The use of extended reality opens the way for rich, focused student inquiry into topics like the Holocaust, the civil rights movement, or Greek Art. 

The events in Ferguson, Missouri, can serve as a jumping off point into an exploration of students' own communities.

Examining the issue of gay civil rights through court decisions and government legislation will give students a deeper understanding of democratic processes within the context of human rights and legislative studies.

—Merry m. Merryfield and Binaya SubediThis article offers a range of practices to help social studies teachers increase student knowledge of the world in general and of women in particular.17

Jolene Chu and Donna P. Couper In 1935, two Jehovah’s Witness school children refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, a battle they took all the way to the Supreme Court. Sixty years later, the role of the Pledge of Allegiance in our nation’s schools remains a hotly debated issue. 333

Students can learn a great deal by examining the complicated system of party conventions and the key role that they play

This article bridges scholarship in global education with ele- mentary classroom teaching by presenting a series of lessons that challenge the idea of national culture as fixed and stable.

We need a new and different kind of classroom conversation about free speech—one that not only considers the legal and aspirational dimensions but also weighs the practice and impact of speech in daily life.

Comparing and contrasting today’s economic indicators with the stagflation of the 1970s can give students a better and more nuanced understanding of how the economy actually works.