Examining documents from the Library of Congress’s World War II Rumor Project can launch a fascinating classroom lesson on misinformation.

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

Social Education staffVoter turnout in the United States is somewhat below turnout in other industrialized nations. Our younger voters have the lowest rate of all. In this information section, several NCSS teachers share strategies for making students informed and active voters.

A brief film created by the Census Bureau to encourage participation in the 1940 Census will enrich a lesson on the Constitution and fuel discussion on why the Framers saw fit to require a population count.

How can we safeguard the records of our history in an ever changing digital landscape?

Examining the featured letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to a doctor treating a patient with polio can be an excellent jumping off point into a lesson on FDR, disability rights, and the history of this infectious disease.  

Carol LaVallee, Sarasota County Schools

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.…

2016 NCSS House of Delegates Resolutions 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 Board of Directors (BOD). Resolutions are the framework through which the NCSS membership at-large makes recommendations to the Board. Any NCSS member can submit a resolution following the guidelines established in the House of Delegates manual. Resolutions are debated and voted on during the…

Corey R. Sell, Metropolitan State University of Denver