Social Studies Research and Practice: Volume 15 Issue 1

Clay farms, paper presidents: Visual representations of children's developing social studies understandings

Heidi J. Torres

The purpose of this paper is to report the findings from a study that explored the use of art and visual production as a means through which 20 third-graders developed and…

Why am I me?

Oluseyi Matthew Odebiyi, Cynthia Sunal, Dennis Sunal

The purpose of this paper – an early grades lesson set for ages 4–7 – is to explore the concepts of identity and individual development, involving young students in reflection on…

Mentoring beyond the politics of fear

Kevin Russel Magill, Tracy D. Harper, Jess Smith, Aaron Huang

The purpose of this paper is to examine multiple dimensions of reflexive and reciprocal mentorship as they work through the fear of teaching challenging and politically charged…

So tall within: sojourner truth’s long walk to freedom

Sari Brodey, La Wanda Tidd, Stephanie Serriere

The purpose of this paper is to support teachers in utilizing the 2019 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Notable Tradebook, “Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk to Freedom”…

Fourth-graders' reading, thinking, and writing about historical sources

John H. Bickford, Jeremiah Clabough, Tim N. Taylor

Elementary classroom teachers can infuse social studies into the curriculum by integrating history, civics and English/language arts. Elementary teachers can bundle close reading…

Citizen science: expanding ideas of citizenship and science

Elizabeth Kenyon, Andrea Christoff, Sonya Wisdom

This action research project determines the extent to which the authors were able to expand ideas of both citizen and scientist through their integrated science and social studies…

Preservice teachers’ perceptions of teaching news media literacy

Joseph McAnulty

This study explores social studies preservice teacher’s orientation toward teaching news media literacy in the era of fake news. Previous literature indicates that many social…

NCSS notable trade book lesson plan: Joan Procter, dragon doctor: the woman who loved reptiles

Holly Hilboldt Swain

Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor describes the life of Joan Beauchamp Procter, renowned herpetologist, zoologist, Curator of Reptiles at the British Museum and designer of the London…