🌟Social Studies Teachers🌟 

Are you equipped to engage in discourse around relevant topics of the day, even those that some consider contentious? Can you identify the skills and strategies necessary for people to disagree while avoiding the urge to be disagreeable?

Join Joe Schmidt (author of Civil Discourse: Classroom Conversations for Stronger Communities) as he shares research-based best practices and years of classroom and supervisor experience in laying out a "how to" guide that supports civil discourse and student engagement in the classroom. Educators need to start planning for civil discourse before the first student enters their classroom in the fall and work to align these conversations to relevant topics and skills throughout the year in preparation of the toughest topics that students will face.

On November 18th from 9:00am - 12:30pm at Connecticut's Old State House, participants will engage in discourse strategies by focusing on relevant topics in Connecticut history and walk away with a primary source text set to use again in the future.

*One copy of Civil Discourse and light refreshments are included in price of ticket