The selected websites offer resources and ideas for incorporating the arts with traditional social studies content.

Studying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child will engage students developing questions and planning inquiries about the situation of children worldwide.

Teachers can advance the literacy skills and civic awareness of their students through the use of children's literature on non-violent campaigns to obtain social justice.

This annotated list of books and resources can help teachers implement innovative lessons during the 100th anniversary year of the Armenian genocide.

The highlighted websites and programs offer wide-ranging information that will enrich classroom teaching.

Secondary sources provide students valuable insight into historians' arguments, showing how they disagree, and how events of the present shape interpretation of the past.

A study of the Supreme Court case, Ohio v. Clark, about suspected child abuse reported to authorities by teachers, can ignite a stimulating classroom debate about the Sixth Amendment right to confront one's accuser.

Activities such as the Shays' Rebellion investigation outlined in this article enable students to develop inquiry and literacy practices as they integrate critical reading, historical thinking, and argument writing.

To coincide with the June 2019 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a team from Teachers College Columbia University is working with the National Park Service to create curriculum materials to teach about Stonewall. The curriculum materials are for elementary and secondary teachers and are mostly geared towards social studies and English/language arts classes. Before the materials are released publicly at the end of June, the team is looking for teachers who can pilot an activity or set of activities so they can improve them. The lessons will focus on Stonewall specifically and LGBTQ+…