Federal census reports and diaries from the past offer students a unique opportunity to conduct authentic research that deepens their understanding of their own community’s history.

The recent movie The Birth of a Nation, in conjunction with primary sources about Nat Turner's rebellion, can be an excellent jumping off point into a lesson on slavery, public law, and private power.

Students learn about their own roles as consumers and about mass advertising through an in-depth study of a company that is ubiquitous in their lives.

When studying the early colonization of the Caribbean, students will gain a deeper, more nuanced, understanding of the institution of slavery by examining Spanish colonial documents and comparing them with documents from the antebellum U.S. South.

Jennifer BauduyWith the backing of a new civic education exchange program, groups across Latin America are collaborating to promote education for democracy in their countries.338Surfing the Net

In this fourth installment of a series of imaginary conversations between the Chair of the Federal Reserve System and renowned economists, Janet Yellen discusses interest rates and the direction of U.S. monetary policy with John Kenneth Galbraith and Friedrich A. Hayek.

It is vital to the health and future of our democracy that we prepare our students for knowledgeable, engaged, and active citizenship.

—Guichun Zong, Jesus Garcia, and Angene WilsonThe authors counter criticisms of multicultural education by describing how its pedagogical approaches promote a thoughtful patriotism.450