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Thank you to our current list of Exhibitors!
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Company/Organization Name |
Website |
Brief description of the services, products, or resources that your company or organization provides for social studies. |
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Social Studies School Service Lunch sponsor, Thank you! |
www.socialstudies.com |
Social Studies School Service is a K-12 publisher of social studies core and supplemental resources that are inquiry based, and engaging. Our products encourage critical thinking inside and outside the classroom. |
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African American Museum of Iowa |
https://blackiowa.org/ |
The African American Museum of Iowa is a statewide museum dedicated to preserving, exhibiting, and teaching Iowa’s African American history. |
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Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics |
https://cattcenter.iastate.edu/ |
The Catt Center’s mission is to interest, educate, and engage citizens in the political process. The center’s programs blend the resources and scholarship of the academic environment with the experiences of practitioners in the field. |
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Department of Political Science, University of Iowa |
https://politicalscience.uiowa.edu/undergraduate |
The Political Science Department at the Univeresity of Iowa offers majors in Political Science and International Relations. |
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Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center |
https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/ |
The mission of Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is expressed in our founding principle: Remember the Past, Transform the Future. The Museum is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Holocaust by honoring the memories of those who were. |
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Inquired LLC |
https://www.inquired.org/elementary-social-studies-curriculum/iowa |
Inquiry Journeys, inquirED’s elementary social studies curriculum, was created by teachers to move social studies curriculum beyond the textbook, engaging students and supporting teachers in inquiry-based social studies. |
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Iowa Secretary of State |
https://sos.iowa.gov/ |
The Iowa Secretary of State’s Office oversees elections and business services for the State of Iowa. The office offers Elections 101, a free lesson plan for teachers to use in their classrooms. |
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Mackin |
https://home.mackin.com/ |
Mackin provides K – 12 educational materials from 18,000 publishers and over 3.5 million printed and 3 million digital titles. From MackinVIA, Mackin’s free digital content management system, to Makerspace, Classroom, and Professional Learning division, Macklin has resources for everyone! |
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McGraw Hill |
mheducation.com |
McGraw Hill is a leading global education company that partners with millions of educators, learners, and professionals around the world, that builds trusted content, flexible tools, and powerful digital platforms. |
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Northwestern College Graduate School |
https://www.nwciowa.edu/online |
Northwestern College’s graduate school and adult learning division offers exceptional online graduate education degrees and certificate programs including an M.Ed. and Graduate Certificate in Teaching History programs. |
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Savvas |
www.Savvas.com |
We design next-generation K-12 learning solutions. Our award-winning, standards-aligned programs leverage the power of adaptive learning and advanced technology to deliver immersive, personalized, and engaging content. |
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Sphere Education Initiatives |
https://www.sphere-ed.org/ |
Sphere Education Initiatives supports grades 5-12 educators with the knowledge, experience, professional development, and viewpoint diverse resources to equip our country’s students to engage in civil discourse on the most pressing issues. |
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State Historical Society of Iowa |
https://history.iowa.gov/history |
Since 1857, the State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) has had the dual mission of preservation and education. SHSI offers an array of education materials for K-12 educators connected to Iowa Core Standards, including Primary Source Sets, Read Iowa History, Goldie's History Kits, Read.Inquire.Write. as well as National History Day. |
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Upper Iowa University |
https://uiu.edu/ |
Upper Iowa University offers undergraduate and graduate programs in education, history, and related fields. |
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WorldStrides |
https://worldstrides.com/ |
Experience powerful moments through educational student travel and experiential learning. |
Exhibitor registration: https://iowasocialstudies.org/event-5314000
Participant registration: https://iowasocialstudies.org/event-5313860
2023 ICSS Conference
The 2023 ICSS Fall Conference, "Standing Up for Social Studies" is scheduled for Monday, October 16th at the Graduate Hotel in Iowa City. Subthemes for the conference include: Developing questions and planning inquiries, Assessing for learning, Evaluating sources and using evidence, Communicating conclusions and taking informed action, Integrating Technology for the Social Studies classroom and Thinking like a... (Economist, Historian, Political Scientist, Geographer...)
There has never been a better time to attend the ICSS Conference. Come get inspired and get ideas to help your students gain the skills they need to create a future in which they want to grow old. ICSS is ready to support you with standards implementation, resources, strategies, technologies, camaraderie and motivation to crush social studies instruction this year. ICSS Conference offers powerful PD sessions by teachers for teachers in every level and every discipline. Join social studies teachers across the state and learn about a wealth of topics and teaching strategies.
Questions? Contact ICSS at icssonline@gmail.com.
Keynote Speaker: Tim Smyth
Bio -
Tim Smyth is a high school social studies educator of more than 20 years who travels the country giving professional development on the power of teaching with comics. Tim has been a part of a global online comics in education program through the US State Department, uniting students through pop culture and shared experiences. He has been published by many outlets sharing his experiences in the classroom and also shares many of his resources on his website, TeachingWithComics.com. In July 0f 2022, his first book was published from Routledge - Teaching With Comics and Graphic Novels. Additionally, he works with publishers, such as Scholastic, MacMillan, and PBS to create teacher guides and curriculum. In his work with educators, Smyth has also facilitated coursework through the University of Pennsylvania Graduate Studies program, using his book as the core text. Tim is a true comics in education evangelist, knowing the importance of this medium as his own three nerdy kids have come to love all things literacy through comics.
Description of book -
This text will allow you to harness students’ love of comics and graphic novels while increasing critical thinking and engagement in the classroom. Author Tim Smyth offers a wide variety of lessons and ideas for using comics to teach close reading, working with textual/visual evidence, literature adaptations, symbolism and culture, sequencing, essay writing, and more. He also models how to use comics to tackle tough topics and enhance social-emotional learning. Throughout the book, you’ll find a multitude of practical resources, including a variety of lesson plans—some quick and easy activities as well as more detailed ready-to-use unit plans. These thoughtful lessons meet the Common Core State Standards and are easy to adapt for any subject area or grade level to fit into your curriculum. Add this book to your professional library and you’ll have a new and exciting way of reaching and teaching your students!
Description of break-out session
Comics and graphic novels serve as powerful tools for student engagement and literacy across all levels and subjects. This high interest medium is embraced by students even beyond the traditional superhero stories that should not be overlooked by educators. These stories emotionally involve our students and allow them to literally see themselves in the pages, but also to gain windows into the lives of others. Tim will showcase the power of comics to develop annotation and literacy skills, to help students understand the reflection of history in pop culture as artifact, and much more. Specific lesson plans, tied to Common Core and 21st Century learning, will be shared that can be used in all classrooms the very next day. This presentation will include tips on obtaining classroom comic resources, information on online comics teacher communities, and common core connections to help win over those unfamiliar with this medium to what we already know - that comics open doors to powerful learning.
Learn more about Tim: History Comics