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​Region 5 News

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A Message from your Regional Representative:

Welcome to the Region 5 webpage.  I currently teach 5th grade in Bunker Hill, Illinois.  I have taught for over 25 years and feel strongly about the importance of advocating for Social Studies education.  Below are some resources that may be helpful to you.  Contact me with additional resources that can be added to our list below. 

Sincerely,
Cheryl Best
best5@madisontelco.com


If you stop learning, you stop creating history and become history.
-Vadim Kotelnikov

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Upcoming National Events

102nd National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference
​December 2-4, 2022 • Philadelphia, PA

More details may be found here.

Upcoming State Events

2022 ICSS Fall Conference
October 14, 2022
Harper College
​Palatine, Illinois


More details and how to submit a session proposal may be found here.

Upcoming Regional Events


Regional Exhibits

Missouri History Museum K-12 Program Calendar

Missouri History Museum Upcoming Exhibit-Related Events
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Illinois Digital Archive
http://www.idaillinois.org/
Great site for some great Illinois primary sources!

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Book Review:  
Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner
Persida Himmele
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
$18.73

This is a teacher friendly book that lays out some new and tried and tested techniques that will help your students become active learners and to think more deeply. It is for all subjects but has some good Historical thinking ideas too. I recommend this book for a new or an old teacher like me who wants to learn some great techniques to inspire and engage your students.


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​Enjoy Illinois

A website filled with fun events featuring historical themes.
https://www.enjoyillinois.com/en-us/events


Social Studies Teaching Resources

Teaching Social Studies
  • EDSITEment
  • Facing History and Ourselves- Teaching Strategies
  • National Archives Teachers’ Resources
  • National Geographic- Education
  • Smithsonian for Educators
  • Teaching with the Library of Congress Blog
  • Teaching Social Studies with Technology
Especially for Elementary Social Studies
  • America’s Story from America’s Library
  • Bringing History Home
Teaching History & Civics
  • ​The U.S. Legal System: The Three Branches Of Government
  • Beyond the Bubble
  • CONGRESS.gov
  • The DBQ Project
  • The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
  • iCivics
  • IL First Amendment Center
  • The National Constitution Center
  • Reading Like a HistorianThe Bill of Rights Institute
  • TPS Indiana Center on Congress
Teaching Geography
  • Global Trek- Scholastic
  • Map Collections- Library of Congress
  • National Geographic- Education
  • World Digital Library- Library of Congress
Especially for Elementary Geography
  • 50 States
Teaching Economics
  • A Guide to the History of Money, American Advisors Group
  • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis- Education Resources
  • Teaching Economics
Teaching Psychology
  • American Psychological Association- Education
  • Teaching High School Psychology
  • Iowa Teachers of Psychology- University of Northern Iowa
Teaching Environmental Studies
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • National Geographic- Environment
  • National Park Service
  • IL Agriculture in the Classroom

Local Historical Societies
  • Bond County Historical Society
  • Calhoun County Historical Society Museum 
  • Christian County Historical Society & Museum
Clinton County Historical Society
1091 Franklin Street
Carlyle, IL 62231
  • Effingham County Genealogical & Historical Society
  • Fayette County Genealogical & Historical Society
  • Greene County Historical & Genealogical Society 
  • Macoupin County Historical Society/Anderson Mansion 
  • Madison County Historical Society  
  • Monroe County Historical Society
  • Marion Illinois History Preservation 
  • Historical Society of Montgomery County Illinois Digital Archive
  • Randolph County Historical Society
  • St. Clair County Library & Historical Society
  • Washington Historical Society
Additional Regional Resources
  • Alton Museum of History & Art
  • Belleville Historical Society
  • 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House
  • Bunker Hill Historical Society
  • Old Cahokia Courthouse
  • Cahokia Mounds
  • Confederate Prison Site & Memorial- Alton
  • Effingham County Courthouse Museum
  • Elijah P. Lovejoy State Memorial, Alton
  • Fort De Chartres State Historic Site, Prairie du Rocher
  • Gustave Koerner House Restoration- Belleville
  • Illinois New Deal Art
  • Lewis & Clark State Historic Site
  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates Communities
  • Lyman Trumbell House
  • Old State Capitol- Vandalia

(c) 2023 Illinois Council for the Social Studies

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