Great Plains Social Studies

Council
2019 Workshop

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 SCHEDULE
7:45-8:10 Registration
Browse Vendor Tables
2nd Floor of Minard Hall

8:10-8:20 Opening Remarks

Minard 230

8:20-9:00 First Breakout Session

9:05-9:45 Second Breakout Session

9:50-10:30 Third Breakout Session

10:35-11:15 Fourth Breakout Session

11:20-12:00 Fifth Breakout Session

12:05-12:30 Concluding Remarks

Door Prizes
Minard 230

12:35-1:00 Professional Development Credit

Meeting
Minard 230
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BREAKOUT SESSION ONE

Changing Hearts and Minds: Kate Selby Wilder Campaigning for Suffrage
Dr. Ann W. Braaten
Minard 212

Kate Selby Wilder traveled North Dakota in 1914 stumping for passage of the
amendment that would grant non-American Indian women in North Dakota
full suffrage rights. Wilder, a suffragist, prohibitionist, and clubwoman in Fargo,
regularly campaigned for women’s voting rights under the auspices of the
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Working tirelessly on issues
regardless of whether they related directly or indirectly to temperance, Wilder
personifies the connection between woman suffrage and the “Do-Everything”
policy of the WCTU. Her experience in the suffrage campaign gave Wilder
confidence in her ability to serve in an elected position, becoming the first
woman in North Dakota to hold city-wide office, serving one four-year term on
the Fargo City Commission from 1919 to 1922. Kate Selby Wilder's role in the
suffrage campaign helps demonstrate that in North Dakota the linking
prohibition and temperance with support for woman suffrage was less
problematic than in some other states.  

About the presenter: Dr. Braaten is an Associate Professor at NDSU and Curator
of the Emily P. Reynolds Costume Collection.

Resources for Research in the Classroom

Kevin Baggett
Minard 220

This presentation will highlight resources that can be used by students to

research current and historical topics and explore those issues from multiple
viewpoints. Tools for source evaluation will also be discussed.

About the presenter: Kevin Baggett, instructional and outreach librarian, work
at Concordia College's Carl B. Ylvisaker Library.  He has more than 14 years
teaching information literacy skills to post-secondary students.
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Skills Based Education - Lessons Learned

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Sean Ritchie
Minard 210

This presentation will 18 JUNE 2018 • WEST SHORE GRAND AUDITORIUM • 9 AM

include lessons learned through transitioning to skills
based assessments over the past three years as well as an brief discussion
of the case study I conducted in the 2018-19 School year on the affects of
skills based assessments on attendance and motivation.

About the presenter: Sean Ritchie is in his 11th year as a high school
teacher. Since the beginning of his career he has been a champion of
technology in education.  

How to teach Social Studies Through Games

George Roughead
Minard 214

This presentation will seek to answer the following questions: What lessons

can be learned from old games? How can we simply create our own games
to get students engaged with our content?

About the presenter: George teaches 8th grade United States History at
Valley Middle School in Grand Forks.
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North Dakota Woman Suffrage History Curriculum

Dr. Barbara Handey-Marchello
Minard 212

This presentation will discuss curricula materials for Woman's Suffrage in North Dakota
for classroom use.  

About the presenter:  Dr. Handey-Marchello taught at UND for 15 years. She is also the
author of several articles and one book (Women of the Northern Plains) on ND Women'
History and one book on North Dakota archaeology (Traces). She is author of ND
Studies 8th grade and High School curricula (ndstudies.gov) and is co-chair ND Woman
Suffrage Centennial Committee.

Digital Fabrication Lab Tour

Adam Elznic
Minard 220

The NDSU Libraries' Digital Fabrication Lab is a student-centered workspace that

provides access to tools, training, and support to design and produce prototypes and
projects for personal, academic, and professional purposes.  This tour will offer
participants the opportunity to see the types of equipment available in the lab and
learn about how it supports student learning at NDSU.  

About the presenter: Elznic is the Emerging Technologies Services Coordinator at

NDSU.

Making Connections: Literature as a Primary Source

Donna Davidson
Minard 210

This presentation will explore how literature can enrich our social studies classes,
engage our students, and help us empathize with times and experiences far from our
own.

About the presenter: Donna Davidson is a Social Studies and English teacher at Center
Stanton High School. She is currently in her 17th year of teaching. 
Project Imagine!: It’s About People: Building Perspectives & Empathy in the Social Stud
Classroom
Anne Susan
Minard 214

This session will support student engagement with Social Studies content through the
power of story and historical perspective that builds empathy and understanding.
Participants will learn strategies that immerse students through the use of  primary an
secondary sources, analyzing multiple perspectives, sensory supports, and technology.
students critically examine the past and develop personal connections in the Social Stu
classroom.

About the presenter:  Anne Susan is a representative at Pearson.

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Doing History: The Suffrage Movement and the Library of Congress’s "By the
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People"
Dr. Ashley Baggett
Minard 212

This presentation is a project for high school students that engages students in
historical work. Using the Library of Congress’s “By the People” Suffrage
Movement Project sources, students will be able to select a primary source of
their choice and have their work published online with the LOC. Students learn
to work as historians with digitized personal documents from the Suffrage
Movement to gain a better insight to the eventual passage of the 19th
Amendment.

About the presenter: Dr. Baggett is an Assistant Professor of history at NDSU.

Links to History: Open Access History Resources

Suzanne Caro and Maddison Melquist
Minard 220

This presentation will provide an overview of online history resources with an

emphasis on open-source, and primary resources at the federal, state, and local
levels.

About the presenters: Caro and Melquist are librarians at NDSU.

Using Historiography/Historical Thinking in the History Classroom

Dr. Kyle Ward
Minard 210

This presentation will look at how history textbooks can be used in the
classroom to help students understand that history is not a stagnant subject,
but rather one that is filled with bias, various perspectives and controversy.
 Focus will be on international textbooks and older textbooks once used in
American classrooms.

About the presenter: Dr. Ward is Professor and Social Studies Director at MSU-
Mankato.
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New Teacher Discussion Panel
Vince Williams, Maggie Zentner, Courtney Johnson,
Brad Ambrosius, and Jackie Stifter
18 JUNE 2018 • WEST SHORE GRAND AUDITORIUM • 9 AM
Minard 214

About the panel: Vince Williams is the head principal of Discovery Middle School in
Fargo, Maggie Zentner is in her second year of teaching social studies at Hillsboro,
Courtney Johnson is a second year teacher at Fargo South and Davies High Schools
in Fargo, Brad Ambrosius has been teaching social studies at Kindred High School
for two years, and Jackie Stifter is in her second year of teaching social studies in the
Alexandria, MN area.
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BREAKOUT SESSION FOUR
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Shooting Your Last Arrow: 2018 • WEST
Citizenship andSHORE GRAND
Voting AUDITORIUM
for Native People • 9 AM
Dr. Cheryl Kary
Minard 212

This presentation will provide participants with history and cultural perspective related
the voting amendments of the Constitution. A brief history of the dual issues of citizens
and voting rights for Native Americans will be provided, as well as ideas for potential les
plans and creative inclusion strategies.

About the presenter:  Dr. Kary is executive director of Sacred Pipe Resource Center.

Main Library And Resources Tour

Hallie Pritchett
Minard 220

This tour of NDSU's Main Library will highlight its resources and services, visit the Germa
from Russia Heritage Collection, and explore its current exhibits "Women in Agriculture
"Women Behind the Plow."

About the presenter: Pritchett is Associate Dean of NDSU Libraries.

History Forge: An Online Resource for Teaching Approaches, Educator Tools, and Examp
of Exemplary Teaching
Taylor Hamblin, Maddie Gonsoir, Jim Mclain
Minard 210

History Forge is an online website that was created to help social studies educators find
resources and give them an example of exemplary teaching. History Forge was founded
around the belief that social studies education can increase students' critical thinking, s
awareness, and acts of citizenship; but more importantly, the website provides real teac
stories and resources in order to promote these actions. During the presentation, the Hi
Forge team will describe the function of the website and demonstrate resources. 

About the presenters: Taylor Hamblin has taught secondary education for 7 years and no
instructs future educators at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Hamblin received Sout
Dakota's Gilder Lehrman teacher of the year in 2019. Maddie Gonsoir is a second year tea
in Aberdeen, SD. She recently became a board member of the South Dakota Association
Middle Level Educators. Jim Mclain is a second year teacher in Pierre, SD. Jim has taken
the role as head adviser of History Day in Pierre and is helping set-up the regional
competition that will occur in March.
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Engaging Students Using CSPAN Classroom
Megan Homuth
Minard 214
18 JUNE 2018 • WEST SHORE GRAND AUDITORIUM • 9 AM
This session will explore the features of C-SPAN Classroom's website and how to incorpo
the free resources into classroom activities including Bell Ringers, Lesson Plans, Constit
Clips, and On This Day in History videos. Attendees should bring their computers so they
explore the hundreds of teacher-made resources available on the C-SPAN website.
Attendees will create, save and share content that is relevant to their classroom. 

About the presenter: Megan Homuth is a AP U.S. Government & Politics, U.S. Governmen
and Economics teacher at Sheyenne High School in West Fargo.   Homuth has participa
in a number of national professional development opportunities, including the C-SPAN
Educator’s Conference in Washington, DC.
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Fashioning a Movement
Susan Curtis
Minard 212

This presentation will explore why the suffragists chose to wear this color and
style of clothing in their parades and marches. We will walk to NDSU’s Emily
Reynolds Historic Costume Collection in the Family Life Center building, where
you will have a tour of the collection and view extant North Dakota examples
of this iconic suffragist fashion.

About the presenter: Curtis is a curator at the Emily Reynold Historic Costume
Collection and a PhD student in history at NDSU.

Media in the Classroom: Making Learning Magical with Meaningful Media

Darcy Bakkegard
Minard 220

Empower students as thoughtful media consumers by integrating, reading,

and analyzing (and creating) media in the classroom. Drawing from the wealth
of FREE tools from PBSLearningMedia, we'll discuss how to maximize media in
the classroom to enhance lessons, deepen student understanding, and teach
critical analysis skills. From Ken Burns to PBS News Hour, the constitution to
social movements, we'll explore  resources you can use in any grade/subject.
Bring a connected device to make the most of this session.

About the presenter: Darcy spent ten years in the classroom before joining PBS
to create PD experiences packed with immediately useful ideas for teachers,
focusing on meaningful technology integration, interactive teaching
strategies, and collaborative problem-solving techniques (for student & staff).
She leads workshops, hosts an online continuing education web chat series,
and helps coordinate EdCamp ND. 
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Beginning to “See”- Working to Understand All the Unique Learners in Your

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Learning Environment
Dr. David Tack
Minard 210
18 JUNE 2018 • WEST SHORE GRAND AUDITORIUM • 9 AM
This presentation will help you better understand the unique students in your
learning environment, through the lenses in which you frame them. This is an
interactive presentation, where you will work to understand the complex
relationships between the perspectives you bring with those of your
colleagues, students, their families, and your school community.

About the presenter:

Liberation and Legacy: teaching with the National WWII Museum resources K
ari Hall
Minard 214

In July 2019 The National WWII Museum launched Volume 4 of their

curriculum resources to provide teachers with great lessons, focused and
concise curriculum, and readily available resources for teaching the Liberation
and Legacy of World War II. This session will focus on the lesson plans,
classroom activities, oral histories, and online resources available with the
curriculum kit.

About the presenter: Kari is in her 20th year teaching Social Studies at

Williston High School. Her career has been focused on teaching US History,
The Holocaust, and AP Psychology. She was named the History Teacher of the
Year in 2012 and received the James Madison Memorial Fellowship in 2013.
Kari has a Masters in American History and Government from Ashland
University. In 2019 Kari became the first North Dakota teacher to train directly
with The National WWII Museum complex as a teacher associate.
    VENDORS
NDSU Office of Teaching and
Learning

NDSU Dept. of
History, Philosophy, &
Religious Studies

NDSU Press

PBS

Pearson

State Historical Society of

North Dakota

Special thanks to:

NDSU's History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies Department,
NDSU's School of Education, The Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American
History, NDSU Bookstore, Harvard University Press, Harper-Collins
Publishing, Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
PBS, and Darcy Bakkegard