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Pedagogical conditions that promote historical empathy with “The Elizabeth Jennings Project”
Katherine PerrottaThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether or not the implementation of an instructional unit about an underrepresented historical figure, specifically Elizabeth Jennings…
Abraham Lincoln’s historical representation in children’s literature and young adult trade books
John H. BickfordHistory-based trade books have an important and expanding role in various curricula. Contemporary education initiatives urge English and language arts educators to spend half…
The elephant in the classroom: a comparative study of civics end-of-course assessment
Brian Furgione, Kelsey Evans, Irenea Walker, William B. Russell IIIOver the last 40 years, K-12 education has seen a continuous and significant increase in the amount of mandated standardized testing. This rise in standardized testing has led…
Developing students’ understandings of citizenship and advocacy through action civics
Brooke Blevins, Karon Nicol LeCompte, Michelle BaumlIn the wake of the 2016 US presidential election and the political turmoil that has ensued since, the need to prepare youth as active, well-informed citizens is self-evident…
Beyond the single story of Brown
Sohyun AnThe purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which an intervention lesson could help with elementary pre-service teachers’ critical racial knowledge around school…
Critical geographic inquiry: teaching AP Human Geography by examining space and place
Thomas Christopher ClouseAdvanced Placement Human Geography continues to grow in popularity at the secondary level, but not without its supporters and critics. The purpose of this paper is to examine one…
An analysis of the presentation of Sikhism in social studies textbooks
Sean Colbert-Lewis, Drinda E. BengeThe increase of Islamophobia-inspired hate crimes toward Sikh Americans led the Sikh Coalition of America and the National Council for the Social Studies to request social studies…
Social studies without walls: engaging students in online collaboration across district lines
Eric B. Freedman, Lauren Willigan, Randall Glading, Kristin N. RainvilleIntercultural dialogue and collaboration are critical to social studies education. Yet over the past 30 years, schools in the USA have grown increasingly segregated by race and…
The power of agentic women and SOURCES
Scott M. Waring, Carol LaVallee, Tammara PurdinThe purpose of this paper is to outline the SOURCES framework for teaching with primary sources and document why it is imperative that students utilize a variety of sources, as…
Know Thy Selfie: using contemporary art to teach adolescent identity exploration
Sarah Mead, Cheryl R. EllerbrockThe purpose of this paper is to highlight how one high school psychology teacher helped students explore the concept of identity exploration and express their own personal…
Social studies and beyond: attending to informal citizenship education in schools
Mark T. KisslingAlthough social studies teachers are charged with explicitly teaching about citizenship, all teachers in a school implicitly teach about citizenship. That is, in their daily…
Shooting at the Stars: the Christmas Truce of 1914 NCSS Lesson Plan
Janie Hubbard, Adam Caldwell, Paige Moses Bahr, Ben Reed, Kristen Slade Watts, Broolyn Mims WoodThe purpose of this paper is to explore a true World War One event, the Christmas Truce of 1914. The paper is inspired by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) award…
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