An arts-based approach to secondary social studies can promote active learning, develop critical thinking skills, and advance the study of social institutions.

Integrating elements of psychology into traditional studies of economics helps students discover genuine solutions to real world problems.

This article highlights a range of opportunities for involving students in C3 Framework inquiries using sports as a guiding theme.

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.

Integrating sports into the classroom offers an engaging opportunity to explore issues of culture, race, gender, religion, and sexual orientation with K-12 students.

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.

Studying skateboarders and skate teams can trigger an interesting classroom inquiry about socialization and group identity.

Social studies teachers nationwide are invited to apply for the July 2018 Religious Worlds of New York summer institute – a three week program, with a generous stipend, that will help them teach about American religious diversity. The institute is sponsored by the Interfaith Center of New York and Union Theological Seminary (UTS), with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It will bring 25 teachers from throughout the U.S. to New York City, to work with leading scholars of religion, meet with diverse religious leaders, visit local houses of worship, and explore the…

In this talk, Dr. Hope examines critical consciousness as a protective factor, and possible coping strategy, against experiences of racism that negatively affect mental health for Black adolescents. Racism has negative mental health implications for Black adolescents (Benner et al., 2018). Critical consciousness (critical reflection, critical agency, critical action) may be one way that Black youth combat oppression and the resulting negative effects (Hope & Spencer, 2017). It is also possible that critical action exacerbates the negative mental health effects of racism. Participants were…

Encouraging students to investigate competing perspectives on societal issues helps them deepen the skills of working through disagreements.