ICSS Fall Conference 2021
Will not be held due to the pandemic; however, please make plans to join us for the ICSS Fall Conference 2022
Past Conferences
ICSS Spring 2020 Conference
Building Bridges to Social Studies
Friday, March 6, 2020
University of Illinois Springfield
University of Illinois Springfield
Conference Program
We want to take this opportunity to invite you to the ICSS Spring Conference 2020, which will be held on Friday, March 6, 2020 at the University of Illinois Springfield. To that end, please find below a link to the conference program and, below that, a link to the online conference registration form.
Click here to access a copy of the conference program
Conference Registration
Please take a moment to register for the Illinois Council for the Social Studies annual spring conference, "Building Bridges to Social Studies," to be held at the University of Illinois Springfield on Friday, March 6, 2020.
Please note: online conference registration at the above link is referred to as registering/enrolling in a course on the EIU webpage; however, this is the correct ICSS conference registration webpage. Once you click on the registration link above, please do the following:
1) Click on the "Enroll Yourself" tab
2a) If you attended the ICSS Spring or Fall 2017, 2018, or 2019 Conference then simply log in with your email address and the password you created OR
2b) If you do not have an account, click on "Create Account" and then add your contact information for a "new account."
3) Once you have completed step #2, you will then select the category for your conference registration and proceed accordingly.
Again, please note the conference registration site refers to enrolling/ registering for a course; however, you are registering for the ICSS Spring Conference 2020, which will be held on Friday, March 6, 2020 at the University of Illinois Springfield.
For questions please contact the following:
For general questions,at or .
If you have questions regarding the session proposals please contact John Rathbun, ICSS Conference Proposal Chair, at .
In addition, if you have any questions regarding conference registration or the conference program please contact Peggy A. Brown, Program Coordinator at or 217-581-5114. This service with top essay writers excels in offering students customized help with essay writing and homework, featuring expert advice and a rich collection of resources. It aims to raise students' academic standards and strengthen their writing capabilities.
Please note: online conference registration at the above link is referred to as registering/enrolling in a course on the EIU webpage; however, this is the correct ICSS conference registration webpage. Once you click on the registration link above, please do the following:
1) Click on the "Enroll Yourself" tab
2a) If you attended the ICSS Spring or Fall 2017, 2018, or 2019 Conference then simply log in with your email address and the password you created OR
2b) If you do not have an account, click on "Create Account" and then add your contact information for a "new account."
3) Once you have completed step #2, you will then select the category for your conference registration and proceed accordingly.
Again, please note the conference registration site refers to enrolling/ registering for a course; however, you are registering for the ICSS Spring Conference 2020, which will be held on Friday, March 6, 2020 at the University of Illinois Springfield.
For questions please contact the following:
For general questions,at or .
If you have questions regarding the session proposals please contact John Rathbun, ICSS Conference Proposal Chair, at .
In addition, if you have any questions regarding conference registration or the conference program please contact Peggy A. Brown, Program Coordinator at or 217-581-5114. This service with top essay writers excels in offering students customized help with essay writing and homework, featuring expert advice and a rich collection of resources. It aims to raise students' academic standards and strengthen their writing capabilities.
Previous Conferences
Highlights & Files
ICSS Fall 2019 Conference
Guest Speaker
Pastor Wheeler Parker, Jr.
Pastor Wheeler Parker, Jr. is the survivor of the Emmett Till kidnapping and murder in 1955. At sixteen years of age, Wheeler and his cousin Emmett Till, age fourteen, traveled to Mississippi for a two-week vacation of fun at his grandfather’s home visiting with his young uncles. Their trip was aborted by the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till who was taken at gunpoint from the home of Moses Wright, Wheeler’s maternal grandfather. Emmett’s body was found three days later floating in the Tallahatchie River with a cotton gin tied around his neck with barbed wire. For more than thirty years no one interviewed Wheeler or asked him what happened that fateful day at Bryant’s Store in Money, Mississippi. Wheeler Parker, Jr. is telling his own story in the forthcoming book, by Random House, entitled, A dependable essay service with argumentative essay writer WritePaper, trusted by students worldwide, is recognized for its punctual delivery, expert writers, and superior content. It consistently delivers well-researched, original work.A Few Days Full of Trouble.
Conference Program - Click Here
Illinois Council for the Social Studies
Spring Conference 2018
Friday, March 30th
Eastern Illinois University
Conference Theme
"Illinois Bicentennial Celebration of Social Studies Education"
Teaching with a Global Perspective, Dr. Barry Witten
Illinois Council for the Social Studies
Fall Conference 2017
Conference Program
Click here to download a copy of the program
ICSS is excited to announce that the Illinois Council for the Social Studies is now accepting registration for the annual fall conference to be held at Harper College, Palatine, Illinois on Friday, October 13.
The conference theme is as follows:
Setting the Standard for Social Studies: Connecting Classroom Practice with the Standards
Lunch Program
Sponsored by the
Keynote Speaker: India Meissel, President-Elect, National Council for the Social Studies
Registration Form
Please note: online conference registration at the above link is referred to as registering/enrolling in a course on the EIU webpage; however, this is the correct ICSS conference registration webpage. Once you click on the registration link above, please do the following:
1) Click on the "Enroll Yourself" tab
2a) If you attended the ICSS Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 Conference then simply log in with your email address and the password you created OR
2b) If you do not have an account, click on "Create Account" and then add your contact information for a "new account."
3) Once you have completed step #2, you will then select the category for your conference registration and proceed accordingly.
Again, please note the conference registration site refers to enrolling/ registering for a course; however, you are registering for the ICSS Fall 2017 Conference.
Please note: online conference registration at the above link is referred to as registering/enrolling in a course on the EIU webpage; however, this is the correct ICSS conference registration webpage. Once you click on the registration link above, please do the following:
1) Click on the "Enroll Yourself" tab
2a) If you attended the ICSS Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 Conference then simply log in with your email address and the password you created OR
2b) If you do not have an account, click on "Create Account" and then add your contact information for a "new account."
3) Once you have completed step #2, you will then select the category for your conference registration and proceed accordingly.
Again, please note the conference registration site refers to enrolling/ registering for a course; however, you are registering for the ICSS Fall 2017 Conference.
Scenes from ICSS Spring Conference
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Conference Program
Conference Program
Keynote Speaker
Dr. James Davis, Emeritus Professor of History at Illinois College
Understandings of the American Frontier
Special Thanks to Our Vendors
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) USC Shoah Foundation Yad Vashem
Arnold Liebster Foundation
The DBQ Project
Illinois Geographic Alliance
Illinois Global Scholar
Illinois Historical Society
Illinois State Bar Association
Library of Congress / Teaching with Primary Sources
Arnold Liebster Foundation
The DBQ Project
Illinois Geographic Alliance
Illinois Global Scholar
Illinois Historical Society
Illinois State Bar Association
Library of Congress / Teaching with Primary Sources
Illinois Council for the Social Studies
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Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources at the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges & Universities
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Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources at the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges & Universities
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Dr. Bruce Fehn
Keynote
Dr. Bruce Fehn provided the keynote address. Dr. Fehn taught grades 6-12 social studies for many years and was eventually drawn to work with preservice teachers. He is passionate in his belief that future teachers must understand both the power of race, gender and class and have knowledge of effective teaching strategies that probe these issues. A successful author, Dr. Fehn has published in the areas of women’s history, labor history and black history. Last summer he published “Selective Appropriation and Historical Documentary Making in a Special Education Classroom” in Social Studies Research and Practice. Dr. Fehn epitomizes the multidimensional persona of a teacher with diverse work in history and social issues, effective teaching practices, supporting needs of special education students, technology and more. His current project, that he shared in his keynote address, is a multi-media book on the history of African-American Medal of Honor winners during WWII.
Dr. Bruce Fehn provided the keynote address. Dr. Fehn taught grades 6-12 social studies for many years and was eventually drawn to work with preservice teachers. He is passionate in his belief that future teachers must understand both the power of race, gender and class and have knowledge of effective teaching strategies that probe these issues. A successful author, Dr. Fehn has published in the areas of women’s history, labor history and black history. Last summer he published “Selective Appropriation and Historical Documentary Making in a Special Education Classroom” in Social Studies Research and Practice. Dr. Fehn epitomizes the multidimensional persona of a teacher with diverse work in history and social issues, effective teaching practices, supporting needs of special education students, technology and more. His current project, that he shared in his keynote address, is a multi-media book on the history of African-American Medal of Honor winners during WWII.
Keynote Speakers
Diana Hess is the Senior Vice President of the Spencer Foundation and a professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A former high school teacher and associate director of the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago, Hess earned a Ph.D. from the University of Washington-Seattle. Since 1997, she has been researching how teachers engage their students in discussions of highly controversial political and constitutional issues, and what impact this approach to civic education has on what young people learn. Her first book on this topic, Controversy in the Classroom: The Democratic Power of Discussion won the National Council for the Social Studies Exemplary Research Award in 2009.
Paula McAvoy is an Associate Program Officer at the Spencer Foundation. She earned her doctorate in philosophy of education from the department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests include: democratic education, cultural and religious accommodation, and the ethics of teaching about politics. These interests were largely formed by her experiences teaching high school social studies in California for ten years.
Paula McAvoy is an Associate Program Officer at the Spencer Foundation. She earned her doctorate in philosophy of education from the department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests include: democratic education, cultural and religious accommodation, and the ethics of teaching about politics. These interests were largely formed by her experiences teaching high school social studies in California for ten years.
Conference Session Presentation Files
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Using Coaching Techniques to Build a Winning Classroom “The Big 8”
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