NCSS confronted several key challenges in the period from 1982 to 1995. At a time when dramatic changes were taking place in the world and a new political climate in the United States was raising questions about the future of social studies education, NCSS was called on to serve as a voice for social studies teachers on major educational and other issues. After a number of past efforts to clarify the definition of social studies and articulate the requirements of social studies programs, NCSS reached a milestone with its publication of Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for…

The accounts presented in The Global Education Movement: Narratives of Distinguished Global Scholars are an invaluable source about the global education movement in the United States. 

Examining Alice Duer Miller’s early twentieth-century satirical poems and social commentary can launch a fascinating classroom lesson on the women’s suffrage movement.

Handouts for a culture calle, as described in Culture Calle: Celebrating Heritage, Diversity, and Dreams in Bilingual Classrooms