This investigation is designed to provide information on the development, purpose, and structure of shifts in ELA shifts and Social Studies and how they relate to the Core.    Objectives:  Identify the key shifts in ELA and Social Studies. Identify shift connections between the curricular areas. Reflect on critical components of ELA Standards and where/how they fit into Social Studies.   This investigation has three parts: Investigate, Create, and Connect. Please be sure to do all three sections. Investigate: Engagement 1 View the webinar: Building…

This investigation is designed to explore Dimension Four of the C3 Framework and provide a rational and examples of how Dimension Four creates a richer social studies experience.    Objectives: Overview the C3 Framework and the Inquiry Arc.  Provide a rationale, goal and purpose of Dimension Four. Provide examples of what Dimension Four looks like in the classroom. This investigation has three parts: Investigate, Create and Connect. Please be sure to do all three sections.   Investigate: Think about where you are on in incorporating Dimension Four in your…

Ultimately the quality of teaching depends not only on the qualities of those who enter and stay, but also on workplace factors.  Teachers who feel enabled to succeed with students are more committed and effective than those who feel unsupported in their learning and in their practice. Those who have access to teacher networks, enriched professional roles, and collegial work feel more efficacious in gaining the knowledge they need to meet the needs of their students and more positive about staying in the profession.”--Linda Darling-Hammond Purpose: This investigation is…

Watch a film that envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, a revolutionary and personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. ( The documentary streams on January 16.) Read more at http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/i-am-not-your-negro.

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The half-century anniversary of the Loving Supreme Court case offers a valuable opportunity for students to examine this key decision in furthering marriage equality.

It is vital to the health and future of our democracy that we prepare our students for knowledgeable, engaged, and active citizenship.

The contributors to this issue of Social Education offer rich ideas for the creative teaching of social studies through the arts and literature and some noteworthy articles on topics ranging from inquiry-based learning to a first-hand account of the dilemmas of a history textbook author. This issue also presents the most recent National Council for the Social Studies position statements that have been approved by the NCSS Board of Directors. One addresses the current challenges of “Youth, Social Media, and Digital Civic Engagement,” and the second deals with the important subject of “Early…

The National Council for the Social Studies and the Children’s Book Council are pleased to present this year’s selection of outstanding books for teaching primary, intermediate, and high school social studies.