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The MCSS Board Meets with Secretary of State Mark Ritchie

The Great Lakes Council for the Social Studies!

You are invited to the 2008 National Council for the Social Studies Great Lakes Regional Conference being hosted by the Indiana Council for the Social Studies at the Indiana Convention Center on February 28 th and 29 th 2008.  Hear nationally acclaimed authors Dr. Dennis Denenberg , James Alexander and Dark Rain Thom, Dr. Tyrone Howard, and Dr. Zaineb Istrabadi inspire social studies educators under the conference theme of Liberty , Equality and Justice for All: Re-establishing the Rightful Place of the Social Studies in the Curriculum .  Meet with social studies educators and experts from the Great Lakes states, textbook publishers, teaching resource providers, and representatives from national organizations such as NCSS.  Please go here for more complete information on speakers, the conference, the proposal form, the registration form, and hotel reservations. Help shape the future of the social studies through civic engagement and interaction with professionals from the Great Lakes states and NCSS.

Thanks,

Alan Hagedorn

President of the Indiana Council for the Social Studies

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