Whose Responsibility is it to Protect the Amazon? Misty Galloway Tucker also in this issue:Creating Anti-Bullying PSAs in the ClassroomAndrea Saltzman Martin, Valerie Ooka Pang, Eric J. Ginsberg, Jennifer M. Pang, Luke Duesbery, and Edward R. Dial Surviving Eighth GradeAndrea S. Libresco

NCSS Congratualates Gold Star Affiliated Council Winners  Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin NCSS Congratulates Silver Star Affiliated Council Winners  Association of Teachers of Social Studies / United Federation of Teachers - New York City , Colorado, New York State, and Ohio (not pictured)

Part 2 of 2 Become inspired to synthesize content with literacy theory for the purpose of developing your own classroom-ready curricula, including meaningful readings.  Learn how to create an engaging and beneficial curriculum around the concept of narrative and connections, in which students can bridge together the short excerpts, aka "dots", provided to read intently in class in order to see and understand the bigger picture. Textbooks are compiled, not written and this creates a problem for teachers who are trying to implement the new Common Core literacy standards.…

Part 1 of 2 Become inspired to synthesize content with literacy theory for the purpose of developing your own classroom-ready curricula, including meaningful readings. Learn how to create an engaging and beneficial curriculum around the concept of narrative and connections, in which students can bridge together the short excerpts, aka "dots", provided to read intently in class in order to see and understand the bigger picture. Textbooks are compiled, not written and this creates a problem for teachers who are trying to implement the new Common Core literacy standards.…

Lookout Point: Examining the Motives Behind Standardized Testing Dianna Topper Adobe Bricks: Building Blocks of the Southwest Byron Augustin and Michael Bailey Book Review: Mud Matters by Jennifer Owings Dewey Arlene Hirschfelder Dear Teacher: Letters on the Eve of the Japanese American Imprisonment Yoon Pak Tough Stuff: Social Studies and Building Materials Steven S. Lapham

While enslavement is a topic present in elementary social studies standards for all fifty states, it also remains one of the most difficult topics to teach. In this article, the authors offer lessons from their study of recently published children's books that depict enslavement. They also offer recommendations for an inquiry-based strategy aligned with the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards that will support students' learning about enslavement from any of the books in our study, or other books that may be available in a particular…

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