Content Matters: Language Learning Meets History and Global Understanding

There are professional learning experiences that check a box—and then there are those that fundamentally change how you see your students, your curriculum, and what’s possible in your classroom.

Join us for a transformative, in-person experience where language educators come together to rethink and revitalize instruction through innovative, classroom-ready strategies that boost proficiency while teaching meaningful content—history, geography, biographies, and global issues—into the target language curriculum from the earliest levels. Collaborate with like-minded educators, explore best practices, and leave inspired with practical ideas you can implement immediately.

Enjoy staying at the Stoney Creek Inn in historic Galena on June 8 -9, 2026, for two engaging days that will reshape the way you teach and the way your students learn.

Info: Why do we teach languages the way we do? We'll explore the legacy of language education and how our own personal experiences influence the instructional decisions we make in our classrooms.

Info: Learn a few core strategies that align with how the brain acquires language by learning a language that is new to you.

Info: Demonstration of a model lesson, including assessments. Time to create a geography lesson using a provided template.

Info: Demonstration of a model lesson, including assessments. Time to create a geography lesson using a provided template.

Info: Demonstration of a model lesson, including assessments. Time to create a biography lesson using a provided template.

Info: Discuss and share how to teach controversial topics in today's education environment. Time to brainstorm potential topics and share resource ideas. Time to create a history lesson using a provided template.

Info: How to begin introducing content at the early levels that builds background knowledge for deeper insight and critical thinking for understanding complex topics taught at the upper levels.

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