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1997 Annual CS4 Meeting

November 18 - 20, 1997
Cincinnati, OH
Council of State Social Studies Specialists (CS4)
Affiliate of the National Council for the Social Studies
Council of State Social Studies Specilatists
National Council for the Social Studies
Annual Meeting
November 18, 19, and 20 1997
Agenda

Tuesday, November 18, 1997

3:30 pm

Executive Board Meeting

Colonnade A

6:00 pm

leave Regal Hotel,   Reception and Dinner (A Presidential Classroom for Young Americans)

off-site: Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal

Wednesday, November 18, 1997

7:30 am  

Breakfast (Newsweek  ) speaker: Weston Kosova, Washington News Editor

Pavilion A & B

10:15-11:45 am

Session 1
Update on Projects Old and New
SCASS - What Did We Learn?

Where Are We Now?

Czarra, Solomon, Katz, Huffman, Wetzler, Kenney

The New Project: An Update for the Non-Participating States

Czarra

12:00 noon

Luncheon Session MacMillan
/McGraw Hill)

Crossroads

1:15-3:15 pm

Session 2
History Alive - Teacher Curriculum Institute

3:45-4:45 pm

Session 3
Character Education: Curricular Efforts

Fortney, Robertson, Concannon

5:45 pm

leave Hyatt Regency,  Dinner (Holt, Rinehart and Winston )

off-site: Phoenix Restaurant

Thursday, November 20, 1997

8:30 am

Breakfast (George F. Cram Co. )

Pavilion A & B

10:15-11:45 am

Session 4
Curriclum Projects of Note

Kullen

12:00 pm

Luncheon Session (Silver, Burdett & Ginn)

Pavilion A& B

1:15-3:15 pm

Session 5
Statewide Assessment Programs: the Next Step
What Have We Learned From Statewide Testing Programs?
How Have We Moved Forward in Our Thinking About Assesment?

Minor and Muthig, Manter, Brousseau and Todorov, Kenney, Taylor-Thoma and Johnson

3:30-4:30 pm

Session 6
Preparing Knowledgeable and Effective Social Studies "History" Teachers Rogers and Prickette

4:45-5:15 pm

Session 7
Wrap-Up

Wetzler

6:00 pm

Closing Session/Dinner/State Gift Exchange (Prentice Hall)

Pavilion A & B