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NSSLA Webinar Series

We're excited to offer professional learning webinars led by NSSLA partners and members! Presented live every month, the recordings and resources are then posted here and allow you to learn what you want when it’s convenient for you.
2025 - 2026 Webinars & Resources
OER Project
Leading the Way: New Materials, New Momentum
  • View the video (September 11)
  • View the video (August 13)
  • OER Project offers free secondary classroom-ready materials and PD that foster big-picture thinking. Check out OER Project Topics and Teaching Guides help you fine-tune your teaching moves. If you're looking for PD, OER Project Events are expert-led, always free with certificates of attendance.

Bill of Rights Institute
Leading with Liberty: Tools & Resources for Today's Social Studies Classroom
  • View the video
  • Download the Slide Deck
Gibbs Smith Education
Level Up Your DBQ Implementation with Teacher Learning Progressions
  • View the video
  • Download the slide deck & handout

NGPF - Next Gen Personal Finance
One Mission, Two Pathways: Personal Finance in Social Studies & Math
  • View the video
  • Download the slide deck
2024 - 2025 Webinars & Resources
Street Law
Rule of Law for Everyone: Teaching Rule of Law in a Variety of Social Studies Classes
  • View the video
  • Presentation Slide Deck
  • Rule of Law for All teaching resources
  • StreetLaw site

American Psychological Association
Psychological science equips students with valuable skills and knowledge for success in and outside of the classroom. Applying psychology in K-12 education supports academic success, health, and wellness. This webinar offers social studies leaders resources to enhance student learning, including high school psychology materials and tools for all K-12 educators.
  • View the video
  • American Psychological Association
  • APA Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS)
  • National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula
  • APA Center for Psychology in Schools and Education
  • Top 20 Principles from Psychology for PreK-12 Teaching and Learning

Gibbs Smith
Culturally Inclusive Primary Documents
Build a more inclusive classroom and enhance inquiry by guiding students to analyze historical perspectives and evaluate how source elevation or erasure shapes narratives. Come explore methods and resources to help students recognize and analyze diverse accounts.
  • View the video
  • Download the slide deck and handouts
iCivics
Civics and Literacy
  • View the video

Savvas

The Importance of Civic Resilience
  • View the video
  • View the resources

The Power of Belonging in Schools for Both Teachers & Students
NSSLA board member Emily Richards highlights the importance of finding ways to connect students and staff to supportive communities and shares ways for making that happen.
  • Video

What Every Social Studies Leader Needs to Know
NSSLA board member Leslee Barnes shares strategies, resources, and tips for starting a successful school year.
  • Video

2023 - 2024 Webinars & Resources
Social Studies School Service
Jamie Filipow, Chardra McBride, and Regina Wallace share resources, ideas, and strategies for supporting geographic literacy.
  • Video

Center for Civic Education - Civic Ed Best Practices & Resources
Michael Blauw
  • Webinar Video
  • Webinar Slide Deck
  • Civics Education Research
  • Free Professional Learning

Class Companion - Using AI for Coaching and Feedback
Avery Pan and Peter Paccone
  • Webinar Video

Savvas - Activate Civic Engagement
Katie Lauffer
  • Video
  • Active Classroom Strategies Cheat Sheet
  • Educating for American Democracy Through Effective Civics Instruction

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Teaching the Holocaust
David Klevan
  • Video
  • Educational Leader Resources
  • Belfer Partner Toolkit
  • Historical Newspapers

Imagine Learning - HQIM in Action: Transforming Social Studies Classrooms
Angela Terry, Stefanie Wager, Bruce Lesh
  • Video

TCI - Strategies for Teaching Skills-Based Lessons
Brian Thomas
  • Video

ABC CLIO - Teaching the Whole Story:  Integrating Diverse Voices into Your Social Studies Curriculum
Virnilisa Printup
  • Video

Retro Report - Stories From History, Lessons for Today
David Olson
  • Video

iCivics - Harmony in Our Story
Christina Ross
  • Video
Teaching Social Studies to ELLs
Tina Beene
  • Video
  • Slide Deck
  • Resources

ChatGPT and AI in the Social Studies
Ed Finney - Schodack HS NY, Peter Paccone - San Marino HS CA, Avery Pan - Class Companion CEO, & Jeff Swisher - Hammond City Schools IN
  • Video - Part One (Finney & Paccone)
  • Practical Classroom Uses - slide deck
  • PBL Learning Opportunities Using ChatGPT - article
  • Video - Part Two (Pan & Swisher)
  • Class Companion: Social Studies AI Assistant - website
  • Class Companion Overview - slide deck
  • ChatGPT Prompt Writing Tips & Examples - article

Disciplinary Literacy
Joan Jahelka & Emily Ann Richards
  • Video
  • Slide Deck

Integrating Social Studies into the Elementary Classroom
Dr. Darren Guido - Caesar Rodney Schools, DE
  • Video
  • Slide Deck
  • Resources

What’s On the Agenda? Developing Engaging and Meaningful Opportunities
Dr. Montra Rogers - Social Studies School Services
  • Video
  • Presentation Slide Deck
  • Social Studies School Service
  • Dr. Roger's book: Discover Develop Deploy

Civil Conversations with Complicated Topics
Joe Schmidt - Bill of Rights Institute & Nichelle Pinkney - Klein ISD. TX
  • Video
  • Resources Cheat Sheet

Teaching Under-Represented Women
Dr. Tuyen Tran - UC Davis & Cindy Matta - UCLA
  • Video
  • Resources Cheat Sheet

Inquiry-Based Learning
Katie Lauffer - Savvas Publishing
  • Video
  • Resources Cheat Sheet
NSSLA - National Social Studies Leaders Association
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