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Spring 2010 Conference Highlights

Social Studies for the Citizens of Tomorrow
Chicago. The City That Helped Create a Country
Presenter: John Iltis, President Czech Legion Project
The Czech Legion Project

Social Studies the Way You’ll Need it: Cheap, Easy and Effective
Presenter: Tom Best
Monmouth-Rushville Junior High

The Economics of Health Care Reform
Presenter: Kevin O’Brien
Bradley University Center for Economic Education

The Devil Among Us: Using Performance Art to Encourage Student Analysis of Authority
Presenters: Benjamin R. Wellenreiter, Morton Junior High School
Thomas A. Lucey, Illinois State University

Bringing the World to my Classroom
Presenter: Allyson Knanishu
Farmington High School

Empowering Women is Key to Economic Growth and Democracy
Presenter: Dr. Magane Koshimura
University of Illinois Extension Cook County

Choices and Challenges of Citizens Under the Third Reich
Presenters: Marge Fulton and Gaye Flowers
Holocaust Education

The Post-Modern Citizen: Art, Music and the Spirit of an Age
Presenter: Dean Pinos
New Trier High School

Through the Ages: Putting People Out of Their Places
Thomas A. Lucey and Douglas D. Hatch
Curriculum and Instruction – 5330, Illinois State University

International Migration: Causes and Challenges
Presenters: Monica Noraian and Fred Walk
Illinois State University, Department of History

Successfully Addressing NCSS Standards of Social Studies Education in the K-8 Classroom
Presenter: Dr. Frederick Isele
Western Illinois University

Educating for Democracy: A Civic Blueprint for Illinois
Presenter: Sean Healy
McCormick Freedom Project

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