K-8 Conference 2023

Student Directed Inquiry Techniques/African American History in Washington State

February 11 | 9 AM - 12 PM | FREE & ONLINE

Keynote: Quintard Taylor

Keynote: Quintard Taylor is a historian, author, website founder, and director. Professor Taylor is a specialist in African American history in the American West with over four decades of research and teaching experience in the field at a number of institutions of higher education. He currently holds the title, the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington. 

Professor Taylor will broaden our awareness of Black History in Washington State including information on the development of a Black community in Seattle, the contribution of leaders, business entrepreneurs, and civil rights activists to the Pacific Northwest. He will also feature the website BlackPast.org which he founded and demonstrate some of the depth of information available there.

Session 1: Inquiry Techniques for your Classroom

This workshop will provide you with practical ideas to use in your classroom. Centered on student inquiry methods but using Social Studies as the field of questioning this will be a challenging and dynamic session.

Session 2: Librarian Panel

This last session of the day will be a panel with public and school librarians each featuring books and resources for a specific grade level. Each librarian will be paired with a teacher who will give an example of an inquiry lesson based on one of the suggested resources on that grade level.

PROGRAM MATERIALS: Our presenters have graciously shared their presentation materials. The materials can be downloaded by visiting our Past Events Page.