CSU Teaching and Learning CoLab 2023: Full Schedule

10:15am MDT

The Ludlow Massacre: Teaching Labor, Immigrant, and Women’s History to Middle and High School Students

Limited Capacity seats available

The Ludlow Massacre was a significant event in American labor history that occurred in 1914. It is an important topic to teach to middle and high school students as it helps them understand the struggles and challenges faced by workers and their families in the early 20th century. This history also highlights immigrant experiences in the West, the hidden labor of women and children, and the role of labor unions in protecting all workers’ rights. Using primary and secondary sources as well as archaeological materials, this session introduces interactive learning activities such as role-playing exercises, debates, and simulations to help students engage with the topic.

Speakers

Karin Larkin

Associate Professor, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Women & Children Of Ludlow pptx

Teaching Ludlow Overview docx

Resources on the Web docx

kortekaas NEH Lesson Plans pdf

oxfordhb 9780199693962 e 31 (1) pdf

Larkin Activity Part 1 Group Role Play Exercise Instructions docx

Larkin Activity Part 2 Role Playing Activity Sheet doc

Case Summary doc

LUDLOW HISTORY Rev 1 doc

2003 Case Materials pdf

Resources on the Web docx

Friday June 23, 2023 10:15am - 11:15am MDT
OSC - Vail Room 001

Social Studies, Middle School, High School

10:15am MDT

Primary Sources in the Elementary Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Primary source activities provide young people with engaging opportunities to prompt curiosity and improve critical thinking and analysis skills. This session will focus on integrating primary sources into the elementary classroom by using effective literacy and analysis strategies. Content and skills will focus on Colorado Academic Elementary Social Studies and Literacy standards.

Speakers

Kile Clabaugh

Project Manager, Teaching with Primary Sources Western Region

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about primary sources from the Library of Congress or are interested in granting opportunities.

Friday June 23, 2023 10:15am - 11:15am MDT
OSC-Chameleon (Rm 004)

Social Studies, Early Childhood, Primary (Grades K-2), Upper Elementary (Grades 3-5) | Reading Writing Communicating, Early Childhood, Primary (Grades K-2), Upper Elementary (Grades 3-5)

12:45pm MDT

Incorporating the Colorado Constitution into Your Civics Curriculum

Limited Capacity seats available

With the updated 2022 Colorado Social Studies standards, high school civics classes need to incorporate more aspects of state and local governance, including describing "the role and development of founding documents of Colorado...including the Colorado Constitution" and "analyzing the processes for amending the Constitution of Colorado...and significant changes that have occurred to this document, including the Colorado Bill of Rights." This session will provide lesson ideas and a brainstorm session so teachers can confidently incorporate the Colorado Constitution into their civics curriculum.

Speakers

Candice Halverson

teacher, SD27J

Friday June 23, 2023 12:45pm - 1:45pm MDT
OSC - Vail Room 001

Social Studies, High School

12:45pm MDT

Teaching SB 21-1200 – “How Do You Teach Your Students about Their Next Financial Steps After High School?”

Limited Capacity seats available

Senate Bill 21-1200 (and the corresponding revisions to state standards) require us to teach students a variety of new topics to prepare for life after high school. But even more importantly, these are the skills parents and former students say they wished they had learned before they graduated. College costs and student loans, aid applications like FAFSA and CASFA, the home buying process, retirement plans and pensions, and many other PFL topics need to find places in your classes by Fall of 2024. This session will look at strategies to integrate these topics (and others) into your existing classes, as well as free lesson resources that already exist to boost your efforts.

Speakers

Jay LeBlanc

Education Program Director, Economic Literacy Colorado

ELC covers a variety of PD training for teachers in financial literacy and economics topics, as well as student programs like the Stock Market Experience and Invest In Girls. Visit our table for more details about summer and fall classes and programs!

Friday June 23, 2023 12:45pm - 1:45pm MDT
OSC - Great Plains (Room 006 Side B)

Social Studies, High School

12:45pm MDT

Primary Sources in the Secondary Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Working with primary sources offers students the opportunity to build a wide range of skills, including assessing credibility, conducting research, understanding multiple perspectives, and gathering evidence to support a claim. The Library’s website (loc.gov) provides open access to a wide variety of digital primary and secondary sources of interest to researchers of all ages. This session will focus on analyzing and finding primary sources in secondary classrooms.

Speakers

Kile Clabaugh

Project Manager, Teaching with Primary Sources Western Region

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about primary sources from the Library of Congress or are interested in granting opportunities.

Friday June 23, 2023 12:45pm - 1:45pm MDT
OSC- ASG Meeting Room 202

Social Studies, Middle School, High School | Reading Writing Communicating, Middle School, High School

2:00pm MDT

Colorado Learns with Shared Knowledge. How free, Openly-Licensed Educational Resources in the new OERColorado curriculum library provide teaching material in your content area.

Limited Capacity full

Welcome to the OERColorado project. OER stands for Open Educational Resources. OERColorado is a dynamic publicly accessible library of openly licensed digital collections and resources, free for PK-12+ educators to use. We will tour the site, create profiles, and start exploring, saving and collaborating as we access thousands of free-to-use classroom resources. This interactive session will look at use case scenarios, different types of resources, how to access and use existing resources and how to add your own OER to our collections!

Speakers

Theresa Becker

Professional Development Coordinator, OERColorado

Visit us to learn more about the OERColorado.org curriculum libraries. These repositories provide Colorado's PK-12+ public educators access to free openly licensed education resources, lessons plans, full courses, professional development, primary sources, collections, etc.

Friday June 23, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
OSC-Chameleon (Rm 004)

2:00pm MDT

Leveraging student-centered, gamified digital resources in your classroom to hit Personal Financial Literacy (PFL) standards

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Chris O'Reilly

Everfi

EVERFI empowers educators to bring real-world learning into the classroom and equip students with the skills they need for success now and in the future. EVERFI is implemented for free in schools and community organizations across North America.

Friday June 23, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
OSC- Conference Room 107

Social Studies, Upper Elementary (Grades 3-5), Middle School, High School

2:00pm MDT

Smoke, Steel and Fire: Resources of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company

Limited Capacity seats available

The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) was the West's largest heavy industry affecting several topics in Colorado history: labor, steelmaking, economics, geological change, social mobility, etc. During its 121-year history, the company produced thousands of documents, photographs and other media. This session will introduce educators what's in the collection to utilize primary sources available for classroom use.

Speakers

Victoria Miller

Curator

Friday June 23, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
OSC- Serena (Rm 207)

Social Studies, All Grade Levels

2:00pm MDT

Teaching the Holocaust and Genocide in Colorado, HB20-1336

Limited Capacity seats available

Link to Resources

This presentation will include guidelines, rationale, and resources to navigate Colorado HB20-1336, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Colorado Public Schools. Information on pedagogical approaches, the use of primary sources, and professional development opportunities at the state, national, and global levels will also be shared.

Speakers

Stephanie Hartman

Social Studies Content Specialist, Colorado Department of Education

The Colorado Council for the Social Studies is the professional organization for social studies educators. The goals for the council are to foster professional growth, develop communication among stakeholders in the social studies community, and promote the teaching of social studies... Read More →

Implementation Guide Final 1.23.23 pdf

H & G CoLab Presentation pptx

Friday June 23, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
OSC- Blue Spruce (205)

Social Studies, High School

2:00pm MDT

Choosing and Refusing - ”How Should Choice and Opportunity Cost Steer Us Toward Making Better Financial (and life) Decisions?”

Limited Capacity seats available

Making informed decisions (and knowing what you give up when you make a decision – time, resources, or the opportunity to choose something else) is one of the most important life skills we can teach our students. Yet even though decision making is built into our state standards in most subject areas (and starts in Economics as early as 4th grade) relatively few schools emphasize that process. In this session we will look at fun activities in 4th through 8th grades that can be used to help students “decide” – and understand what they chose to give up. We’ll also discuss ways to help students integrate those skills into financial, economic, and other future decisions in their lives.

Speakers

Jay LeBlanc

Education Program Director, Economic Literacy Colorado

Friday June 23, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
OSC - Great Plains (Room 006 Side B)

Social Studies, Upper Elementary (Grades 3-5), Middle School, Foundational content here could be used by HS teachers | Mathematics, Upper Elementary (Grades 3-5), Middle School, Foundational content here could be used by HS teachers