The two featured portraits of Revolutionary-era writer John Dickinson next to a book titled “Magna Charta,” can launch an enlightening lesson on the thirteenth-century charter´s influence on America´s founding documents.

In 2019, the National Council for the Social Studies established the Septima P. Clark Book Award. Books chosen for this honor must be nonfiction trade books and accurately reflect women’s issues, perspectives, and stories. They must be thoroughly researched, well written, and indicate originality. These are the 2023 Septima P. Clark book awardees.

From Château Fort to Renaissance Palace Jennifer Rothwell Overcoming the Odds: An Easy Interdisciplinary Activity Tedd Levy In From the Cold: People with Disablities in Juvenile Literature Jane Manaster Asia In the Classroom Mary Hammond Bernson

Lookout Point: Teaching History in a Post-Industrial Age Ann Bianchetti Workin' on the Railroad: African American Labor History Rebecca C. Maher A Union of Railroad Workers Sets the Pace A. Phillip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum Laying Track Over the Sierra Nevada U.S. National Park Service Diary of a Railroad Construction Engineer A. N. Ferguson Train Schedules, Standardization, and The Day of Two Noons Steven S. Lapham This Hammer'll Be the Death of Me: The Railroad's Hazardous Early Years

Lookout Point: Should 9-11 Change K-12? Tedd Levy The WPA Slave Narratives: Teaching with Oral Histories Paul Horton Going Places: Geography on the Internet Margaret Hill Teaching with the Use of Current Issues: The Canadian Model George W. Chilcoat, Lynette B. Erickson, and Jerry A. Ligon Q&A about Slavery in the United States Steven S. Lapham

Teaching About a Controversial Issue Steven S. Lapham State v. Tribe: How the Indian Gaming Controversy Began William L. Hewitt and Barbara Beaucar From Furs and Wampum to Slot Machines and Megadollars William L. Hewitt The Streets are Paved with Silver Barbara Beaucar and William L. Hewitt Deception and Games of Chance Steven S. Lapham Does Gaming Hurt or Help? William L. Hewitt Can You Find Me? An American Indian Guessing Game

Lookout Point: Teaching About Religion John Hergesheimer Dancing the Circle: An Introduction to Powwows Karen D. Harvey World Religions and Personal Tolerance Sofia Udner My Name is Osama Sharifa Alkhateeb and Steven S. Lapham Powerful Creatures: Native American Animal Myths Steven S. Lapham

Mamer Books such as Playing President: My Close Encounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, and Clintonand How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush can help raise awareness of contemporary politics and history.

This year’s Carter G. Woodson winners include books about a Chinese American trail chef who helped bring attention to national parks; Rep. John Lewis’s civil rights activism; and a look at American immigration history.

“Did They Actually, Really Believe This?” Authentic Medical Documents as a Window on the Past Julie Riley Taking Student Government Seriously J.R. Bolen Acting Out History: From the Ice Age to the Modern Age Denee J. Mattioli and Frederick Drake Modern Times: The Industrial Revolution and the Concept of Time Frans H. Doppen