As an elementary school prepared to move to a larger building, the entire community joined together to create a time capsule for their counterparts of the future.

Students learn how local history has coincided with national events and trends when they create scrapbooks to document the history of their high school.

It’s difficult to know where to begin. First, I hope this message finds you, your family, and those you care for safe and healthy as COVID-19 continues to devastate us and alter our landscape for school, work, recreation, and civic life. Each of our current challenges alone could be a major turning point in a “normal year.” Taken together, however, our challenges can seem downright overwhelming. In just five short months, 2020 has proven to be the year when the social studies – and education – are more urgently needed than ever before. This could be the best time to fulfill our National…

SILVER SPRING, Md. (Oct. 16, 2017) - The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) selected “Happy Professional Development at an Unhappy Time": Learning to Teach for Historical Thinking in a High-Pressure Accountability Context,” by Kevin W. Meuwissen (Theory & Research in Social Education, 45 (2), 2016),  as the 2017 Exemplary Research in Social Studies Award winner. The award will be presented at the NCSS 97th Annual Conference during the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) Business Meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 5:15 p.m. at the InterContinental Hotel, San Francisco. …