This historical analysis and teaching activity offers teachers an approach for integrating human rights issues into the world history curriculum.

This simulation illustrates for students that the most complex debates in American history are not necessarily between those for and against social change, but among those who agree on the goal, but disagree on the means.

James Cantor, Peter Desberg, Diane Hembacher, and Nada MachDatabase technology offers students the opportunity to do the investigative work of real historians. 151

Students research their homes, local ruins, or urban ecology—among other fascinating subjects—as part of term projects that challenge them to investigate history using primary sources.  

The history behind a present-day court battle over ownership of Depression-era gold coins provides a perfect segue into a classroom lesson on the 1933 banking crisis and U.S. laws regulating coinage.

The authors share the inside story of a successful advocacy campaign by educators that persuaded the Illinois legislature to establish a Global Scholar Certificate for high school students who demonstrate global competency.

Three educational approaches outlined in this article help young people develop the capacity to judge the accuracy and credibility of online information.

Understanding the role of special interests in political campaigns and their use of sensational messaging to play on fears, can help young people spot these efforts and reduce the effects of affective polarization.