Geospatial technology is gaining global momentum. The authors highlight five case studies that showcase how educators are mobilizing GIS and GPS around the world.

Promoting online discussions via a dedicated blog promotes new interactions among students and engages them in meaningful democratic discussions.

Advances in digital technology enable students to combine sight, sound, and text to create family projects that make history more personal.

Web 2.0 tools and video technology have reshaped the way students carry out historical reenactments.

These strategies for integrating iPads and other multi-touch technologies in the classroom will enable teachers to raise the level of student interaction and engagement during social studies lessons.

This list of key resources for teaching about local government and public policy will enrich any lesson on civic education.

The NCSS annual meeting offers a cornucopia of information on using the Internet and Web 2.0 resources to teach social studies. The author describes his top website choices.

An oral history project by students in Southside, Virginia, exposes a neglected aspect of the civil rights movement—a generation of young people who were deprived of an education by segregationists.

An examination of the history, structure, and function of the Federal Reserve System, will enlighten students about the historical debate on the constitutionality of a central bank.

The views of several experts on new, stricter voter identification laws can spark a lively student debate on whether such laws are necessary.