This year’s award winners include books that spotlight African American trailblazers (Sojourner Truth), barrier breakers (the all-black Attucks high school basketball team), and a book created in collaboration with contemporary teenage immigrants.

The National Council for the Social Studies and the Children’s Book Council are delighted to present this year’s list of exceptional books appropriate for use in the social studies classroom.

The 2005 winners of outstanding nonfiction that focuses on ethnic minorities and race relations include books about slavery, discrimination, and the civil rights movement.190

The 2009 award winners include books about a pioneer of Native American rights, the challenges faced by migrant families, the Jim Crow era, and the involvement of children in the civil rights movement.

The books that appear in this annotated book list were evaluated and selected by a Book Review Committee appointed by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and assembled in cooperation with the Children’s Book Council (CBC). NCSS and CBC have cooperated on this annual bibliography since 1972. Books selected for this bibliography were published in 2002 and were written for children in grades K-12. The Book Review Committee looks for books that emphasize human relations, represent a diversity of groups and are sensitive to a broad range of cultural experiences, present an original…

These first-edition books were written by members of NCSS. Please send notification of your recent new book to tssp@ncss.org, and we'll share it here, in the order received. Congratulations to these authors! ** *********************** ** Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker. The Global Education Movement: Narratives of Distinguished Global Scholars. Information Age Publishing, 2018. Paperback $39.09; Hardcover $73.09; eBook price varies. The pages of this book paint a portrait of thirteen scholars and their lifelong professional accomplishments in and contributions to teaching, service, and research in…

Social studies teachers can gain valuable insight from Kathleen Wellman’s book about U.S. and world history textbooks created by conservative Christian publishing houses.

Social Issues in Education (series title) The Issues Centered Community of NCSS seeks scholars interested in serving as editor(s) of the IAP (Information Age Publishing) book series Social Issues in Education.  The series was founded by Sam Totten and Jon Pedersen. They produced seven books in the series and now believe it is time to pass the torch on to others in the academic community.  The Issues Centered Community has a long history of contributions to the series and has been asked to recommend editor(s) to IAP publisher, George Johnson.  To view volumes in the series, visit http://www.…

The Carter G. Woodson Book Award is presented by National Council for the Social Studies to elevate texts that accurately depict the experiences of traditionally marginalized racial or ethnic groups within the United States. The award now has a long history, nearly 50 years, in honor of distinguished scholar and activist Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Woodson’s life-long dedication to making Black History known, visible, and valued inspires us to focus our students’ learning experiences on classroom resources that elevate the diverse voices of the American social landscape. 

All History is Local: Researching the Place Where You Live John P. Dillon Online Interactive Mapping: Using the Panoramic Maps Collection Marsha Alibrandi and Eui kyung Shin What’s in a Name? Investigating Whom to Memorialize Arlene Girard and Mary Beth Henning A Picture is Worth 20 Questions William B. Russell III