Explore the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict through primary source documents and teaching strategies that support critical analysis of texts. Participants will develop content knowledge, experience student activities, and receive ready-to-use resources that are easily embeddable into virtual learning platforms. These include detailed lesson plans, primary source documents, source analysis tools, maps, videos, and more.

We'll examine the rich diversity and history of Jewish Americans, and gain insights that deepen the understandings of identity for all students. Teachers of world history, U.S. history, ethnic studies, human geography and world religions will all find relevant applications and resources in this workshop.

Explore the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict through primary source documents and teaching strategies that support critical analysis of texts. Participants will develop content knowledge, experience student activities, and receive ready-to-use resources that are easily embeddable into virtual learning platforms. These include detailed lesson plans, primary source documents, source analysis tools, maps, videos, and more.

The Middle East is often viewed as a region fueled by conflict. In this session, explore environmental crisis points in the area, like climate change and water scarcity and how they are being addressed through peaceful transboundary collaboration.

Explore the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict through primary source documents and teaching strategies that support critical analysis of texts. Participants will develop content knowledge, experience student activities, and receive ready-to-use resources that are easily embeddable into virtual learning platforms. These include detailed lesson plans, primary source documents, source analysis tools, maps, videos, and more.

Primary sources expose students to multiple perspectives on important topics and issues of the past and present, as well as help students develop critical inquiry skills. As a Consortium Member of the Library of Congress’s Teaching with Primary Sources Program, ICS’s trainer-educators are well-versed in utilizing the LOC’s digital source analysis tools and will share all the tips and tricks with you, along with other action-based source analysis tools for you and your students to utilize.

We'll examine the rich diversity and history of Jewish Americans, and gain insights that deepen the understandings of identity for all students. Teachers of world history, U.S. history, ethnic studies, human geography and world religions will all find relevant applications and resources in this workshop.

Anti-religious sentiment is on the uptick in the United States and Europe. Education about and exposure to the world’s religious traditions is critical for students as they move towards becoming global citizens. This interactive session explores the legal foundations in the United States for teaching about religion in schools, uses case studies to consider the very real challenges involved in teaching this topic, and provides both guidelines and compelling digital options for incorporating the study of religion into your lessons.