Recent Disney movies spotlighting intelligent female characters who work hard and do not define themselves in terms of men illustrate a major change from the formulaic fairy tales portraying female inferiority and dependency.

The highlighted websites offer important resources for teaching students about World War I during this hundredth anniversary year.

The financial literacy standards can help educators establish an academic base for the discipline of personal finance.

This lesson on the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment will give students a deeper understanding of the issues framing the current immigration debate.

Social studies teachers can play a critical role in fostering the civic development of immigrant youth.

Teaching about the voting process and discussing current congressional campaign issues can boost student turnout for decades to come.

In the first year since its release, many states have integrated the C3 Framework into their standards while others are in the process of incorporating the key tenets — inquiry, disciplinary literacy, student agency, and civic engagement — into state policy documents.

The C3 Framework recognizes that inquiry is at the heart of social studies and that social studies classrooms should develop the ability to apply content knowledge to real-life issues.

The strategies outlined by the author for implementing the C3 Framework will help teachers strengthen the study of civics, economics, geography, and history.

Constitution Day offers an opportune time for students to explore the evolution of the founding document and examine its provisions for citizens’ rights and rules of government.