“It must be nice to have your summers off!” (OK, go ahead and insert your cringe worthy eye roll here.) We’ve all heard this before, and I suspect many (if not most) of you hear it more than a few times yearly. While everyone else believes that teachers spend their summers eating bon bons and binge-watching shows that they were unable to watch during the academic year, teachers know that this premise could not be farther from the truth. From social media posts, I have seen colleagues immersed in Gilder Lehrman, NEH, or TAH programs. You’ve attended seminars and institutes with the Society…

*/ A Statement from the National Council for the Social Studies Officers April 10, 2023 At the heart of social studies education is the goal to ensure that the next generation of Americans are informed, active, and responsible community members. As educators, we strive to instill in our students an appreciation for democracy and an understanding of the requirements necessary for a legitimate republican government. A critical tenet of American government is the faith that through the democratic process, Americans are able to elect individuals to represent them. These representatives espouse…

Greetings. I am Wesley Hedgepeth, President of NCSS. For those of you who don’t know me yet, I live in Richmond, Virginia, and teach ninth grade World History as well as AP government and politics courses, US and comparative. I also lead my school’s model United Nations program. Before joining the Board, I served as the President of VCSS, our affiliated council in Virginia. I look forward to getting to know each of you throughout the coming year and beyond.  Hopefully you are enjoying your summer thus far - you sure did earn it. Each summer, I seek my three Rs - Rest, Reflection, and Renewal…

This article features highlights from an integrated curricular unit designed to challenge how the gender gap influences young learners’ gender stereotypes of STEM professions by allowing students to question their own biases about these occupations while learning herstory. 

—Lois McFadyen ChristensenThis lesson plan offers elementary students the opportunity to learn about the civil rights movement through the memory-inspired paintings of folk artist and voting rights activist Bernice Sims. 317Research and Practice

Pullout for "Disrupting Dominant Narratives of Asian Americans in the United States Using Yang’s Front Desk"

—Elizabeth WinthropA photo in a Lewis Hine child labor exhibit inspired the author to write a novel. Here, she describes her subsequent hunt through census records and dusty documents to trace the real life story of the 12-year-old textile mill worker in the photo.