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Visiting the Annual Convention of the Mississippi Council of the Social Studies

10/27/2017

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I was fortunate to be invited as a keynote speaker at  2017 Convention of the Mississippi Council of Social Studies. My keynote focused on using YA nonfiction and historical fiction as point of curricular connection between English Language Arts and the Social Studies. I began my focusing on three people who will be keynote speaker at the 2017 National Convention of the National Council of the Social Studies in San Francisco (17-19 November). They have a host of great speakers this year. I focused on three: Daniel Ellsberg, Elizabeth Partridge, and Dave Isay. I love how there is strong focus at the NCSS convention on story. All stories have context within the domains of the social studies.

Below is the power point I used for the Keynote. The disclaimer is that the power point is not wordy, but you should be able to see the books and the connections I am making. I end with the notion that a teacher could build a unit connecting the experience of race in American through their experience in three moments: The American Revolution, The March on Selma, and the current discussions about the relationship between African American boys and the police. I need to thank both Paul Binford and Gretchen Rumohr-Voskuil; we are all working a project that we hope will soon be published. The final slide represents ways to expand the connection between the Seeds of American Trilogy by Laurie Halse Anderson, The March Trilogy, by Lewis, Aydin, Powell, and All American Boys by Reynolds and Kiely.

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In the session speech, I tried to inform social studies teachers about awards for YA nonfiction and historical fiction. I discussed several awards and spent some time discussing how much nonfiction made the short list of the National Book Award during the first 20 years. Again, the slides are not wordy and the one following Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is intended to show how themes of the book can connect to various aspects of the social studies.
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In case anybody is interested Mississippi Social Studies teachers are fantastic. The folks at Mississippi State University wer great hosts. More importantly, they gifted my a cow bell! Hail State!) Thanks for following the blog. Please share with friends and colleagues.
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    Dr. Bickmore is an associate professor of English Education at UNLV. He is a scholar of Young Adult Literature and past editor of The ALAN Review and the current president elect of ALAN. He is a available for speaking engagements at schools, conferences, book festivals, and parent organizations. More information can be found on the Contact page and the About page.

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