Overview
The Kansas Historical Society will host the annual Kansas Council for the Social Studies conference Monday, October 27, 2008 at the Kansas Historical Society Complex and Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. This year’s theme, “Kansas Social Studies: Contexts, Perspectives, and Practices,” has attracted a number of high-quality presenters and vendors.
Internationally known photographer Jim Richardson will deliver the keynote address. Conference sessions will feature presentations on innovative instructional strategies, primary sources, teaching and learning history (U.S. Kansas and the world), government, geography, economics, as well as integrated curriculum.
This year, KCSS in conjunction with the Kansas Historical Society will hold a free preconference session, Freedom’s Pathway, a tour of the state Capitol Dome, the historic Ritchie House, and the Brown v. Board of Education Historical Site on Sunday, October 26 to all pre-registered participants. All conference participants, presenters, and vendors are invited to attend the Celebrate Social Studies! reception and festivities at the Kansas Historical Society’s Kansas Museum of History from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 26.