This Chancellor’s Day, join the Institute for Curriculum Services for a virtual workshop that will give you the resources and tools needed to accurately teach the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict within your classroom.

The Arab-Israeli conflict remains a deeply sensitive topic, often viewed through the lens of ancestral, religious, or ethnic identities. Because of this complexity, many educators feel hesitant or unprepared to address it. Through the lens of historical documents and critical inquiry, this interactive, 3-hour workshop uses primary sources to analyze the rise of Zionism and Arab Nationalism and to trace pivotal moments in the conflict from the late 1800s through the mid-2000s, including the successes and failures of the peace process as well as unresolved issues.

NY Educators: 3 hours of CTLE credit is available for this workshop. This is an open workshop, but registration is required to attend. Register Here!

Join the Institute for Curriculum Services and Experiencing America! for Hidden Voices. Together, we’ll uncover the unsung individuals whose faith and convictions didn’t just shape American history—they redefined the entire American experiment.

ICS is marking America’s 250th anniversary by showcasing our NEW lesson plan, Jewish Voices in Early America: Religious Liberty and Civic Participation, with a special summer PD event.

As you prepare to celebrate this historic milestone, join us as we pull back the curtain on a fascinating historical paradox: How did a nation founded on the vision of liberty initially bar Jewish citizens and religious minorities from the halls of power?

Log in from the comfort of your home, and give your future lesson plans a patriotic upgrade. It’s the perfect, low-stress way to ignite new ideas for your classroom now, so you can hit the ground running when the new school year begins.

This is an open workshop, but registration is required. Register Here!

This workshop will examine how primary sources cultivate critical thinking through a variety of inquiry-based strategies and tools for student discovery.

This is an open workshop, but registration is required to attend. Register Here!

How can educators explore the profound role of religion in American history while remaining grounded in constitutional principles?

This collaborative workshop, featuring the Institute for Curriculum Services (ICS) and the National Constitution Center (NCC), equips educators with a clear, nonpartisan approach to teaching religious literacy with both pedagogical skill and constitutional confidence. Rooted in primary sources and First Amendment jurisprudence, the session offers practical strategies for engaging students in thoughtful, informed study of religion’s place in the American story. This session will feature a leading Constitutional scholar to help participants deepen their understanding of the First Amendment and religious liberty.

This is an open workshop, but registration is required to attend. Register Here!

This workshop will explore Judaism’s core beliefs, behaviors, and experiences of belonging, providing a foundational framework that can be applied when learning about all world religions.

This is an open workshop, but registration is required to attend. Register Here!

This workshop will explore the road to religious liberty by analyzing restrictive 1776 state constitutions through the lens of early Jewish American experiences to highlight their role in the shift toward full civic equality.

This is an open workshop, but registration is required to attend. Register Here!

Get ready to amp up your history lessons! The Institute for Curriculum Services (ICS) and TeachRock are cranking up the volume on a jamming professional development session. Tune in to master strategies for teaching with primary sources with a major key focus on using musical sources to explore history. This session is guaranteed to be a hit!

This is an open workshop, but registration is required to attend. Register Here!

ICS and Thinking Nation Celebrate America 250 with Evaluating Perspectives in Early America: Jewish Voices and the Fight for Civic Liberty.

In this interactive professional development session, educators will learn to pair critical skill development from Thinking Nation with rich historical content from Institute for Curriculum Services (ICS). Discover how to teach Thinking Nation’s Evaluating Perspectives strategy, equipping students with the critical inquiry skills to analyze how identity and context influence historical narrative. Through ICS's Jewish Voices in Early America source collection, participants will put this strategy into practice using late colonial primary sources and 1776-era state constitutions. Educators will walk away with a high-leverage Thinking Nation inquiry skill and rich ICS content to immediately elevate and enrich their instruction on America250 topics.

This is an open workshop, but registration is required to attend. Register Here!

A Special Event for Educators in CA, OR, & WA

How do we foster and manage productive classroom discourse when a topic feels deeply personal to some students, while others lack basic context or seem indifferent? Designed specifically for West Coast educators across California, Oregon, and Washington, this collaborative workshop from Sphere Education Initiatives and ICS tackles that exact challenge - equipping teachers with practical tools to navigate high-stakes classroom dynamics while delivering rigorous, source-based history.

This is an open workshop, but registration is required to attend. Register Here!