Strategies, Tips, and Tricks from Award Winning Teachers

• Engaging with Students by Focusing on "Why Does This Matter?" (Led by Chuck Taft - Award Winning Middle School Teacher)
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  • Resource List
  • Blueprint Document
  • Classroom Website
  • Blog Website
• Designed to Engage: Tools, Tricks, and Gamification (Led by Michael Matera - 6th Grade Teacher/Author/Keynote Speaker
• Using "Why Not" to Design Projects, Activities, and Lessons (Led by Nathan McAlister - 2010 National History Teacher of the Year)
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  • Additional Resources
    • Civil War Surgery Lesson
    • Modern Era Memorial Lesson
    • Technology of the 1920s Lesson
    • The American Civil War Lesson

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National Organizations with Online Resources

• Using ArcGIS with your Students (Led by Brandi LeRoy - Bangor High School)
• Using C-SPAN Resources in the Classroom (Led by Keith Mahoney Messalonskee MS & C-SPAN)
• Teaching Using iCivics (Led by Emma Humphries - iCivics)
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• Resources to Teach About World War I (Led by Kate Kennedy - George Stevens Academy & The WWI Museum)
  • Kate Kennedy - Presentation
  • WWI Museum - Presentation
• Online Resources to Teach About World War II (Led by Shane Gower - Maranacook Community HS & The WWII Museum)
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• Using National Geographic Online Resources for Teaching (Led by Sarah Bailey - South Portland HS & National Geographic Education)
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• Tell Your Story (Led by PBS NewsHour)
  • PBS NewsHour Presentation
  • Mid-Maine Technical Center/Dave Boardman Webpage
• Using the Library of Congress Online Resources (Led by the Library of Congress)
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• Using the Question Formulation Technique (Led by the Right Question Institute & Shane Gower - Maranacook Community HS)
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• A Book Share for Integrating Middle School Social Studies and Reading (Led by Crystal Polk - MSAD 58)
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Teacher Leaders Presentations

• The Art of Visual Storytelling (Led by Erin Towns - Edward Little High School & 2018 National Geographic Grosvenor Fellow)
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• Game Based Learning (Led Derek Carroll - SeDoMoCha MS)
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• Finding Reliable Sources on the Internet (Led by John Raby - Thornton Academy)
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Elementary Social Studies

• Helping Elementary Students Generate & Answer Questions (Led by Kim Heckart - National Award Winning Elementary Teacher)
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• Inquiry Based Social Studies in Elementary Classrooms: Distance Learning & Beyond (Led by Rebecca Valbuena - Award Winning Elementary Teacher & NCSS Board Member)
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  • Google Form Example Lesson
  • Cesar Chavez Class Meeting Lesson
• Elementary Social Studies - Panel Discussion with Teacher Leaders (Led Jennifer Bassett, Jenn Lagasse, Stacey McCluskey, Stephanie Nichols – Teacher Leader Series)
• No Tech & Interdisciplinary Elementary Choice Boards (Led Jenn Lagasse -Ellsworth Elementary)
• Bring the World into Your Elementary Classroom (Led by Pamela Marshall & Laura Waite - Teacher Leader Series)