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Got History? Effective Practices
(Grade 3-6)
Kevin Simpson
Session Description:
Looking to bring life and fun to your elementary history and social science classroom? In this session you will be engaged with your colleagues in hands-on, experiential learning tasks you can use with your students. The presenter will take common units (Revolutionary War, New Nation, Civil War) taught across grades three through six. Strategies shared will be based on observations of teachers using best practices when he worked as an elementary social studies curriculum teacher. Teachers in attendance are asked to bring an idea or strategy they use to bring life to their history curriculum. Ideas will be shared with colleagues.
Kevin Simpson
Kevin Simpson has been an elementary educator for the past five years. He has worked in a parochial school in Washington, D.C., in the Flint, Mich., Community Schools and for the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). He left the FCPS classroom for two years to gain experience writing a social studies curriculum for grades K-6 and working with adult learners. He has worked collaboratively with elementary school colleagues to bring renowned speakers to the Fairfax County Public Schools, including: Tarry Lindquist author of Social Studies at the Center and authors James and Lois Horton on slavery and the Middle East. He is a fourth-grade teacher at Pine Spring Elementary School in Falls Church, where he works with the social studies committee and provides history resources to the teaching staff.
