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Toolkit
Today's Social Studies…Creating Effective Citizens.That's what we do, and our task is essential to maintaining an effective democracy. However, not everyone understands this. When this message is...
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NCSS Advocacy Webinar: Cultivating a Civic Culture of Learning
April 22, 2015 - 5:45pm to 7:30pm EDTNCSS Advocacy Webinar: Cultivating a Civic Culture of LearningWeb Hutchins, the founder of Civics for All, will share how he is engaging students in local...
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Learn the Basics
Learn the Basics: Understanding AdvocacyOur goal is to create awareness of the fact that social studies teaches students to be effective citizens.To reach our goal, members must actively work to...
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Public Relations 101
The Basic ConceptsMessages about social studies are being delivered all the time—at youth sporting events, school functions, in the supermarket checkout line and at other community gathering places and...
View ArticleAdvocacy Planning: Your 10-Step Plan
There are many approaches to advocacy planning, but here is a 10-step process that will help assure success. A council or group of local teachers who want to move forward on this campaign should take...
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The Four Best School Advocacy Ideas
1. Key CommunicatorsAny area--state or community--has a group of opinion leaders, who are asked questions about any item of interest in that area whether it's about the price of gasoline or the value...
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Often, national stories on education will be covered by your local media, but remember, local reporters like to have a local angle!Whenever negative comments are delivered nationally, take the...
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Senate Passes ESEA
NCSS lobbyist Catriona Macdonald has informed us that Senator Peters’ amendment to allow parent engagement funds to also be used to support financial literacy activities was adopted by voice vote and...
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ESEA: What's Next for States - Recorded Webinar
AttachmentSizeESEA What's Next for States July 2015-Rev2.ppt1.08 MBNCSS Advocacy WebinarJuly 29, 2015 Keep up to date with legislative issues relating to social sutdies education by signing up for the...
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Urgent-House ESEA "Dear Colleague" Your Help Needed!
AttachmentSizeHouse 'Dear Colleague' letter e-communication110.67 KBText of the actual 'Dear Colleague' to ESEA Conferees36.59 KBThe US Senate Elementary & Secondary Education Act re-authorization...
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ESEA Reauthorization- Your Help Needed!
Will Congress Support Social Studies? Only if You Take Action Now!This is an important moment for the social studies profession. We need you to contact your Representative before September 11, 2015, to...
View ArticleMeeting with Your Congressional Representatives at their Home Office
Setting Up and Executing a Meeting with Your Congressional Representatives at their Home OfficeLearn about your Members of CongressBefore setting up your visit, make use of the helpful links below to...
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Social Studies in the Every Student Succeeds Act: Where do we go from here?...
What's in the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for Social Studies? View this webinar to find out in greater detail the social studies provisions included in ESSA and what we need to do next to...
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Advocacy for Social Studies
Be an Advocate for Social Studies EducationThere's no group better suited to be advocates for the social studies profession nor better equipped to communicate the importance of social studies education...
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How to be an Effective Advocate for Social StudiesNCSS Advocacy ToolkitIn this Tool Kit are numerous sample materials you can use to promote social studies education. An awareness campaign, works best...
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We Need Your Support to Include Funding for Social Studies in Federal Budget
Body: We were all thrilled when the Every Student Succeeds Act created multiple new competitive grants to support high quality instruction in civics, economics, geography and history. And we were...
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Media Matters: News Releases, Op-Eds, and Public Service Announcements
The news media play a major role in creating awareness of issues in communities across the country. This section presents some ways in which social studies educators can be more strategic with the news...
View ArticleA Special Message to Social Studies Teachers from Secretary John King, Jr.
U.S. Secretary of Education John King, Jr. speaks on the Significance of Social Studies to a Well Rounded EducationThe goal of National Council for the Social Studies is to ensure that all students...
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