The contributors to this issue of Social Education offer rich ideas for the creative teaching of social studies through the arts and literature and some noteworthy articles on topics ranging from inquiry-based learning to a first-hand account of the dilemmas of a history textbook author. This issue also presents the most recent National Council for the Social Studies position statements that have been approved by the NCSS Board of Directors. One addresses the current challenges of “Youth, Social Media, and Digital Civic Engagement,” and the second deals with the important subject of “Early Childhood in the Social Studies Context.”