Guidelines for Contributors to SSYL
The goal of Social Studies and the Young Learner is to (a) capture and enthuse elementary teachers across the country and (b) provide relevant and useful information about the teaching of social studies to elementary students. The editor especially encourages submission of manuscripts authored by PK-5 classroom teachers or co-authored by professors and classroom teachers. Currently there are no established issue themes; instead, every issue is open for possible social studies topics.
Submitting Your Manuscript
Please register at www.editorialmanager.com/ncssjournals to receive an email with a temporary user ID and password to upload a manuscript. Then follow the steps for uploading the manuscript, title page, figures, tables, or graphics.
Formatting
The authors' names should not appear within the paper for purposes of blind peer review. (It is okay if a citation to your own previous book or paper appears in the notes.)
With regard to citation notes, follow The Chicago Manual of Style. Articles formatted in APA will be converted to The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017). See examples of notes in the journal.
Margins & Spacing: 0.75 inch margins all around; 1.5 space between lines.
Font: 12-point, Times New Roman
Length: 3,500 words maximum, including notes, references, or tables.
Images and Examples
Evidence of learning from an elementary classroom is encouraged, but not required. If possible, include examples of student work and learning—writing, photographs of projects, art, or other media. Submit tables, graphics, photos, etc. as part of the submission profess. Please set your digital camera at high resolution if you take action photos of "students doing social studies." Authors must obtain parental permission allowing publication of photographs of students, as well as permission for the reprinting (in SSYL) of copyrighted materials used in a lesson (e.g., a historical painting in a museum or a recent photograph published in the news).
Peer Review
SSYL is peer reviewed. If a manuscript is considered for publication, the author must be willing to work with the editor on revisions. SSYL is published by the National Council for the Social Studies.
Reprints
Authors of published manuscripts receive up to five complimentary copies of the journal in which the article appears, courtesy of NCSS. Authors are not paid for contributions.
If you have questions as you are planning your paper, please feel free to contact Editor Scott Waring (University of Central Florida), at Scott.Waring@ucf.edu.