Social Education September 2017
Social Education September 2017
Special Section:Teaching Social Studies with Sports
Volume:81
Num:4
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Editors Notebook
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Questions that Compel and Support
Successful inquiries using the C3 Framework depend on compelling questions that structure an inquiry and supporting questions that allow the inquiry to unfold coherently.
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Freedom of Information Laws
Learning about freedom of information laws, and how to request and examine public records, can provide students with a deeper understanding of how government works.
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Introducing Students to Thomas Jefferson—the Scientist—Through Correspondence about the 1811 Solar Eclipse
Examining the featured letter from Thomas Jefferson about a solar eclipse can spark an engaging classroom lesson on the role of science in the early nineteenth century.
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The Past is Present: Teaching 9/11 in a Changing World
A 9/11 Memorial Museum exhibit of New Yorker magazine covers offers a framework for teaching about September 11th to a generation of students with no memory of that day.
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The 100th Anniversary of the U.S. Entering World War I
The selected websites provide lesson plans and student activities for teaching about this year’s 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I. The Surfing the Net column also appears as a blog at connected.socialstudies.org/blogs
Teaching Social Studies with Sports
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Introduction-Teaching Social Studies with Sports
This special issue explores the intersection of sports and social studies.
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Generating Student-based Inquiry Using Compelling Questions from the World of Sports
This article highlights a range of opportunities for involving students in C3 Framework inquiries using sports as a guiding theme.
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Using Sports to Teach Civic Values
The selected primary sources can inspire a lesson on the historical connection between community building, citizenship education, and school athletic programs.
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Played in Full: Exploring the Democratic Values of Pick-Up Basketball and Soccer
Investigating and discussing pick-up sports offers students an opportunity to see direct democracy in action.
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It Might Not Be a Matter of Life or Death, But Does Soccer Really Explain the World?
A close examination of global soccer opens the door for students to tackle a host of political, social, and economic issues.
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Viva Baseball: Negro League Players, The Winterball Experience in Latin America
An interactive website offers rich teaching materials for a lesson on Negro League ball players and their experiences free of segregation in Latin American winter leagues.
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What Makes a Skateboarder? Teaching High School Students How to Conduct Sociological Inquiry
Studying skateboarders and skate teams can trigger an interesting classroom inquiry about socialization and group identity.
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Ahead of the Curve or Maintaining the Status Quo? Examining the Social Impact of Sports on American Society
An examination of inherent racial and social inequities in professional sports may give students deeper insight into the systemic inequities that plague our society as a whole.
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Social Media, Social Studies, and Social Justice: Finding the Intersection Between Sports Culture and American Pluralism
Integrating sports into the classroom offers an engaging opportunity to explore issues of culture, race, gender, religion, and sexual orientation with K-12 students.
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“She Played to Win”: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Babe Didrikson pushed gender limits, fought social stigma, and broke records. Suggested teaching activities will engage students in research and critical thinking about Didrikson and why her vast achievements are largely unknown.