Empower Critical Thinking and Informed Reasoning in Your Social Studies Curriculum with Primary Sources

Social studies and history curricula are about so much more than remembering the names, facts, and dates of popular historical events. The National Council for the Social Studies says the “primary purpose of social studies is to help young people develop the ability to make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world.” So, what tools can we as educators use to help them achieve that goal?

In this webinar, instructional designer Waneta Hebert and Andrew Gyory, Ph.D., editor in chief of Infobase’s Issues & Controversies and Issues & Controversies in History, will discuss the use of supplemental materials in the social studies curriculum—including (but not limited to!) primary sources and document-based questions (DBQs)—to help students become better critical thinkers and thoughtful, educated citizens.

You will learn:

• Research-based strategies to support the development of civic-minded students.
• Ways to use DBQs in social studies classrooms and beyond.
• How supplemental materials, such as primary sources, can:
  • Engage students with the power of choice.
  • Empower students to explore their interests.
  • Elevate struggling students with additional support.
  • Extend high-achieving students to new heights.

Register at: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/119282046684680028

Can’t attend? Register now, and you’ll be emailed a recording of the webinar, after the live session ends, to view at your convenience!

Time of webinar is in Eastern Time (ET).

About Waneta Hebert:
Waneta Hebert is an instructional designer and lecturer with a Bachelor of Science in Education from Kent State University, a Master of Education from the University of Houston, and she is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Education at Sam Houston State University. She started her career as a public-school English teacher before transitioning to higher education. With experience on all sides of instruction—as the designer, the instructor, and the student—Waneta is an expert in course design and instructional technology in K–12 through higher education, online, face-to-face, and nearly everything in between.