The featured photograph of a historical sign in Paterson, New Jersey can launch an exploration of the history, geography, and economics that shaped one community and can propel students to research their own local markers.

This issue of Social Education offers features on historic milestones and major contemporary issues. Our authors provide lively insights and a host of useful teaching suggestions and engaging online resources.

The NCSS Carter G. Woodson Book Award Committee is pleased to present a new award in honor of civil rights pioneer Septima Poinsette Clark for books that reflect the experiences of women.

<p>The upcoming anniversaries of the Fifteenth and Nineteenth amendments offer an ideal opportunity to facilitate a classroom debate on whether these suffrage amendments succeeded in guaranteeing the right to vote.</p>

A close look at documents related to the case of Mabel Ping-Hua Lee can serve as a springboard into an engaging classroom lesson on the Chinese Exclusion Act and its impact on the voting rights of women in the United States.

Examining statistical atlases from the nineteenth century offers students a unique opportunity to practice geographic thinking and data literacy skills.

<p>Engaging students in a structured inquiry offers an excellent approach to bridging the tension between a fact-based civics test and inquiry-based learning.</p>

Beyond simply encouraging students to vote, we should be providing the foundation for young people to research, speak out, and take informed action locally.

Involving students, particularly resettled refugee youth, in civic issues can help reduce the stress experienced in high school and can foster integration into a new community

The facts and statistics outlined in this article can help launch an engaging classroom discussion about myths that pertain to refugees in the United States.