The Annual Washington State Council for the Social Studies Lake Chelan Leadership Retreat will deepen participants' knowledge and broaden their outlook on social studies, in addition to providing them with a few lessons to teach on Monday morning. This three-day retreat held on Lake Chelan is designed to help social studies educators.

The theme of this conference is "Exploring Our Past—Celebrating Our Traditions." Eric Liu, coauthor of The True Patriot will deliver the keynote address. Sessions will provide practical, hands-on ideas for the classroom, encourage networking with fellow social studies educators, inspire educators in teaching the social studies, update educators on recent trends in curriculum and assessments for the social studies, and support pre-service and new teachers to achieve success in the classroom

The theme for this conference is "Teaching the 1950s and the 1960s." Topics covered at the conference will include "The 1960s: The
Unraveling of America," "The Struggle for Civil Rights in the United States," "The Social and Cultural Impact of the Sixties," "The Historical Significance of the Beat Generation," "American Popular Culture of the 1950s and the 1960s," "The Historical Legacy of the Black Panthers," and "Cold War
Culture."

The theme for this conference is "Everyone Counts!"

Congress website to improve the quality of social studies instruction. Potential session topics include using Pathfinders to manage the Library of Congress web site and teach about local communities, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. history and world history; developing document-based questions; developing primary source-based instruction for students with special needs and English language learners; and developing webquests to build content understanding and enhance technology skills.

The conference's theme is "Our Sense of Place."

The conference's them is "Chart a New Course for Social Studies," and it will be followed by an additional Teaching American History Grant Symposium.