Social Studies Research and Practice: Volume 5 Issue 1

Examining How Historical Agency Works in Children’s Literature

This paper begins by framing the concept of historical agency as a complex relationship between structural forces and individual actions. We then describe general features of…

Why Teach About Globalization? Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of the Benefits and Challenges of Teaching Globalization Issues

Globalization enables a better understanding of the modern world and inspires responsible actions that will change our future for the better. Even though the term globalization…

Beyond MIVCA: How Social Studies Student Teachers Negotiate the National Council for the Social Studies' (NCSS) Curriculum Guidelines for Powerful Teaching and Learning

This paper presents case studies of three student teachers negotiating the demands of the National Council of the Social Studies' (NCSS) five characteristics of powerful teaching…

Implementing Social Action Curriculum in an Elementary Classroom: Reflections from the Journey

This study examines how a social studies methods course, with an emphasis in civic education, is taught and carried through from its original implementation within a teacher…

Engaging 9/11 as a Learning Event: Teachers’ Perspectives Examined

This study explored perspectives of secondary social studies teachers, who reported using live media broad-casts to engage students in an examination of terrorism on 9/11…

Student Teachers at Work Shifting the Orientation of Planning for Teacher Activities to Planning for Student Learning

This paper focuses on how one Student Teacher (ST) shifted his planning from teacher activities to student learning during a semester-long student-teaching practicum course in…

Hazard Education in 4th to 7th Grade Social Studies Courses in Turkey

Turkey is located in one of the most significant active seismic regions in the world. The country also is subject to many other natural and manmade disasters. In 2004, the Turkish…

Building Effective Citizens through 2009 National Council for the Social Studies Notable Picture Books

Citizens in our democracy need a skill set that enables them to take action to help others, challenge bias and prejudice, and demonstrate patriotism. This article considers these…

A Sequencing Framework for Middle Grades Social Studies Instructional Units

In working with pre-service and beginning middle grades social studies teachers, the authors have found that those teachers often struggle to organize and sequence content in…

Cereal Box Dioramas of Native American Cultures: A Collaborative Project

A social studies methods instructor and college students collaborated with an elementary teacher and fifth grade students to produce exciting cereal box dioramas of Native…

Notable Trade Books

Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan My Rows and Piles of Coins Written by Tololwa M. Mollel & Illustrated by E. B. Lewis

Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan Let it begin here! Lexington & Concord: First battles of the American Revolution Written by Dennis Brindell Fradin

Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan

Bending the Golden Rule

It has been 34 years since the passage of Title IX. Yet women in academia are still underpaid and underrepre-sented in the full professor ranks nationwide. Why is this still an…

Digital Toolkits for Teachers

Challenging students to create digital documentary films in history courses engages students in both mastery of content knowledge and higher order thinking experiences. Teachers…

Teaching Elementary Social Studies Methods Looking Back to Move Forward

With increased curricular and classroom demands, teaching social studies content and skills can be challenging, especially in elementary schools. Although educators are encouraged…