin Historical Inquiry Adventure GameLIMITED Room IIKristin Leglar • Peter Michaud Simulations in Social StudiesFULL Room IKatie Bilotta A Virtual Visit to Thomas Jefferson's MonticelloLIMITED Room VLaura Cooper • Daniel Hoppe

2:15pm CDT

KEYNOTE BallroomMary Beth Tinker