Join us in celebrating the evolution of the C3 Framework. This session highlights curriculum inquiries and C3-related projects and programs from new partners who have collaborated with NCSS on implementing the C3 Framework since its publication in 2013. This is part of a special NCSS webinar series is a celebration of the C3 Framework’s first decade! Each C3 Framework Inquiry Showcase webinar highlights different organizations and members active in the development and implementation of the C3 Framework. Share in examples of curriculum inquiries, books, professional development programs, or…

For thousands of students around the world, autumn marks the start of another chance to get excited about learning with the National History Day Contest. Students enter their projects in local level contests, with the top entries advancing to regional, state/affiliate, and finally, the National Contest in June 2018. Along the way, students compete for the gold medal in their category as well as honors, awards, and thousands of dollars in prizes and scholarships. Guided by an annual theme, students are encouraged to choose a topic that matches their personal interests. The 2018 theme is "…

Who May Submit an Article? Anybody may submit an article to Social Studies and the Young Learner. The editors especially look for manuscripts co-authored by classroom teachers and professors, or authored by K-5 classroom teachers alone. What are Good Topics? Articles in Social Studies and the Young Learner show how social studies (history, geography, civics, economics, anthropology, etc.) is taught in the pre-K-6 classroom. The lead article often provides background on the theme for that issue. A children’s literature piece describes how to use quality books in the classroom. A pullout…

JSTOR Daily publishes new stories daily on historical and news-related topics. All of the stories feature research from the digital library and database JSTOR (which stands for "journal storage"). The organization negotiates the rights to also open up the underlying research (news and journal articles, etc.), so that anyone can download it for free. Visit daily.jstor.org. Here is a sampling of topics and stories from recent JSTOR posts. * JSTOR Daily Celebrates Black History Month (Dozens of stories on African American history, culture, and politics) https://daily.jstor.org/black-history-…

Q: Congratulations on being elected as the 2018-2019 NCSS President. What was your path to the NCSS Presidency?  A: In 2006-2007 I was named the NCSS Secondary Teacher of the Year, and then went on to serve as a member and chair of that selection committee for approximately 10 years while helping to usher in the changeover from the paper application process to its current electronic format. In 2011, then NCSS President Sue Blanchette asked if I would be willing to serve on the initial advisory board of the newly formed Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society where I…

Racial Justice and Reform: How Change Happens Bryan Stevenson, a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer and author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, will address the 96th NCSS Annual Conference being held December 2-4, 2016, in Washington, D.C. The book was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice (EJI) Initiative and a Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law. At the EJI website, www.eji.org/resources, teachers will find important resource on issues concerning the U.S. justice…

Are You Ready to Inquiry? The Fifth Annual IDM™ Summer Institute will be in Washington, DC, July 22-23, 2019! Register Sponsored by C3 Teachers and National Council for the Social Studies, the IDM Summer Institute features hands-on opportunities for teachers to develop inquiry materials for use in their classrooms and to join a larger community of educators who share an interest in invigorating their classrooms through inquiry teaching and learning. The institute will focus on introducing IDM and crafting inquiries, combination of whole group and small group work with classroom teachers…

It’s time to reject historical uniformity and historical integration. Black history has its own historical entry points, historical timelines, and historical perspectives.  

The Celebration of Learning Quilt: A Review During Distance TeachingSara M. Monnat Yikes! Teaching During a Pandemic and Fully Online: New Teacher TipsValerie Ooka Pang and Lynne A. Bercaw Harness Student Choice-making via a Q-Sort ActivityChaebong Nam and Jenny Chung Greenfield A Teaching Activity About VotingSylvia Vardell and Janet Wong

Educators can get an inside look at how some classrooms have shifted to inquiry-based social studies with four documentary films featured in the The Making Inquiry Possible project.