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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

Unconference Networking and Planning AssemblyLIMITEDChuck Taft

9:00am

Unconference Sessions VariousWCSS

10:00am

Unconference Sessions VariousWCSS

11:00am

REGISTRATION OPENS TBAWCSS

11:40am

Welcome to WCSS Conference 2019 TBAWCSS

11:45am

KEYNOTE BallroomMichael Matera

12:55pm

Finding Time to Teach Social Science and Science in Elementary Room IILIMITEDDavid R. Allen • Cory Nilsen Selecting your Badger State Delegates Room IIILIMITEDJennifer Leahy • Mary Walz Why Does It Matter? Making Social Studies Relevant A/BFULLChuck Taft Tales, Chamberpots, and Historical Literacy . . . with a Historian Room ILIMITEDDr. Annette Laing's Non-Boring History 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. Room IVLIMITEDMona Al-Hayani Civic Education: Participation in the Wisconsin State Legislature AssemblyLIMITEDDr. Tammy Wehrle Digitized Newspapers in the Classroom Senate ALIMITEDJenny Kalvaitis • Randi Ramsden • Senate A Socratic Seminars: How to Empower Students' Comprehension, Advocacy, and Action Senate BLIMITEDNancy Roncke

1:45pm

OPEN TIME IN THE EXHIBIT HALL TBAWCSS

2:15pm

Interdisciplinary Inquiry: Social Studies, Environmental Ed, and Science Senate ALIMITEDDave Landers • Sandy Benton • Kelly Koller • Yun-Wen Chan • Peter Michaud Cultivate student voice and choice! AssemblyLIMITEDSarah Kopplin • Kristina Stridde • Krystle Thomas • Assembly Exploring Student-led Discussion Senate BLIMITEDJolene Luther

2:45pm

Game On! Creating purposeful, powerful, and playful moments with learners A/BLIMITEDMichael Matera Digital Tools from the National Constitution Center C/DLIMITEDDavid Olson Leading Literacy in Social Studies Room IVFILLINGTrent Rasmussen • Joseph Pachal • Room IV Supporting the Shift to Inquiry Room ILIMITEDJeanette Baum Engaging English Language Learners in Social Studies Room IILIMITEDBrad Vonck Belle Case la Follette, Wisconsin Women and the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Room IIILIMITEDKate Van Haren

3:45pm

Explore Writers Workshops in your Social Studies Class Room IVLIMITEDAshley Hahn Become an Educator Explorer with National Geographic Certification Senate BLIMITEDKelly Koller Religion and Politics in the Middle East Room ILIMITEDAndrew Askuvich Gaining the Mindset of an Explorer-Inquiry in the Social Studies Classroom C/DLIMITEDAngela O'Regan The Art of Shrinking your Psych Classes: Strategies for Content & Individualization A/BLIMITEDElayna Clark Creative Projects in the Advanced (or any) Classroom Room IIIFILLINGAlisha Neinfeldt • Justin Glodowski • Room III PBS LearningMedia – The Gateway to America’s Most Trusted Classroom Senate ALIMITEDKristin Leglar • David Olson Access For All - Supporting Differentiation and Reading into Social Studies AssemblyLIMITEDJason Poirer The World History Lab: Possibilities for Document & Media Analysis Room IILIMITEDJohn Kozlovich

4:35pm

Wine and Cheese in the Exhibit Hall TBAWCSS

8:30pm

WCSS PUB TRIVIA! THE BARLIMITED

7:00am

BREAKFAST TBAWCSS

8:00am

KEYNOTE BallroomEric Larsen

9:10am

Projects in Standards-Based Grading C/DLIMITEDCawley Hubner • Courtney Milkent • C/D A Report Card for America Senate ALIMITEDJill Jones Investigating Social Studies Through Inquiry Room IIFILLINGDeborah Jones Wait you want me to think?!" Moving away from lecture to Inquiry-based Social Studies classroom A/BFULLLindsey Bernhardt • Sarah McLellan Ways of Knowing: Framing Inquiry in the Secondary Classroom Room ILIMITEDVicki Porior Interdisciplinarity & The Big History Project Senate BLIMITEDMichael Weisensel Get Them Arguing! Room IIILIMITEDJoey Kovnesky The Final Lesson Room IVLIMITEDMichael Koren Mount Vernon Teacher Institute Room VLIMITEDRhonda Watton American Indian Studies in Wisconsin AssemblyLIMITEDDavid O'Connor

10:10am

Game Changer: Learn Today, Engage Tomorrow! A/BLIMITEDMichael Matera Civic Engagement in the Elementary School: A Voice for All Room ILIMITEDWanda Kern Free Global Resources from UW-Madison's Institute for Regional and International Studies Room IIILIMITEDNancy Heingartner Curriculum Renewal and Design for Social Studies, Sun Prairie's Story AssemblyLIMITEDSamantha Moen • Tim Keal • Andrea Daniels • Jill Schmoldt • Rick Mueller Exploring History and Culture through Games Senate BLIMITEDJohn Jandrin Using Sports to Teach Social Studies Senate ALIMITEDJohn C Honish Blended Learning: How to Flip Your Social Studies Classroom Room VLIMITEDRyan Bailey Learning Beyond The Classroom Room IVLIMITEDBrittany Glad • Teri Rucinsky • Tanya Schmidt • Room IV Mettle & Honor, Wisconsin History Brought to Life C/DLIMITEDMark Concannon Incorporating the new Behavioral Sciences standards into any social studies classroom Room IIFILLINGAndy Riechers

11:00am

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

12:10pm

Rho Kappa National Honors Society: Recognizing Student Success in Social Studies Room VLIMITEDIndia Meissel • Jennifer Morgan • Room V Inquiry Based Learning in the Social Studies Classroom A/BFILLINGTom Freesmeier Isn’t Inquiry Always Interdisciplinary? Senate BLIMITEDJessica Leahy • Bizzy Schultz The Other C3 Framework: Custom Core Content Room IVLIMITEDMark Gallo Using Student Choice to Make the Most of Your Content Room IIILIMITEDYedda Olson “Thinking Like a Historian:” Shaping Elementary Social Studies Instruction Around the New Inquiry Standards AssemblyLIMITEDConnie Michaud • Kevin J Podeweltz • Assembly No Text Book? No Problem! Create Your Own with Actively Learn! C/DLIMITEDErin Patchak Using Primary Sources to Highlight Women in U.S. History Room IILIMITEDChristine Kadonsky Using the 1880 Census Report to Learn about a Kansas Community on the Great Plains Room ILIMITEDScott Scheuerell "Dinner with the Past": Implementing the new standards into curriculum Senate ALIMITEDJen Wachowski

1:10pm

Teaching Economics in the 21st Century Classroom Senate ALIMITEDMichael Horne Replenish Your Social Studies Toolbox A/BFULLChuck Taft Bridging Two Worlds: Lodi High Schools Thailand Exchange and Distance Education Programs Room IVLIMITEDJohn 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! AssemblyLIMITEDLa Keshia Neal It's a Girl - The Three Most Dangerous Word in the World Room IIILIMITEDMelissa Collum A Creative Curriculum for a Crowded World C/DLIMITEDHoward Aprill Jo Wilder and the Capitol Case – A Wisconsin Historical Inquiry Adventure Game Room IILIMITEDKristin Leglar • Peter Michaud Simulations in Social Studies Room IFULLKatie Bilotta A Virtual Visit to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Room VLIMITEDLaura Cooper • Daniel Hoppe

2:15pm

KEYNOTE BallroomMary Beth Tinker