This interactive session empowers educators to transform their classrooms into spaces where students engage in meaningful activities and discourse around social studies topics. Participants will explore the four will drivers that foster motivation and practical strategies for designing collaborative learning structures.
Ready to move beyond posting vocabulary and hoping students use it? This session will show you how to transform your word wall into a dynamic learning tool that sparks discussion, builds connections, and deepens understanding. Through hands-on experiences, you’ll explore interactive strategies like silent debates, concept connections, and perspective-based discussions—that push students to think critically and engage with content in meaningful ways. You’ll walk away with practical, ready-to-use strategies, differentiated approaches for K–12 classrooms, and tools to increase student talk and use of evidence.
