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Social Studies in Action

Designing Rigorous Social Studies Instruction for Every Learner

Save the date for January 27, 2027, as the Social Studies Conference evolves into the Social Studies Symposium—a focused learning experience bringing educators together to strengthen rigorous Social Studies instruction for every learner.

Social Studies in Action will explore how intentional planning, compelling questions, authentic sources, disciplinary thinking, academic discourse, purposeful tasks, and meaningful assessment work together to deepen learning while maintaining grade-level rigor.

January 27, 2027
In Person
Region 4 McKinney Conference Center

SYMPOSIUM FOCUS

Five Ways to Deepen Student Thinking

Sessions will explore the design of rigorous learning experiences from purpose and inquiry to engagement, application, and assessment.

Lead the Thinking

Establishing Purpose, Rigor, and Disciplinary Thinking

Explore compelling questions, disciplinary thinking, cognitive demand, relevance, and purposeful connections between content and disciplinary practices.

Design the Inquiry

Building Rigorous Learning Through Questions, Sources, and Evidence

Examine how authentic sources, source analysis, question sequences, evidence-based reasoning, and rigorous tasks can strengthen inquiry.

Engage the Discipline

Putting Students at the Center of Social Studies Thinking

Explore academic discourse, collaborative inquiry, debate, deliberation, perspective-taking, writing to learn, and authentic civic engagement.

Extend the Thinking

Deepening Reasoning, Complexity, and Application

Consider multiple perspectives, authentic application, connections across time and disciplines, transfer, performance, and reflection.

Assess the Thinking

Measuring Disciplinary Understanding

Explore formative and authentic assessment, evidence of understanding, feedback, student reflection, and alignment to cognitive demand.


Call for Presenters

Share Strategies That Move Learning Forward

Are your students analyzing primary sources, debating historical decisions, or using evidence to defend their thinking? Maybe you've redesigned a lesson to move beyond memorization, found a better way to assess student understanding, or helped teachers bring more historical inquiry into their classrooms.

Those are the experiences we want you to share.

We're looking for social studies educators, instructional coaches, and leaders who can demonstrate how they help students investigate, question, reason, and engage with rigorous content. Whether it's a lesson, classroom routine, assessment approach, or coaching practice, your experience could help another educator tackle a similar challenge.

Submit a Presentation Proposal

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Designed for Educators and Leaders Across Social Studies

The symposium is designed for educators and leaders who support rigorous Social Studies learning across classrooms, campuses, and districts.

Teacher Teams Administrators Team Leads Social Studies Coordinators Instructional Coaches General Education Educators Special Education Educators Emergent Bilingual Support Staff Advanced & Gifted Educators

SAVE THE DATE

Social Studies in Action

January 27, 2027   |   Region 4 McKinney Conference Center

Registration is Open

$150

Reserve your seat

Event Details

Wednesday, January 27, 2027

Region 4 McKinney Conference Center
7200 Northwest Drive
Houston, TX 77092

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