Encouraging students to participate in local civic activities for a classroom project enables them to develop real-world connections to social studies content.
Examining the recent monumental Supreme Court rulings on abortion, gun rights, and religious freedom can spark important classroom discussions on their legal, political, and social implications.
Teaching students about the U.S. processes and security safeguards that ensure fair elections can foster youth civic engagement and help counter voter suppression.
Spotlighting a sample lesson on the expansion of Islam in West Africa, the author demonstrates the important role that direct instruction plays in fostering inquiry-based instruction.
When students learn history through the lenses of political and social movements, they gain a more accurate understanding of the past and how it informs the present.
Examining the featured letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to a doctor treating a patient with polio can be an excellent jumping off point into a lesson on FDR, disability rights, and the history of this infectious disease.
Social studies narratives that portray individuals as either heroes or villains not only stifle students’ feelings of civic agency, but they minimize the role of community in creating social change
The featured photograph of Alexander Graham Bell and a related article about the first long distance phone call between New York and Chicago can launch a fascinating lesson on Bell's invention and its impact on history.
A high school history teacher describes her experience on a humanitarian mission in Ukraine and offers a lesson plan for teaching about the war and the experiences of refugees.