Standard accounts of U.S. history present a chronology of events that begins in the East and moves west. An alternative approach traces Spanish exploration and settlement in what is now the American Southwest..

If teachers want their students to engage in meaningful deliberation around a compelling question, they should focus on explicitly connecting questions and sources with formative and summative per-formance tasks. 

Studying literary maps like the Texas map featured in this article can launch an engaging discussion about literature as well as on the perspectives of the mapmakers.

Prepared by the Staff of Social EducationLeading NCSS members reveal the effects of No Child Left Behind on their schools and their classroom teaching.296

On Thursday, April 23, 2020, results were released from the 2018 administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Grade 8 Assessments in Civics, Geography, and U.S. History. On Monday, April 27, 2020, NCSS offered a public response to the released NAEP results. The media’s reporting of “dismal” outcomes has garnered much negative press for social studies and has portrayed the field as inadequately preparing citizens. NAEP is a policy tool frequently evoked to reform or radically change K-12 education; yet, the results are often harmfully conflated and frequently…

The video essay assignment described in this article challenges students to build stronger arguments and helps them develop a deeper understanding of the past.

Jana Sackman EatonLooking at media reports from around the world enables a broader discussion on the U.S. election and election issues. 401Looking at the Law

A teacher of second-grade students in an economically disadvantaged and racially and linguistically marginalized elementary school, shares her experience carrying out an inquiry-focused lesson about Indigenous People’s Day.