This lesson plan offers students the opportunity to compare how American and Vietnamese textbooks portray specific events of the Vietnam War.

The author provides a collection of noteworthy sites that can stimulate useful activities and projects for teachers and students.

Students will learn about key Fourth Amendment concepts and the extent to which the amendment's protections apply to their lives in and out of school.

Teaching about current events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo can illustrate for students the connection between technologies we enjoy in the Westcell phones, laptops and play stationsand fighting in a mineral-rich nation.

Should digital simulations be used to teach about such tragedies as the genocide in Darfur?

Students will gain new perspectives on the socio-economic circumstances of the Great Depression through an analysis of song lyrics of the time.

The Nobel Committee's 2006 peace prize selectiona microfinance organization and its founderoffers teachers an opportunity to explore links between poverty and peace.

By nurturing our professional relationships, we can increase public recognition of the vital role of social studies.