The recent Supreme Court term included many hot-button issues like health care, immigration, and First Amendment rights for liars, broadcasters, and unions.

The featured photograph and the document from President Kennedy's speech about Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba offer an excellent entry point into the study of the presidency and foreign diplomacy at that critical moment in history.

Students can develop their abilities to analyze complex topics when they evaluate primary sources such as the excerpted documents in this article.

This lesson brings the Bill of Rights to life for students—advancing their understanding of democratic principles while strengthening their reading, writing, and language skills.

High school juniors and seniors describe some of their enriching experiences in social studies, citizenship, and civic engagement activities since joining the Rho Kappa social studies honor society.

The featured lesson exploring early twentieth-century U.S. policies towards Chinese immigrants can serve as a jumping off point into a discussion of contemporary U.S. immigration issues.

This historical analysis and teaching activity offers teachers an approach for integrating human rights issues into the world history curriculum.

These recommended strategies and websites can help teachers protect and improve the role of social studies in the curriculum and mobilize public support for social studies and citizenship education.