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DAVID HUEBNER is a full-time Social Studies Teacher in Columbia, Tennessee, and resides in nearby Spring Hill. Active in his local community, as well as in the Tennessee Council for Social Studies and the Tennessee Geographic Alliance, David was honored as Tennessee Geography Teacher of the Year (2007), High School Teacher of the Year (National Conference for Geographic Education, 2008), and Tennessee Social Studies Teacher of the Year (2009). Huebner is also a frequent contributor to Education About Asia magazine and President of the Maury County Education Association. He is married and the father of four children and nineteen grandchildren. |
Welcome to The Tennessee Council for the Social Studies (TCSS) web site! As the TCSS grows and expands, we see a critical need not only to present you with relevant and significant conferences and workshops and professional development, but with a greater eye towards the future. The TCSS is the premier non-profit state organization representing social studies teachers and educators, K-12 and university, since the 1970s.
Our organization (and web site) will continue to grow and improve, as we provide you updates, event information, relevant trends and musings, and links to other social studies sites.
Over the past decades we have seen the removal of geography and civics from many school systems in America, as well as a diminished focus on social studies. Under the guise of “improving” education and our schools, many politicians and “educrats” have sacrificed the values and virtues of such courses. While acknowledging that mathematics and science are incredibly important to our children’s education, intellect, and careers, without the power of social studies, how will our students learn to live responsibly in our ever challenging world? Without geography, students leave school ignorant of the knowledge of world citizens, cultures, religions, languages, histories, and distant lands. Without geography, students fail to understand to vast changes happening to our climate, environment, natural resources, energy sources, cities, farmlands, oceans and rivers, population, borders, and industries.
Without civics, students fail to learn to engage in responsible citizenry, voting, debating of issues, and the solution of problems at all levels of government.
We advocate a return-yes, even an upgrade-of these courses to the fundamental requirements of students in our schools. Responsible citizens solve problems; irresponsible adults retreat from mature decisions, fail to vote, and often engage in hyperbole and discord.
Make your thoughts and ideas known to us, The Tennessee Council for the Social Studies, serving you in the cause and advancement of social studies and responsible citizenship. Your input and concerns are important to us! Contact us via email at presidenttcss@gmail.com.
Our organization (and web site) will continue to grow and improve, as we provide you updates, event information, relevant trends and musings, and links to other social studies sites.
Over the past decades we have seen the removal of geography and civics from many school systems in America, as well as a diminished focus on social studies. Under the guise of “improving” education and our schools, many politicians and “educrats” have sacrificed the values and virtues of such courses. While acknowledging that mathematics and science are incredibly important to our children’s education, intellect, and careers, without the power of social studies, how will our students learn to live responsibly in our ever challenging world? Without geography, students leave school ignorant of the knowledge of world citizens, cultures, religions, languages, histories, and distant lands. Without geography, students fail to understand to vast changes happening to our climate, environment, natural resources, energy sources, cities, farmlands, oceans and rivers, population, borders, and industries.
Without civics, students fail to learn to engage in responsible citizenry, voting, debating of issues, and the solution of problems at all levels of government.
We advocate a return-yes, even an upgrade-of these courses to the fundamental requirements of students in our schools. Responsible citizens solve problems; irresponsible adults retreat from mature decisions, fail to vote, and often engage in hyperbole and discord.
Make your thoughts and ideas known to us, The Tennessee Council for the Social Studies, serving you in the cause and advancement of social studies and responsible citizenship. Your input and concerns are important to us! Contact us via email at presidenttcss@gmail.com.
TCSS wishes to thank all of the sponsors for their support of our successful annual conference this past March in Franklin.
ACLU
Belle Meade Plantation
BVI-Current of Change
Choices Program (Brown University)
Country Music Hall of Fame
Federal Reserve Bank
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Historic Travellers Rest
Teaching With Primary Sources at MTSU
Tennessee Bar Association
Tennessee Education Association (TEA)
Tennessee Geographic Alliance (TGA)
Tennessee History for Kids
Tennessee State Library & Archives
Tennessee State Museum
Wolf Gap Education Outreach
DBQ Project
Gibbs Smith Education
McGraw Hill Education
Michele Luck's Social Studies
Nystrom Education-CANCELLED
Pearson
Studies Weekly (aka American Legacy Publishing)
Sundance & Newbridge
Words of Wisdom
917 Society
ACLU
Belle Meade Plantation
BVI-Current of Change
Choices Program (Brown University)
Country Music Hall of Fame
Federal Reserve Bank
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Historic Travellers Rest
Teaching With Primary Sources at MTSU
Tennessee Bar Association
Tennessee Education Association (TEA)
Tennessee Geographic Alliance (TGA)
Tennessee History for Kids
Tennessee State Library & Archives
Tennessee State Museum
Wolf Gap Education Outreach
DBQ Project
Gibbs Smith Education
McGraw Hill Education
Michele Luck's Social Studies
Nystrom Education-CANCELLED
Pearson
Studies Weekly (aka American Legacy Publishing)
Sundance & Newbridge
Words of Wisdom
917 Society
