Teachers can successfully integrate student-centered, disciplined inquiry, and technology into their classroom using the three-part approach to monitoring instruction described in this article.

An examination in the classroom of well-chosen tweets not only illustrates how social media engages citizens in participatory democracy, but can spark enriching debates on current events.

These quality websites can help teachers present historical and contemporary issues from all perspectives to balance the limited view students obtain from social media.

Reforming our tax laws poses enormous political challenges today, but a good start would be to teach students about the inequities in the U.S. tax system.

The case of Gideon v. Wainwright can serve as a point of entry into a classroom discussion of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

These highlighted websites will help classroom teachers and curriculum supervisors incorporate economic globalization into their curriculum and teaching.

The digital resources selected here for using literature to teach social studies will help engage learners and enliven the discipline.

Students become actively engaged in inquiry when they use digital tools to research local history and create stories accessible to the community through QR codes.