To help address the critical issues related to climate and society, NCSS has compiled the following resources (students and teachers can also follow the youth activists on social media: #YouthClimateSummit and #ClimateAction.) Secondary Level Justice and Responsibility in a Changing Climate The Choices Program, Brown University Climate Change in the Social Studies Classroom: A Why and How to Guide Using the C3 Framework Lori M. Kumler and Bethany Vosburg-Bluem Simulating Global Climate Summits Dean P. Vesperman, Turtle Haste, and Stephane Alrivy Climate Change: Where We’ve Been, Where We…

National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and National Council for History Education (NCHE) are proud to present a two-part professional learning series on teaching inquiry about race and democracy through the use of primary sources in K-12 social studies and history classrooms.  Each part of this program previews a chapter from NCSS’ forthcoming online methods texts, Inquiry and Teaching with Primary Sources to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic Life, and features a panel discussion with the chapter’s author and a history scholar, moderated by NCSS and NCHE leaders. …

The Library of Congress is continually adding new content, features, and expertise to its website, loc.gov. In this session, learn about new ways to connect with and explore the newest online collections and resources, and much more. Highlights include the Library’s Teachers site (loc.gov/teachers), A Century of Lawmaking (new and improved!), the World Digital Library, and favorite shortcuts, such as Free to Use and Reuse sets.

This webinar introduces the sociology learning goals for College, Career and Civic ready students. In the first half of the webinar, sociologists  provide an overview of the four learning goals, the assessable competencies for each of the goals, and the connections to the C3 framework. In the second half, the directors of the American Sociological Association's High School program present sample lessons.