This article offers a look back at NCSS contributions and a panel discussion on the evolving understanding of gender in American society.

A teacher who reviewed and piloted the New York State Toolkit inquiries describes her experience teaching the Uncle Tom's Cabin inquiry.

An inquiry-based approach to tackling hard history such as the one outlined in this article helps mitigate the instructional challenges presented by our current political climate.

It's a critical time to engage in classroom discussions about democracy—what it is, what threatens it today, and how we can protect it.

Wikipedia can provide useful facts for a summary report, but the anonymity and quantity of authors is problematic for historical research.

The authors engage students in civic education by offering the choice of either a combined AP Government and AP Macroeconomics yearlong course or a one-semester We the People course.

Students will gain a much broader understanding of World War I by studying the Battle of Gallipoli—its outcome and effects—from multiple perspectives.

The NCSS Book Review Committee and the Children’s Book Council present the 2021 selection of outstanding books for use in the social studies classroom.

These newly designed assessments allow a quick evaluation of the quality of student thinking, and promote appropriate instructional action.