The featured photographs by Gordon Parks depicting the lives of African Americans in the 1940s can launch an engaging classroom lesson on Depression-era New Deal programs.

Noreen Naseem Rodríguez, University of Colorado Boulder

Students will learn about key Fourth Amendment concepts and the extent to which the amendment's protections apply to their lives in and out of school.

Investigating the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the social studies classroom offers rich opportunities to explore global citizenship themes such as human rights, poverty, justice, and protecting the planet.

Students can gain a more in-depth understanding of the economic impact of the pandemic as well as the costs and benefits of government action by contrasting the U.S. experience with that of similar countries.

The controversy over a proposed census question on citizenship status can launch an engaging classroom lesson on the U.S. constitutional requirement to count every resident.

Three key strategies can help teachers implement successful projects in world history.

Teaching through an inquiry approach demands scaffolding and the skilled use of questions that enables even young children to examine issues of substance and interest.