Turn Out Those Lights! The Merchant Marine and U-Boat Lane, 1942 Caroline C. Sheffield and Andrew J. Nichols The Greensboro Sit-In: When Students Took Charge of Social Change Eric Groce, Tina Heafner, and Katie O’Connor Is This Candy an Advertisement for Cigarettes? A Media Literacy Activity Steven S. Lapham  

Call for Manuscripts for Social Studies and the Young Learner If you are an enthusiastic elementary teacher or teacher educator with great ideas that you have implemented in the classroom, we invite you to share your work. Here are upcoming themes. We also welcome pieces that do not fit these particular themes, as well as reviews of children’s literature and books for teachers. World History and Geography for Young Learners In our interdependent world, there are numerous ties between the local and the global, and between the present and the past. Questions…

In September 2019, author Kenneth C. Davis began offering a limited round of free virtual classroom visits on the subject of democracy and dictatorships.  To have your class considered for a free virtual visit, fill out a Contact Form at https://dontknowmuch.com/for-teachers/ specifying your school location, the grade level, and your class size. (Multiple classes are welcomed.) Davis will continue these visits throughout the school year, subject to his availability.  The intent of the virtual visits is to speak with middle school and high school students and their teachers about what…

Are you searching for compelling early grade and elementary social studies ideas tied to current issues of Identity and Immigration? Would you like to find ways to include NCSS Notable Trade Books and Carter G. Woodson titles in relation to these themes? Look no further! We have a free webinar exclusively for NCSS members! Members of the NCSS Early Childhood/Elementary Community will present richly developed ideas from selections of recent NCSS Notable Trade Books and Carter G. Woodson winners. Attendees will receive ideas for meaningful text selection for grades K-6 related to the themes of…

Sometimes in AprilReviewed by Jennifer Bauduy and Daly Valet 221Book Review

Recently, I remembered the anticipation, excitement, and jitters of setting up my middle school classroom. I was very fortunate to be in the same classroom every year. In that pre-dawn era without wi-fi and laptop carts, a big challenge was figuring out how to decorate the space and manage the desks and tables with new artifacts, pictures, posters, and other things collected from summer travels and study experiences. I recall the excitement of reading new class rosters for the first time; making welcome name tents, messages, and packets; making phone calls home welcoming students and parents…

James J. Sheehan and Mark A. PreviteBy looking at past themes of NCSS presidential addresses, the authors hope to shed light on the contemporary struggles of social studies teachers.238Book Review

Toni Fuss Kirkwood-TuckerThe tensions between Germany and the United States over the war in Iraq marked an unusual break in what had been a notable pattern of cooperation.289Book Review

An Emancipation Document by Ulysses S. Grant Kenneth Anthony and Mary Katherine Morgan

Strategically designed word walls can help students build the vocabulary needed to ask and explore important questions in the social studies.