The U.S. Constitution codifies a complex system of governmental checks and balances. But for all its innovation, our founding document fails to address the question of how to prosecute wrongdoing by personnel in the executive branch, including the president of the United States.
The featured primary source in support of Native American tribes who were victims of the Indian Removal Act in 1830 can be used to spark a classroom lesson on this disturbing period in American history.
Students can learn a great deal about the economic, social, or strategic importance of a place when they examine maps, such as the featured 1910 Sanborn map of South San Francisco.
This inquiry, which explores the current debate on what should be done with Confederate monuments, engages students in historical, geographic and civic skills.
Our new standards for the preparation of social studies teachers are a vital resource for teacher preparation and represent a deeper potential for the entire social studies profession.
The revised standards for the preparation of social studies teachers address the purposes of social studies education in a democratic society and the kinds of knowledge, skills, and dispositions teachers need to accomplish these objectives.
Civic education may have been pushed to the margins in schools, but children are doing civics all the time as they negotiate relationships and address problems on the playground, in the cafeteria, and in the hallways.
The Library of Congress’s Slave Narratives Collection present students with an opportunity to expand their understanding of slavery in America while grappling with questions about interpretations of the past.
The results of the featured research study can help teachers become practiced communicators when presenting African American history to their students.