Social Studies Research and Practice: Volume 11 Issue 3

Trade Books’ Historical Representation of Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the World

John H. Bickford III, Taylor A. Badal

Contemporary education initiatives require English language arts educators spend half their time on non-fiction and history and social studies teachers to include diverse sources…

Integrating Content and Pedagogy: Developing Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Social Studies Teacher Education

Michelle D. Cude, Ashley Taylor Jaffee, Philip David Dillard, John Hulsey, Alison Sandman

This case study investigated how a collaborative, interdisciplinary partnership supported pre-service teachers’ approach to integrating content and pedagogy in coursework and…

Preparing Elementary Teacher Candidates to Use Global Content: An Action Research Study

Tracy C. Rock, Drew Polly, Laura Handler

Globalization is a powerful force that will shape the future world in which our children will live. To prepare our students for the world, we need to prepare their teachers. To be…

Keep’em Guessing: Using Student Predictions to Inform Historical Understanding and Empathy

Scott L. Roberts

Authors frequently discuss and provide examples of doing history in the social studies classroom. Few focus, however, on allowing students to predict the outcome of historical…

Valuing Critical Inquiry Skills in Museum Literacy

Lisa Gilbert

As content acquisition is often conceived of as the primary goal of a museum visit, advice for social studies teachers on making the most of field trips primarily focuses on ways…

Women on America’s Historical Landscape: Teaching with Monuments and Memorials

Joshua L. Kenna, Stewart Waters

We expand on the use of monuments and memorials in the social studies classroom, while further promoting a more inclusive curriculum that better represents women in the social…

Valuing Critical Inquiry Skills in Museum Literacy

Lisa Gilbert

As content acquisition is often conceived of as the primary goal of a museum visit, advice for social studies teachers on making the most of field trips primarily focuses on ways…

Content, Disciplinary, and Critical Literacies in the C3 and Common Core

Aja LaDuke, Mary Lindner, Elizabeth Yanoff

The Common Core Standards (CCS) for English Language Arts and College, Career, and Civic Life Framework (C3) require social studies educators to reconsider connections between…

Unlocking the Civic Potential of Current Events with an Open Classroom Climate

Jennice McCafferty-Wright, Ryan Knowles

Current events and citizenship intersect in students’ classrooms in ways both problematic and full of potential. Teachers take a range of approaches, from the passive, weekly…

Using Labor Images to Arouse Inquiry into Issues of Social Justice

Thomas Misco, Gavin Pond, Mindy Spearman

Labor history is an important social studies topic often neglected in both textbooks and classrooms. We argue for the importance of including labor history in social studies and…

My Country ‘Tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights

Janie Hubbard, Adam Caldwell, Paige Moses, Ben Reed, Kristen Watts, Brooklyn Wood

My Country ‘Tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights offers insights into the historic significance of the song’s familiar melody as an instrument for change…

NCSS Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan Thailand: Enchantment of the World Written by Mel Friedman

Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Kobkul Sukka, Georgianna Eyre, Dennis W. Sunal

Thailand: Enchantment of the World describes the southeast Asian nation of Thailand with recent photographs, maps, and figures accompanying the text. Graphic and text elements…