This year, NCSS embarked on a unique partnership with Colonial Williamsburg’s Teacher Institute to host our annual Summer Leadership Institute (SLI). There are many leadership development and training programs out there, yet I think that few programs are tailored to the unique needs of content-area leadership. NCSS tested a different approach in supporting personal leadership in the social studies. Our premise was both simple yet unique: How can we explore the opportunities and challenges of leading within – and for – our discipline? Colonial Williamsburg was an outstanding setting to…

In August, the Madison Chapter of Rho Kappa at James Madison High School in Virginia was able to box up about 500 of their old textbooks and ship them to schools in Rockport, Texas that lost everything from Hurricane Harvey.  They partnered with Hayfield High School, another school in their county who had a teacher originally from the area and together contributed over 12000 pounds of supplies.  The pallets arrived Oct 23rd in Texas and are ready to be distributed to the schools, teachers, and students who need them.   The Madison Chapter partnered with the United States Holocaust Memorial…

During this nine-day unit, high school students consider evidence from a variety of primary and secondary sources to determine the best policy for the United States and NATO on Afghanistan and Pakistan.

—C. Frederick RisingerIn his State of the Union speech, President Bush pointed to America’s addiction to oil and called for more emphasis on alternative fuels. Websites highlighted in this article will help students learn more about this increasingly important public issue.89700289

Young people eagerly plan, research, write, and edit a podcast that tells the history of their city when they know that this creation will have an authentic listening audience.

Reading and analyzing poetry by World War I American soldiers can reveal a great deal about the life and observations of servicemen.

An in-depth examination of a clay flask discovered in the Guatemalan lowlands provides an excellent springboard into a lesson on Mesoamerican civilizations and the impact of European arrival.