Social Education September 2020
19th Amendment Centennial: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Social Education September 2020
Special Section:19th Amendment Centennial: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Volume:84
Num:4
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Editor's Notebook September 2020
The main focus of this issue is a special section on the Centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment that examines its limitations as well as its accomplishments. Outside the special section, the issue offers a rich set of articles on the topics of election security, the organization of online inquiries, the use of engaging primary sources, and the need for greater advocacy of the importance of social studies.
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Teaching the C3 Framework
Zooming Inquiry: Online Teaching with the Pomodoro Technique
Implementing 25-minute instructional blocks when teaching online can help learners develop stronger inquiry skills and prevent the zombie-like effects of staring nonstop at a screen.
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Lessons on the Law
Election Security: Fundamental and Threatened
Inviting students to ponder the meaning of secure elections can launch an important discussion about public trust in election results.
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Sources and Strategies
Encouraging Student Exploration of Historic Newspapers with an Article Celebrating North Carolina’s Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
A classroom examination of the featured historical article announcing North Carolina’s ratification of the Constitution can springboard into a lesson on federalism, the Bill of Rights, and the ratification process.
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Teaching with Documents
Teaching History with the 1920 U.S. Census
Comparing questions from the 1920 Census and the 2020 Census can be a great jumping off point into a lesson on the importance of a national count and how Census questions reflect the prior decade.
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Advocacy
The Sky Is Not Falling, But We Need to Take Action: A Review of the Results of the 2018 NAEP 8th Grade Social Studies Assessments
The report on what U.S. students know doesn’t give the full picture, but we can still use the results to inform our discussions, advocacy, and actions for social studies education.
19th Amendment Centennial: Looking Back, Looking Forward
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Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Limitations of Past Perspectives
This 2020 issue of Social Education, marking the centennial anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, seeks to broaden understanding of the suffrage story in several ways: by considering the strategies and tactics used by the suffragists to foment their agitation; by acknowledging the ways in which further work was needed to secure voting and other rights for all women; by acknowledging the need for women in positions of political leadership and for stories about their accomplishments; and by placing the U.S. women’s suffrage story within the context of the larger struggle for women’s rights worldwide.
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“Agitation by Symbol”: Iconography in the Teaching of the History of Women’s Suffrage
Investigating with students how women suffragists used images and symbols to influence public opinion can spark an engaging lesson on the Nineteenth Amendment.
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Beyond the 19th: A Brief History of the Voter Suppression of Black Americans
A close look at the history of African American voting rights can launch a lively classroom discussion about present-day democratic struggles.
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“Too Strong for a Woman”: Title IX and Gender Equity in U.S. Schools
Teaching about Title IX presents rich opportunities to involve students in inquiry-based learning that examines the legacy of this groundbreaking legislation.
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Working the Democracy: The Long Fight for the Ballot from Ida to Stacey
Learning the stories of Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Stacey Abrams can deepen students’ understanding of the long and ongoing struggle for voting rights in the United States.
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On the (Shirley) Chisholm Trail: The Legacy of Suffrage and Citizenship Engagement
The exploration of the trajectory of Shirley Chisholm’s political life can be a springboard into a classroom lesson on suffrage that connects issues of race, class, and gender.
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What Does it Look Like? Telling the Story of Global Women’s Political Participation through Photographs
Examining photographs of women participating in elections around the world can help students make important connections to the Nineteenth Amendment and prompt a fascinating comparative study of women’s voting rights worldwide.
