The Culturally Responsive Social Studies Classroom Ernest Morrell California Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference March 6, 2021 Citation: Morrell, Ernest. “The Culturally Responsive Social Studies Classroom”. California Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference. 6 March 2021. Meg Honey: Good morning, everybody, welcome. We're thrilled that you have joined our session this morning. My name is Meg Honey, and I am a director of professional learning content for Savvas learning. I was a long time social studies teacher and I love being part of CCSS. I have to tell you of all the sessions that I've had the privilege of presenting, I am most excited about today's conversation with Dr Ernest Morrell. I'm going to introduce Dr Morrell and then launch right into our questions and as we do that, please note that my colleague Page Pastore is on today's webinar and you can direct any questions that you would like answered during our Q & A to her. So without further ado, it is my honor to introduce Dr Morrell. Dr Morrell is the Coyle Professor of Literacy Education and Director of the Center for Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame. He has recently been named Director of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) James R. Squire Office for Policy Research in the English Language Arts. He is an elected fellow of the American Educational Research Association, a past President of NCTE, and a 1