By implementing a few key strategies for incorporating informational texts in the classroom, teachers can make content, texts, and inquiry visually and cognitively accessible to all students.

Teaching resource and background articles on teaching about gun violence from NCSS, members, colleagues, and news outlets: Out of Range: An Interview with Mark Tushnet on the Second Amendment (Looking at the Law) Social Education (Sept. 2007) Tracking Congress: Issues, Interests, and Democracy in Action Social Education (Jan./Feb. 2018) The Atlantic, “Gun Control from Around the World: A Primer.” Overview of the social science and public policies globally (Jan. 12, 2016). The Atlantic, "The Parkland Students Aren't Going Away." The relevance of race in the history of the issue (Feb. 24,…

Machine learning offers unique opportunities to re-imagine how students navigate and access digital collections for classroom learning.

Studying common patterns, structures, and characteristics of revolutions will enable students to make connections between these events across historical time.

The one-page blueprint known as the Inquiry Design Model helps teachers outline essential elements of inquiry-based instruction and enables them to plan inquiry experiences for students.

Teachers who feel pressured by testing and curricular requirements should reach beyond mundane facts to make social studies more personal and poetic.

The featured lesson examines the role that race played in the history of the United States and in the decision-making of President Lincoln during the Civil War.

A close study of community cookbooks illustrates economic, cultural, and technological trends over time, such as shifts in food production, preparation, and consumption.

Culturally responsive instruction that builds on students? home and community experiences can improve academic achievement and increase chances for success.