Event Overview
Event Description
Save the date! Check back for the registration link at the end of October.
Get on the bus! Back by popular demand, the second annual day of teaching the Grateful Dead is here. Join TeachRock and New York City Public Schools Department of Social Studies and Civics for a full day of professional learning dedicated to the Grateful Dead. Attendees will explore how the Grateful Dead's music shaped and reflected key moments in history, and prepare to bring these sounds and stories back to their classrooms. Part of the 2026–2027 Rock and Roll Classroom PL Tour, this session equips teachers with lesson plans, materials, and strategies drawn from NYCPS’s Hidden Voices, along with TeachRock’s curriculum and Music as a Primary Source methodology. This session builds on last year's for returning attendees, but no prior experience is needed to join.
Who Should Attend
NYCPS Grades K-12 Active Educators (Teachers, Instructional leads, Administrators)
What You'll Walk Away With
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Use music as a primary source to support inquiry-based instruction in history and social studies.
- Connect TeachRock resources to NYCPS curricular materials, including Passport to Social Studies, Civics for All, and Hidden Voices.
- Apply lesson plans and strategies that explore themes of counterculture, community, and American identity through the music and story of the Grateful Dead
- Access TeachRock's full library of free, ready-to-use lesson plans and resources.
Cost
Registration is free. Lunch is included.
Continuing Education Credit Eligibility
Participants will receive a certificate of attendance documenting five CTLE hours upon completion of this workshop.