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90th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference
Vistas, Visions, and Voices

November 12 – 14, 2010
Colorado Convention Center
Denver, Colorado

NCSS members (and non-members who join or renew with registration) can save $20 off the pre-registration rate for regular registration until June 30.

Online Registration: http://www.socialstudies.org/conference?utm_source=NCSS+Upcoming+Events+and+Offers&utm_campaign=1df49af4e3-June2010ConferenceEmail6_10_2010&utm_medium=email

The NCSS Annual Conference will address the challenges that social studies teachers face every day, including:

1. dealing with diverse learning style
2. teaching students of varying abilities
3. making time for social studies instruction
4. engaging and motivating students
5. connecting social studies to other disciplines
6. balancing state testing and student understanding
7. utilizing technology in the classroom

Confirmed speakers include:

· Hugh Ambrose, Historian and Author of The Pacific
· Tom Daccord, Co-Director of the Center for Teaching History with Technology

· Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Author of On the Shoulders of Giants

· Da Chen, Author of Colors of the Mountain

· Kenneth Davis, Author of Don't Know Much About History

· Patty Limerick, Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of the Center of the American West and Professor of History at University of Colorado at Boulder

· Adam Schrager, Political Reporter for KUSA-TV in Denver and Author

· Maya Soetoro-Ng, Education Specialist at the East West Center

· Sam Wineburg, Director of the Standford University History Education Group

· Philip Zimbardo, Psychologist and Author