The featured political cartoon from the era of yellow journalism can serve as an excellent jumping off point into a classroom lesson on misinformation and the link between news and public behavior. 

The NCSS House of Delegates provides a forum for the general membership of NCSS, as represented by state councils, communities, and associated groups, to bring ideas, principles, beliefs, and actions regarding social studies education to the attention of the NCSS Board of Directors. Resolutions are the framework through which the NCSS membership at-large makes recommendations to the Board. Any NCSS member may submit a resolution following the guidelines established in the House of Delegates Manual. Resolutions are debated and voted on during HOD meeting at the NCSS Annual Conference.…

Quality classroom discussion across partisan assumptions leads to trust-building among classmates with differing perspectives.  

The House of Delegates (HOD) provides a forum for the general membership of NCSS, as represented by state councils, communities, and associated groups, to bring ideas, principles, beliefs, and actions regarding social studies education to the attention of the NCSS Board of Directors. Resolutions are the framework through which the NCSS membership at-large makes recommendations to the Board. Any NCSS member may submit a resolution following the guidelines established in the House of Delegates Manual. Resolutions are debated and voted on during HOD meeting at the NCSS Annual Conference.…

Guest Editors: Jeremy Stoddard and Diana E. Hess

What we teach and how we teach it can help students create a political climate in which difference is not demonized and trust and political friendship are the aims. 

February 9, 2024   Call for Submissions for Inclusive Social Studies Column Inaugural Column: November, 2024, publishing thrice-yearly thereafter Column Editors: Diana B. Turk, Stacie Brensilver Berman, John M. Palella   This new and ongoing column in Social Education will feature innovative work that is broadly inclusive in focus, reach, pedagogical practice, perspective, audience, and authorship. This column will provide opportunities for us to consider and expand our understanding of inclusivity in its many forms and how it might shape scholarship and practice in social studies. We…