Arkansas Council for the Social Studies

09/07/2026

ACSS is proud to share our first edition of the ACSS Compass, a quarterly newsletter helping you navigate social studies education! Our fall 2026 edition focused on Civics education, helping you get ready for Constitution Day and Celebrate Freedom week!
This post has the basic information, but everything underlined is a hyperlink! If you see a link you want, comment it below and share your email 📣📣

We'd love to hear feedback from you! What do you think- is there anything else you'd like us to include for the Winter History edition? 🤔Let us know! 🥳

08/29/2026

Calling ALL teachers!! We know you want to take your students to experience learning all over the state, let HumanitiesAR help you! They offer several grants to help fund placement based learning initiatives. For more information see their post!! Can’t wait to see where you and HumanitiesAR take students this year 😊

HumanitiesAR offers several grant opportunities designed to help teachers bring meaningful learning experiences to their students.

Looking for funding? See our available grants:

🎒 REACH Grant — Support for humanities-based classroom projects, professional development, and classroom supplies.

🌳 Arkansas State Parks Field Trip Grant — Support for educational field trips to 1 of the 53 Arkansas State Parks.

🏛️ Helen T. Leigh Museum Field Trip Grant — Support for school visits to the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History.

Whether you're planning a classroom project, professional development opportunity, or educational field trip, there may be funding available to help.

🔗 Explore grants and apply:
https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=arhc

08/23/2026

ACSS wishes all teachers an exciting and engaging school year! In the comments share how your year is going! ☺️
Keep in touch with our social media , there will be regular announcements of resources and training sessions coming soon!

08/01/2026

If you’re looking to enrich your classroom research discussions, while helping preserve the memory of US Navy and Coast Guard Veterans in WWII this National History Day sponsored program may be for you! For more information, and to apply (by August 6th!) follow this link👉 https://nhd.org/en/2026/07/18/nhd-announces-silent-hero-opportunity-for-teachers-and-students-in-2026-2027/

07/22/2026

Great opportunity for any Arkansas teachers who are looking to join NCSS and get funding for the annual conference!

NCSS is pleased to offer a limited number of conference registration scholarships to enable early and mid-career educators, from diverse ethnic groups, especially historically marginalized communities and/or those who teach in economically disadvantaged school districts, to attend the Annual Conference.

➡️Learn more and apply here by Friday, September 4: https://hubs.li/Q04pFyYV0

07/19/2026

On Thursday, July 30th from 12-3PM Echos & Reflections will be hosting a free virtual professional development inviting secondary educators to learn about their program “Exploring the ‘Final Solution’: A Virtual Visit of Auschwitz-Birkenau”. This session will give you resources to help as you discuss the complexities of the Holocaust.
Link to register👉https://adl.zoom.us/meeting/register/WBoKBBUvTTqA1tMqLM8nbg #/registration

07/17/2026

There's still time!!

We want to hear from you! Your feedback will help ACSS improve future conferences and expand professional learning opportunities for Arkansas social studies educators. This survey should only take about 3 minutes to complete.

07/08/2026

📣 **We Want To Hear From You!**
PLEASE COMPLETE SURVEY BY JULY 18th.

Help shape the future of the Arkansas Council for the Social Studies!
Your feedback will help us plan future conferences and expand professional learning opportunities for social studies educators across Arkansas.

⏱️ **The survey takes only about 3 minutes to complete.**

📝 Take the survey here: https://forms.gle/P7JcgXBWX8YMJUDL8

Please share this post with other Arkansas social studies educators. The more feedback we receive, the better we can serve our profession.
Thank you for helping shape the future of ACSS!

We want to hear from you! Your feedback will help ACSS improve future conferences and expand professional learning opportunities for Arkansas social studies educators. This survey should only take about 3 minutes to complete.

07/08/2026

Professional Development Opportunity! Link to register is in original post 🔗

Attention Teachers! If you are for looking Professional Development credits or you would like to learn about changes to Arkansas Social Studies curriculum register now for our workshop on Monday, July 20th. It is free! Clink the link to register. https://forms.gle/hDWUUNSPbdQAiTjY8

07/06/2026

When teaching about the Holocaust most of us have gotten the question "Did America know what was happening?" If this question sounds familiar, the upcoming webinar from Echos & Reflections on July 27th will benefit you! The one hour webinar will work to answer that question using a resource from their collection that has students analyze historical sources, consider public awareness, and engage with questions about responsibility and response.

Here's the link to register 👉https://info.echoesandreflections.org/what-did-americans-know-about-the-holocaust-2