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

This retreat will focus on the theme "Telling Our Stories." It will attempt to "deepen the knowledge and broaden the outlook" of social studies teachers on their subjects, and will also include several lesson plans.

This conference will include presentations by Washington State librarians on social studies resources, texts, research techniques, technology uses, and other topics by grade level. Presentations will also be given on topics including Seattle history, "Tribal Perspectives on American History in the Northwest," "Bringing History to Life in the Classroom," and "Eastside Heritage Education," and "History through Literature."