ADVOCATING SOCIAL STUDIES IN INDIANA
ADVOCATING SOCIAL STUDIES IN INDIANA
The Indiana Council for the Social Studies (ICSS) actively collaborates with local and state organizations to promote and improve the teaching of social studies in Indiana. The means for achieving this include providing a forum for professional discussion; providing materials designed to aid in social studies teaching; establishing linkage with institutions and members who have similar professional purposes; webinars and ongoing professional development opportunities for improving the use of primary source documents in Indiana classrooms, and an annual conference.
The Indiana Council for the Social Studies fully supports the statement made by the National Council for the Social Studies.
As an organization devoted to supporting Social Studies teachers in Indiana, it is our position that it is the job of educators to dismantle harmful systems of racial oppression in education.
We must teach like our lives depend on it, because for some of us, it does.
The Indiana Council for the Social Studies supports educators in moving beyond allyship and advocacy for their Black and Brown students to being accomplices in the fight for justice and equality, with concrete ways to do our parts to remove racial oppression out of our schools. To that end, we endorse the following resources as a first step for educators beginning this work:
The Indiana Council for the Social Studies will continue to dialogue with educators from around the state. We will continue to put together meaningful opportunities for development and conversations that will advance equality and justice in education for our students. We welcome your feedback and ideas about how we can meet your needs at this critical time.
The success of our Black students is central to the success of our own teaching.
Black Lives Matter.
Black Students Matter.
Black Educators Matter.
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