Social Studies Research and Practice: Volume 15 Issue 3

Rubber ducks to ecological citizenship: a review of practitioner-oriented research on ecological issues in the social studies

R. Zackary Seitz

The world is facing unprecedented potential disaster with the impending climate crisis. Research within social studies education surrounding the integration of ecological issues…

Re-positioning historical thinking: a framework for classroom practice

Gideon Boadu

Over the last few decades, there have been significant developments in history education, key among them being the recommendation for an inquiry approach to history teaching to…

Exploring the racial achievement gap on US history written-response state assessment items

Jason Michael Miller

Many states are restructuring their US history state assessments to include written-response assessment items that evaluate students' literacy skills in high-stakes environments…

Primary sources, simulations and peanut butter and jelly

Melissa A. Chapman, Miguel Gomez

This paper seeks to provide instructional methods for using simulations to teach primary and secondary sources within a social studies classroom. Classroom simulations provide…