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Spring 2011 Conference

Building a Sense of Community

The Spring 2011 ICSS conference will be held at McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington, Illinois.

Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 8am - 2pm

Please note: when you click to register, both "membership" and the Spring Conference are listed; just put quantity=1 in the box next to the item you want to buy.


Spring 2012 Conference program
Below are links to the various forms needed for the Spring Conference. The first of each is a standard PDF which can be printed out, filled in and mailed to John Rathbun, 308 James Pkwy., Washington, IL 61571. The second of each is an interactive PDF which can be filled out online, saved, and then e-mailed to John Rathbun at . You only need one of each, we are just providing two options for your convenience.

Session Proposal form, standard PDF.
Session Proposal form, interactive PDF

Registration form, standard PDF.
Registration form, interactive PDF

Vendor/Exhibitor form, standard PDF.
Vendor/Exhibitor form, interactive PDF

If you are interested in joining the ICSS, please click below for our Membership form.

New Membership Application, standard PDF

An archive of past ICSS Conferences:

Fall 2011 Illinois Council for the Social Studies Conference

Democracy and Diversity

Spring 2011 Illinois Council for the Social Studies Conference

Seeing Eye to Eye: Bringing International, National,
and Local Perspectives to Social Studies

2010 Illinois Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference

Illuminating the Future

2009 Illinois Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference

Teaching with Primary Sources: Local, National and Global Perspectives
Click here for highlights from the 2009 Conference.

2009 Illinois Council for the Social Studies Spring Conference

Now More Than Ever: The Social Studies – A legacy of Abraham Lincoln
Click here for highlights and pictures from the 2009 Conference.

2008 Illinois Council for the Social Studies Special Fall Conference

Using Primary Sources in Social Studies
Click here for highlights and pictures from the 2008 Conference.

2007 Illinois Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference

Social Studies: Meeting Twenty-First Century Challenges
Click here for highlights and pictures from the 2007 Conference.

2006 Illinois Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference

Literacy and the American Mind
Click here for highlights and pictures from the 2006 Conference.

The featured speaker was Chad Pregracke, founder and president of Living Lands & Waters.

Click here for a detailed profile of Chad Pregracke.

2005 Illinois Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference

Charting A Course for Democracy
Click here for highlights and pictures from the 2005 Conference.

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