A holistic approach to teaching democratic citizenship developed by educators in newer democracies can offer valuable insights to American teachers.

Allowing students to take the lead in a specific social action campaign enables them to take classroom learning about the democratic process to a much deeper level.

Teaching students power literacy means helping them understand the sources of power in civic life.

This special section of Social Education shares a range of different approaches to uncovering and developing students’ understanding of civic power.

In many elementary classrooms nationwide, less and less time is spent on social studies. Lack of attention to social studies is evident in states like New York where teacher evaluations are contingent on students’ performance on two subjects: English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics. In this article, the authors describe their experience integrating social studies and mathematics in a fifth grade classroom. The authors strove to provide elementary educators with a lesson integration model that uses historical investigation as a vehicle for learning other subjects such as mathematics.

At the turn of the 20th century, Pink Teas (alternately known as “suffrage teas”) were held by women who championed women’s right to vote. In this article, the author provides historical background on Pink Teas and ideas of how to teach about them in the elementary classroom.

This fall issue of Social Studies and the Young Learner includes an amazing variety of high-quality articles for elementary educators.

The suggested resources in this article can help teachers develop students' media literacy skills.

The guiding principles outlined in this article are essential for teaching students to differentiate between misinformation and credible sources.

In this assessment, students examine a YouTube video, excerpts from an opinion article, and a webpage screenshot, before answering questions about each source's credibility and point of view.