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Teaching in Isolation: An Examination of the Treatment of Multicultural Content in a Predominantly White and Affluent Suburban School
Ashley de Waal-LucasThis study explores how a group of middle school social studies teachers at a school, whose student population is primarily affluent and white, include multicultural content in…
Taxing Praxis: One Social Studies’ Teacher’s Journey with Experiential Education
Kathryn M. Obenchain, Bob Ives, Launie GardnerThis study examines one social studies teacher’s experience developing and implementing an Experiential Education-based (EE) curriculum and her reflection on the experience of…
The New Social Studies: A Historical Examination of Curriculum Reform
Jeffrey Byford, William RussellIn the 1950s, social studies education came under attack from both citizens and the government for the failure to promote citizenship. Events both at home and abroad eventually…
Informing Preservice Teachers about Multiple Representations of Historical Events
Scott M. WaringSince historical thinking can be such an unnatural process, social studies educators need to find effective methods to open students’ minds to historical ways of thinking while…
Promoting Democratic Ideals and Social Action: Children’s Literature on the Civil Rights Movement and School Integration
Kay A. ChickThis article highlights the role of social studies educators in promoting democratic ideals and social action. The benefits of incorporating children’s and young adult literature…
The Issue Campaign
Mary RouleauThe Issue Campaign seeks to apply classroom information about issues, the Congress, interest groups, and the media to a “real life” campaign designed by the student. Multiple…
A Learning Cycle Lesson Plan: Scarcity
Melinda Odom StaubsThis learning cycle lesson plan uses hands-on experiences to assist fifth or sixth graders in developing the important economic concept of scarcity. This lesson focuses on…
Espionage and the American Revolution Lesson Plan
Theresa M. McCormickIn this lesson, students discover how the role of espionage was crucial in securing a victory against the British in the American Revolution. Based on the National Council for the…
NCSS Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan: Lunch Money
Patricia A. PalmerThis lesson plan can be used with elementary students to discuss the different aspects of entrepreneurship. It uses a trade book, Lunch Money, to launch a lesson about different…
NCSS Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan: Hana’s Suitcase
Mary E. HaasThe lesson for the Notable Trade book, Hana’s Suitcase, by Karen Levine, focuses on two stories: the story of a little girl who dies because she was born a Jew and the story…
Critical Race Theory and the Teaching of American History: Power, Perspective, and Practice
Timothy LintnerHistory classrooms are not neutral: They are contested arenas where legitimacy and hegemony battle for historical supremacy. The representation of marginalized groups within…
Content-Specific Technology Infusion Program in Pre-Service Teacher Education: The Technology Leadership Cadre (TLC)
Kathleen Owings, Mark HoferEfforts to prepare new teachers to integrate technology into their teaching have a lengthy history. Increasingly, scholars are beginning to understand the importance of linking…
Social Studies Interactive Notebooks: Helping to Meet the Needs of Middle School Students
Jason EndacottSocial studies interactive notebooks are a unique but simple tool for organizing everyday activities in a creative, colorful, and meaningful way. Interactive notebooks help to…
Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan: Show Way
Lynn Allyson Kelley"All the stuff that happened before you were born is your own kind of Show Way." This Newberry Award winning book can be used for many different types of activities. In this…
ISSN:
1933-5415Online date, start – end:
2006Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Cynthia Sunal