Remember Social Studies?

I remember that I had this one social studies teacher who wore an awful lot of clothes straight out of 1972 (and a whole lot of leisure suits straight out of The Brady Bunch, she even, now that I think about it, had the Carol Brady mullet cut) which were totally out when I was in the 7th grade but totally back in by the time I was in the 11th grade, so, any way you cut it she was super cool.

San Diego remembers Social Studies as the 87th Annual Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies will be at the San Diego Convention Center this year.

The conference will feature more than 500 professional development sessions, governance activities, informal networking and social events. Sessions, workshops, and events will be held at both the San Diego Convention Center and the Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego. The conference theme, "Crossing Borders - Building Bridges," reflects the organization's commitment to provide youth with the content knowledge, intellectual skills and civic values necessary to prepare them to understand and address critical cultural, economic, geographic, historic and political issues in our society.

Featured speakers will be: recently retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who will address participants on the civic mission of schools; Cambodian American human rights activist and 2007 NCSS Spirit of America Award winner, Loung Ung, who will discuss issues of human rights and social justice within the context of her life and work; technology and education innovator, Jamie McKenzie, who will focus on the smart use of new technologies in the classroom; senior vice president for Academic Learning and former president of the University of Phoenix, J. Jorge Klor de Alva, who will discuss the impact of globalization on education; founder of the Institute for Development Studies and Practices in Pakistan, Quaratulain Bakhteari, who is this year's Jan L. Tucker Memorial Lecture speaker, and will discuss the development of educational and social- environmental policies in Pakistan.

Social Studies Teachers scored Sandra Day O'Connor? Who knew? You see, hip again, Social Studies is hip again.