This year's winners spotlight experiences of sharecroppers, migrant workers, and the civil rights movement.

Participatory Methodologies to Elevate Children’s Voice and Agency Scholars are invited to submit a chapter proposal for consideration in the upcoming edited book, Participatory Methodologies to Elevate Children’s Voice and Agency. This volume of the Research in Global Child Advocacy Series will explore participatory methodologies and tools that involve children in research. The editors invite chapter proposals that critically examine methodological approaches that empower children in the research process. Contributions may include empirical or practitioner pieces that operate from an…

The books that appear in this annotated list were evaluated and selected by a Book Review Committee appointed by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and assembled in cooperation with the Children’s Book Council (CBC). NCSS and CBC have cooperated on this annual bibliography since 1972. Books selected for this bibliography were published in 2010 and were written for children in grades K-12. The Book Review Committee looks for books that emphasize human relations, represent a diversity of groups and are sensitive to a broad range of cultural experiences, present an original theme or…

Inviting students to ponder the meaning of secure elections can launch an important discussion about public trust in election results.

Project-based learning not only engages and fosters development in young learners, it enables them to see themselves as change agents in their communities.

Incorporating poetry into the social studies curriculum can help students develop reading and writing skills while building their content knowledge.

Remain current on your social studies content knowledge and pedagogy with the "Connecting Educators as Learners" 102nd NCSS Annual Conference sub-theme. Sessions under this theme will explore the subjects that you fell in love with while providing new content or perspectives. Some sessions might be structured specifically for a content area or program (i.e. AP, IB, new psychology teacher, etc.). Others might share new scholarship for veteran educators or offer opportunities for those who are intellectually curious and want to engage with new content and ideas. Take a look at the 16 sessions…

Teaching students about the history and patterns of authoritarianism can help bolster our own collective awareness of the vulnerability of democracy.