Secondary Humanities: Strategies to Stretch Advanced Learners and Transform Your Classroom

Competitive antedating? The ShakeRace movement? Archival inclusion? Humanities professions are rapidly changing, and secondary classrooms need to keep up. Moreover, the humanities provide a safe space for all advanced learners, especially those from underrepresented groups, to explore the nuances of language, question dominant narratives, examine primary sources, make connections to their own lives, and create new knowledge themselves. Invite your advanced learners into the inclusive, exciting world of cutting-edge humanities inquiry. Gain a toolbox of strategies and resources to help students unlock the power of words, ideas, and their own minds.


Participants will:

• Discover resources and tools to optimize challenge and spark curiosity in secondary humanities classrooms.


• Experience evidence-based strategies for nurturing advanced humanities learners and debrief the experiences as both learners and teachers.


• Explore key trends and developments in humanities disciplines, particularly English.