SQCC Participated at the Annual National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) 2020

On 4 – 6 December, SQCC participated in the Annual National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) conference Advancing Social Justice. This year marked the first-ever NCSS Virtual Conference because of COVID Pandemic.

SQCC virtually promoted the Indian Ocean in World History (IOWH) website, an educational resource that explores 94,000 years of human history through seven interactive maps. The website is an excellent resource for history and geography teachers interested in exploring world history from a non-western perspective. The website’s interactive maps highlight primary resource entries in categories of documents, travelers, routes, goods, technologies, objects, places, and geography. The website is a free classroom resource that consists of signature maps, lesson plans, quizzes, trivia and additional educational resources.

In addition to learning about IOWH, people also learned about Oman’s culture, history, geography and traditions as well as SQCC. Visitors to SQCC booth also left comments thanking SQCC for sharing this resource, others invited SQCC to be a virtual exhibitor and presenter in their next coming Social Studies conferences.