Alexander Cuenca, an NCSS member in St. Louis, calls for effective classroom strategies for understanding the events in Ferguson, MO and their context. Answering Ferguson in the Social Studies Classroom: A Perspective from St. Louis (pdf download)

Michelle M. Herczog, Ed.D. President-Elect, National Council for the Social Studies This article originally appeared in the NSSSA Leader Newsletter Implementing new standards, any standards, calls upon teachers to update their practices, build content knowledge, acquire new resources, and prepare for new ways to assess student learning. It requires a great deal of work, time, and dedication – a “big lift” for many already overburdened with an ever-increasing list of responsibilities. And as we know, asking people to change practices they have worked hard to perfect is daunting and…

A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies Approved 2013 Introduction As Thomas Jefferson, Horace Mann, John Dewey and other great educators understood, public schools do not serve a public so much as create a public.1 The goal of schooling, therefore, is not merely preparation for citizenship, but citizenship itself; to equip a citizenry with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed for active and engaged civic life. The National Council for the Social Studies firmly agrees with this premise and believes that no other subject area is better suited to achieve…

C3 Framework Task Force of Professional Organizations The Task Force of Professional Organizations was formed in 2010, and with the state social studies colaborative, initiated and guided the development of the C3 Framework. Representatives from the Task Force organizations provided feedback to the writers. American Bar Association American Historical Association Association of American Geographers Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools Center for Civic Education Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago [Constitutional Rights Foundation USA] (http://www.crf-usa.org/) Council for Economic…

Please join NCSS in our new online learning initiative to offer online education to the social studies community. We are looking for presenters to discuss a variety of topics that are relevant to the social studies professional. A few of the topics we are interested in covering are: Advocacy / Civic Engagement Author Forums C3 Framework / NCSS Standards Diversity and Tolerance ELA Integration Grant Writing Lesson Planning / Curriculum Development Mentorship Preservice / New Teacher Social Studies Methods Technology Common Core Standards, and more! If you have an idea that can be presented in…

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The following agreement has been developed as a guide for elected officers, members of the Board of Directors, executive staff, committee and community chairs, and other group leaders of the National Council for the Social Studies.Developed by NCSS Board of Directors, March 2012 We will arrive at meetings prepared and ready to work. We will use the NCSS strategic plan to guide our decision-making. We will be open, direct, and truthful with our ideas and opinions. When confronted with opposing views, we will listen without becoming offended or defensive. We will agree to disagree on some…

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Desk copies are provided to college professors and instructors whose 10 or 20 college students might then each buy the book as a course requirement. The online form will ask you for this information: Course number and title Instructor's (Your) Name Title of publication requested Estimated number of students enrolled Instructor's address at the college (street, bldg, room, for successful delivery) E-mail address of instructor Request Desk Copy OTHER FACULTY RESOURCES INCLUDE: Info about copyright, http://www.socialstudies.org/publications/copyrighted_material Author Guidelines, http…

NCSS members have exclusive access to the following resources from NCSS Publications: U.S. History Collection NCSS has selected a collection of classroom activities, teaching ideas, and articles from Social Education, Middle Level Learning, and Social Studies and the Young Learner. Browse the collection, or search by historical period and grade level using the search function below.U.S. History Collection Publications Archive Current and back issues (PDFs) of publications are available in this online library. These include The Social Studies Professional newsletter (TSSP), as well as Social…