Social Studies Research and Practice: Volume 9 Issue 1

Authentic Pedagogy and the Acquisition of Lower Order Knowledge in History

Lamont E. Maddox, John W. Saye

This study examined the impact of varying levels of authentic pedagogy on student learning in select 9th and 10th grade history classrooms. The sample included four junior high…

Trade books’ Historical Representation of Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, and Helen Keller

John H. Bickford III, Cynthia W. Rich

Common Core State Standards Initiative mandates increased readings of informational texts within English Language Arts starting in elementary school. Accurate, age-appropriate…

Examining the Representation of Slavery within Children’s Literature

John H. Bickford III, Cynthia W. Rich

Middle level teachers, at times, link historical content with relevant English literature in interdisciplinary units. Elementary teachers periodically employ history-themed…

Using Mentor Texts for Writing Instruction in a High School Economics Class

Kristine E. Pytash, Elizabeth Edmondson

Writing is an important tool for content acquisition and for teaching analytical skills in economics. Students must be able to read and write in the economics with an…

Museum Visits in Social Studies: The Role of a Methods Course

Jennifer Cutsforth Kaschak

Museum visits provide opportunities for students to learn content in engaging and interactive ways. In social studies, museums may be spaces where students can increase their…

Effectively Using Social Studies Textbooks in Historical Inquiry

Scott L. Roberts

Of all of the educational tools used in social studies education, by far the most critiqued is the standard basal textbook. If used properly, nevertheless, textbooks are not as…

Using Norman Rockwell Paintings as a Window to the Black Experience

Amy J. Samuels, Gregory L. Samuels

This article explores engaging student learning concerning the Black Experience during the Civil Rights Era through the analysis of Norman Rockwell paintings. Focusing on pedagogy…

Seamless Integration of Technology into an Industrialization Unit of Study

Rebecca Stobaugh, S. Kay Gandy

A significant number of inventions and innovations appeared during the time known as the Industrial Revolution. Changes in technology quickly transformed American life in the past…

Re-envisioning Social Studies with the Community School Model of Elsie Ripley Clapp

Sarah E. Montgomery

Given the current marginalization of social studies education in schools, this paper explores the social studies centered community-school model of Elsie Ripley Clapp, who was a…

Critical Moment but not Critical Literacy: Perspectives on Teaching about President Obama

Laura A. May, Vera Stenhouse, Teri Holbrook

This manuscript describes the findings of an examination of 21 pre-service teachers and one literacy course instructor within the context of a program focused on urban teacher…

NCSS Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan Queen of the Falls Written by Chris Van Allsburg

Jill M. Gradwell, Liza M. Acanfora, Erika Lindsay, Kimberly Vaughn

This extended lesson plan uses the book Queen of the Falls to investigate the life of Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to successfully fall over Niagara Falls in a barrel…

NCSS Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad Written by Henry Cole

Lynne Farrell Stover

Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad is a remarkable picture book that opens with a young farm girl discovering an unknown person hiding in her family’s barn. What…

NCSS Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg: Courage, Rescue and Mystery During World War II Thomas “Logan”Arrington

Judy D. Butler

The His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg: Courage, Rescue and Mystery During World War II lesson plan addresses teaching a very difficult topic, the Holocaust, by looking at a heroic…