In this multi-day investigation of teenage homelessness during the Great Depression, students use a range of technologiessearch engines, blogs, and podcasting toolsto investigate the political, economic, and social history of the time.
The featured websites provide a glimpse of the countless resourcessuch as textbooks, trade books, maps, supplementary materials, and audio-visual materialsavailable in the NCSS conference exhibit hall.
Supreme Court biographies can offer students new perspectives on American history and politics. In this column, the author interviews biographers of three renowned justices.
Social Studies 2.0: Thinking, Connecting, and Creating with Technology
High school students develop real-world geography and GIS skills when they perform a site selection analysis to determine the best location for a new business.
Using GIS in the classroom can present unique challenges. Here, the authors outline key strategies for maximizing student understanding while minimizing technical friction.
Communicating in an online forum advances student reasoning and decision making while enabling teachers to interact more effectively with students and the curriculum.
A new digital library chronicles the integration of all-white public schools in Virginia and offers students the opportunity to read related oral histories, editorial arguments, and legal decisions.