NCSS Publications Steve Armstrong 85 Years of Social Education Michael Simpson Coming of Age: The Emergence of Middle Level Learning Tedd Levy Past, Present, and Future of Social Studies and The Young Learner Scott Waring The Research that Leads to Classroom Practice: Theory & Research in Social Education Wayne Journell At a Crossroad: NCSS and Technology Ilene R. Berson, Michael J. Berson, and Joe O’Brien A Revolution in Inquiry: The C3 Framework and the Inquiry Design Model interview with Kathy Swan, S.G. Grant, and John Lee by Rozella G. Clyde NCSS, Scholarship, and the…

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Practicing What It Preaches: One Hundred Years of NCSS Governance Jeff Passe NCSS 2121 Lawrence M. Paska Academic Freedom Anton Schulzki A History of NCSS Involvement in Human Rights Rosemary Blanchard Leading in Unprecedented Times: NCSS in 2020-2021 Tina L. Heafner

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Celebrate 100 Years of NCSS! National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) concludes its centennial year with a special virtual conference - and you’re invited to join us! To commemorate our first 100 years, NCSS is hosting this unique virtual conference to provide more professional development programs to social studies educators this year. Special sub-themes, speakers, and sessions will highlight issues and practices of greatest interest to social studies educators each day. Tuesday-Thursday, February 1-3 will feature special 100th anniversary programs and pre-recorded sessions. Friday…

A Current Events Response by National Council for the Social Studies November 20, 2021 Silver Spring, MD -- This week as the National Council for the Social Studies comes together to proclaim solidarity as social studies professionals, Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old who in a series of encounters with protesters calling for justice in the police shooting of Jacob Blake, shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum, Anthony Huber, and injured Gaige Grosskreutz, was acquitted by a jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This acquittal is a dangerous harbinger for civic life, giving license to…

This article and accompanying pullout describes a process for developing inquiry projects, based on the Inquiry Design Model (IDM), for students in grades K-2. In this article, he provides examples from preservice teachers that show that the process can lead to high-quality social studies teaching in primary grades.