STEPHEN ARMSTONG

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Career

Social Studies Consultant, Connecticut Department of Education (2014-Present)

• Lead writer of State of Connecticut Social Studies Frameworks (2014): based on C3 Social Studies Frameworks

• Co-director of State of Connecticut Social Studies Standards project (2022)

• Under direction of Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona: Creation of K-5 Model Curriculum

Adjunct Professor of History, Central Connecticut State University (1994-Present)

• Courses Presently Taught: Methods and Practices of Teaching Social Studies, Seminar for Social Studies Student Teachers, American History, Modern European History

Social Studies Director of Curriculum, West Hartford Public Schools

Teacher, Social Studies Department Chairperson, Manchester Public School

Past Adjunct Instructor at Manchester, CT Community College, University of Connecticut/Storrs, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

Co-Director of PIER Summer Programs of Russian Studies/European Studies, Yale University (2002-2016)

Professional Organizations

National Council for the Social Studies, Past-President (2013-2014)

Connecticut Council for the Social Studies, Past-President

Connecticut Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History, Past President

New England History Teachers Association, Past President

Association for the Study of Connecticut History, Past President

Education

Advanced Degree in Education, Sacred Heart State University

M.A., Central Connecticut State University

B.A., University of Connecticut

Presentations (Sample, 123 total)

Why Inquiry Instruction (Webinar, National Council for the Social Studies)

Inquiry as the Key to Social Studies Instruction (4 part webinar series, Connecticut State Department of Education)

Using Inquiry as THE Key to Teaching Social Studies, (Connecticut Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference)

Using the Connecticut Social Studies Frameworks to Guide K-5 Social Studies Instruction (2-part webinar series, Connecticut State Department of Education)

Leading Difficult Discussions in the Social Studies Classroom (3-part webinar series, Connecticut State Department of Education)

Publications

5 Steps to a 5: United States History Study Guide: McGraw-Hill, 2013-2018

“Teaching the Vietnam War through Film” in Alan Marcus, ed.  Teaching History with Film, Strategies for Secondary School Social Studies: Routledge, 2010

“Understanding the Vietnam War through Music” in John Tully, ed. Understanding and Teaching the Vietnam War: University of Wisconsin Press, 2013