2026 NJCSS Conference
Monday, October 19, 2026
​Busch Student Center at Rutgers
604 Bartholomew Road
​Piscataway, NJ 08854
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"Road Map for a Changing World: Connecting, Engaging, & Inspiring"
Exhibitor Registration PDF (Deadline: September 5, 2026)
Conference Registration  PDF ($25 for Preservice, Retired Teachers)
​​List of Workshops (8/6/2026)
Descriptions of Workshops
List of Exhibitors (8/4/2026)

Session 1: 8:50 – 9:50
From Archives to AI: Connecting Students to History Through Primary Sources & Technology
Global Awareness: Incorporating Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Primary Documents to Understand a Changing World
Beyond the Textbook: Introducing the Late Ancient and Medieval Project on K-12 Education
Youth in Action: Teaching Civic Engagement Through Youth Participatory Action Research
Interdisciplinary Narrative Writing in the Social Studies Class
New Jersey Judiciary: Current and Relevant Supreme Court Cases
Strategy Games in the Social Studies Classroom
From Spectators to Diplomats: Model UN as Experiential Human Rights Education
From Silk Strike to Starbucks: Weaving New Jersey Labor History into a Changing World
HERstory is Half of History!
Learning and Unlearning Asian American Representation in Film: Policy and Pop Culture

Session 2: 10:30 – 11:30
History Detectives: Hollywood v. History
Writing to Think
Mapping the Past, Guiding the Future: Teaching with Primary Sources
Learning From the Frontlines: Teaching, Learning, and Living During a War
Stories That Stick: Using AI to Turn History into Experience
Empowering Teachers and Students Through Community Driven Climate Action
Shingeru Miyamoto: What Nintendo Can Teach Us About Learning and Tiered Instruction
From Ground Zero to Gen Z: Teaching 9/11 25 Years Later
Building Informational Literacy and Civic Responsibility Using Multimodal Text Sets
Road Maps to Relevance: A Framework for Culturally Responsive Financial Literacy Instruction
Confronting Misconceptions and Creating Inclusive Narratives Unsing Historical Texts, Young Adult Literature, and Project Based Learning to teach About Africa
Infusing New Jersey History into High School U.S. History

Session 3: 12:00 – 1:00
Foundations for Citizenship: Why K-5 SS Can’t Wait Until Middle School
Integrating Climate Learning Standards in Social Studies Without Curriculum Overhaul
Inspiring Connection and Bridging Divides Fostering Civil Discourse During Polarized Times
How Many Sentences Do We Have to Write?
First Jewish Americans: Integrating Jewish Americans into Early U.S. History
Accurate and Culturally Sensitive Teaching of Hinduism in a Changing World
Declaration’s Journey: Global Perspectives
Constitution in the Headlines
Make History Stick: How to Build an Authentic, Research-Backed Culture in Your Classroom

Latinas of the Movement: Who to Talk About When We Talk About the UFW & Rights in the 1960s
United States Iranian Relations Jigsaw Lesson
Teaching Conflict Related Sexual Violence Through Human Rights Education