In our general session today, we celebrated our 2023-2024 MS and HS social studies teachers of the year Rowlett High School Bussey Middle School North Garland HS GISDSocStud John Hatch Rich Vickery Stephanie Villarreal, M.Ed.

How can we improve social studies student success? Let’s think it out and gallery walk our ideas. GISDSocStud Teaching & Learning Development #BetterTogether

Day 2 of the Social Studies Collaboration for the District North Garland HS Garland ISD John Hatch

Our social studies elementary presenters, Crystal Keilers & Érica Ramírez, M.A.Ed, are amazing! Teaching & Learning Development GISDSocStud Rich Vickery David Serene Stephanie Villarreal, M.Ed.

Shoutout to all our community and vendor partners who helped to make our K-12 Social Studies professional learning so successful for GISDSocStud the last two days! Education in Action, Garland Landmark Museum. Dallas Historical Society, Studies Weekly, Social Studies School Service, Institute for Curriculum Services

I’m super excited to start the school year with the Herfurth Elementary students and staff! Teaching & Learning Development GISDSocStud

Great first day at Naaman Forest High School . Students were excited and staff made sure students were welcome and ready to go! It’s going to be a great year! GISDSocStud Teaching & Learning Development Jeremiah Oliphant #GarlandISD1stDay

Ms. Cardenas’ AP US History students are analyzing and having meaningful conversations about the Preamble to the Constitution for Celebrate Freedom Week South Garland High School GISDSocStud John Hatch Stephanie Villarreal, M.Ed.

Ms. McCoy’s US History students are working in groups to break down the anatomy of the Constitution using audiovisuals and text evidence for Celebrate Freedom Week South Garland High School John Hatch GISDSocStud Stephanie Villarreal, M.Ed.

We are so thankful for the GEF grant that enabled us to purchase our Giant Maps of Texas. The maps have been in storage since the pandemic, but they are back out this year! Danny Rojas, M. Ed. GISDSocStud Teaching & Learning Development

Great to end my day supporting GISDSocStud teachers and students today at Garland AEC Teaching & Learning Development

Join me in Boston for my session on "Conversing with the World: Using AI to Enhance Emergent Bilingual Education in Social Studies" at the 104th NCSS Annual Conference! #NCSS2024 Garland ISD GISDSocStud John Hatch Rich Vickery David Serene Stephanie Villarreal, M.Ed. Teaching & Learning Development

The Texas Treasure Hunt in Garland ISD has officially kicked off! I had a fantastic time at Daugherty Elementary, where students dove into the art of map reading and embarked on a virtual journey through Texas cities using Google Earth. Teaching & Learning Development GISDSocStud John Hatch #MapSkills #ExploreTx

I am so excited about this and the amazing work put into it by Danny Rojas, M. Ed.

Shoutout to Mrs. Rodriguez's class at Daugherty Elementary for their amazing Texas map creations! Their enthusiasm for exploring Texas cities and using map elements was off the charts! 🗺️ Sign up here --> bit.ly/GISDTTH Teaching & Learning Development John Hatch

Shoutout to Char Starling's class at Daugherty Elementary for their outstanding Texas map skills! Their curiosity about Texas cities and mastery of map skills was incredible! 🗺️ Sign up here --> bit.ly/GISDTTH Teaching & Learning Development John Hatch