This brief activity is a P.S. to the article in the previous issue of Middle Level Learning: “The Erie Canal: From Public Works to National Wealth,” by S. Kay Gandy (MLL no. 56)

NCSS has selected the following articles on the U.S. Constitution from Social Education, Middle Level Learning, and Social Studies and the Young Learner. Also included are selected online resources. 

Research shows that access to high quality instructional materials (HQIM) matters for student success, but do these materials exist in social studies and do students have access to them? Join EdReports for a conversation focusing on understanding the current landscape of HQIM in social studies, sharing research based best practices in the field and get a peek inside the work EdReports and the American Institutes for Research (AIR) are doing to better define what HQIM looks like in social studies. 

National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) offers the following resources to educators and the general public to foster a national conversation on teaching about human rights.