Developing Religious Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom

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Developing Religious Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom

January 22 @ 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST

Overview

Exposure to world religions is critical for students to become global citizens. This session explores legal foundations in the U.S. for teaching about religion, uses case studies to consider challenges involved in teaching this topic, and provides guidelines for classroom instruction.

Audience Focus

All grade levels

Meet the Presenter

Throughout her 28 years in education, Erika Lowery has taught MS/HS Geography, has been a Secondary Social Studies Supervisor, and is currently in her fourth year serving as a Regional Educator for the education non-profit, Institute for Curriculum Services. Erika was awarded the National Council for Geographic Education Distinguished Teaching Achievement award in 2013. She was President of TXCSS in 2018 and President of NSSSA in 2021. In 2021, Erika was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus from the College of Education at The Florida State University and in 2022 she was selected as the Texas Social Studies Supervisor of the Year. Also, in 2022, Erika was honored with the TXCSS Billy Sills Distinguished Service in Social Studies award.

 

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Date:
January 22
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
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