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OER Project
Free online professional development for social studies teachers
OER Project collaborates with historians, academics, and educators globally to deliver relevant and engaging information to teachers. Through live webinars, educators can connect and learn about exciting new content, effective classroom strategies and techniques, current social studies topics, and hear from individuals leading change in education.
www.oerproject.com/ ↗Upcoming webinars
- Wed, October 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
What Makes Science Revolutionary?
What makes science revolutionary—and who gets to be part of that story? Explore how to teach the history of scientific thinking across cultures, claim-test the European Scientific Revolution, and connect past discoveries to science today. Free live webinar from OER Project.
- Wed, October 21 · 7:00 PM EDT
Teaching with Maps: Geography Skills for Social Studies
Teaching with maps can take students places. Get classroom-ready resources to bring geography skills into your social studies lessons. Free live webinar from OER Project.
- Wed, October 28 · 7:00 PM EDT
When Students Use AI: Keeping Them Thinking
When students use AI, how can you ensure they're still thinking? Hear classroom educators unpack the real decisions and tradeoffs behind how they handle AI. Free live webinar from OER Project.
- Wed, November 4 · 7:00 PM EST
Navigating Student Questions About Conflict
Get a practical approach to help you navigate student questions about current and historical conflicts by strengthening their historical analysis, and move beyond quick-takes and surface-level answers. Free live webinar from OER Project.
- Thu, November 19 · 7:00 PM EST
Deeper Discussions: A Toolkit for Social Studies Discourse
Join Dr. Abby Reisman, who is lead academic for Deeper Discussions and a former classroom teacher, to dig into a discussion toolkit you can use to deepen discourse in social studies. Free live webinar from OER Project.
- Wed, January 27 · 7:00 PM EST
Design Your Own Classroom Escape Room
Learn how to design your own classroom escape room—and you'll even leave with an OER Project escape room on predicting the next threshold of complexity. Free live webinar from OER Project.
- Tue, February 9 · 7:15 PM EST
Student-Driven Inquiry in Action
See how student-driven inquiry takes shape in an OER Project lesson—and leave with practical ideas you can bring into your own teaching. Free live webinar from OER Project.
- Thu, March 11 · 7:00 PM EST
The Cold War Across Latin America
Widen students' view of the Cold War with films, lessons, and interactive maps that reveal its reach across Latin America and its broader global impact. Free live webinar from OER Project.
- Thu, March 18 · 8:00 PM EDT
Feedback That Moves Student Thinking Forward
Give feedback that moves student thinking forward. Get forms and lessons to use tomorrow and teaching tips for historical thinking skills. Free live webinar from OER Project.
- Wed, April 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
Confronting Climate Change Denial in the Classroom
Develop a nuanced approach to confronting climate change denial by using thoughtful questioning and evidence-based lesson plans that will engage students in exploring data on climate impacts. Free live webinar from OER Project.
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