"Analyzing Works of Art to Interpret Hard History": NCSS PRESENTATION (2023)

Thank you for attending our session, "Analyzing Works of Art to Interpret Hard History" at the NCSS (National Council for the Social Studies) Conference in Nashville, TN. Our slidedeck appears below:


If you would like to create your own version of the worksheets, clicking on the links below will create a copy in Google docs:
You are welcome to make copies of the PowerPoint files, but be sure to download them first from Google Drive because they will not work properly in Google Slides. NOTE: these are very large files.
OR, you can access online versions of the above slidedecks (without transitions or embedded videos) below:

"Bias is Ubiquitous": Presentations at
NCHE, MOCHE, and NCSS (2022)

Thank you for attending the sessions either at the virtual National Council for History Education (NCHE) Conference, the Missouri Council for History Education (MOCHE) Conference in St. Louis, or the National Conference for the Social Studies (NCSS) Conference in Philadelphia. A copy of the slides can be viewed here or embedded below. If you click on the lower right-hand corner, you may view the slides full-screen.

The handouts and electronic documents featured in the presentation can be downloaded and/or copied below:

  1. Trivial Pursuits assignment and collaborative document
  2. Secret Messages
  3. Death of Mr. Bolos

"The Future of Public Education": Opening Day Speech (2019)

For my second-ever (and final) "Opening Day" speech (as President of the New Trier Education Association), I chose to focus on the future of public education in light of a national teacher shortage. I used a publishing platform called "Medium" (iOS app available) because of the balance it affords between multimedia and text. See the original slidedeck here or embedded below.



FULL TEXT BELOW: The Future of Public Education

"Freedom 'Riters":
NCHE presentation (2019)

Thank you for attending my NCHE (National Council for History Education) Conference presentation on March 15th, 2019. Below is an embedded version of my slide deck. You can view it full-screen by clicking in the lower right-hand corner of the presentation window.

If you would like access to the shared folder of lesson materials, please click here. Although the permission has been set to "view only", you should be able to download anything in the folder or make a copy of an existing document.


"Don't Be A Sheep":
NCSS Presentation (2017)

Thank you for attending my NCSS (National Council for the Social Studies) Conference presentation on November 18th, 2017. Below is an embedded version of my slide deck. You can view it full-screen by clicking in the lower right-hand corner of the presentation window.

If you would like to access the Google Doc of media literacy principles and the bonus material using Schoolhouse Rock, please click here.

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