You can find us at the virtual conferences for NCTE and NCSS this week! We're giving away swag, hosting PD sessions and chatting on Zoom!
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November 18, 2021
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** Dear John,
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We’re excited to attend the virtual conferences for NCSS and NCTE this week! Although we can’t meet you in person, we’ll be hosting PD sessions and meeting with educators at our virtual booths, where you can chat with our staff and learn more about our resources and professional learning opportunities.
We’ll be giving tours of our website and answering questions about our resources via Zoom. Check out our booth schedules and more information—including a special giveaway—for NCTE ([link removed]) and for NCSS ([link removed]) . We hope you’ll also stop by our sessions to explore how you can use our Teaching Hard History resources in your classroom!
Here’s where to find us this week:
NCTE
Stop by the Learning for Justice virtual booth Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and attend our PD sessions:
Thursday, November 18 | 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. ET
Using Social Justice Questions to Analyze Text
Support students’ critical thinking and social emotional learning by writing questions using Learning for Justice’s Social Justice Standards. Learn how to create and implement questions that analyze identity, diversity, justice and action in texts and that work to build and sustain classroom environments that honor diversity, equity and justice.
Friday, November 19 | 4:15 - 5:30 ET
Critical Reading for Teaching Honest History
Critical reading can help students analyze and resist dominant narratives. Learn how to center equity and justice in your literacy classroom by using strategies to amplify the perspectives of people from minoritized groups. In this session, work with Learning for Justice to explore the honest history of American enslavement through critical reading and questioning.
NCSS
Stop by the Learning for Justice virtual booth Friday, Saturday and Sunday and attend our PD sessions:
Saturday, November 20 | 9:00 - 9:45 a.m. ET
Sunday, November 21 | 11:30 - 12:15 a.m. ET
Teaching Honest History Through Critical Inquiry ([link removed])
Critical inquiry can help students reckon with the legacy of racism in the United States, especially when discussing the history of American enslavement. Learn how to center equity and justice in your social studies classroom by using critical reading and questioning strategies to amplify the perspectives of people from minoritized groups. In this session, work with Learning for Justice to explore the honest history of American enslavement.
We hope to see you there!
Jalaya Liles Dunn
Director, Learning for Justice
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