The featured telegraph to President Abraham Lincoln from a gas-filled balloon, along with accompanying photographs, can launch a fascinating lesson on the Civil War and nineteenth-century technology. 

Comparing questions from the 1920 Census and the 2020 Census can be a great jumping off point into a lesson on the importance of a national count and how Census questions reflect the prior decade.

Examining statistical atlases from the nineteenth century offers students a unique opportunity to practice geographic thinking and data literacy skills.

The authors describe five types of inquiry that keep students engaged, promote student agency, and meet the need of teachers for curriculum flexibility.   

Inviting students to ponder the meaning of secure elections can launch an important discussion about public trust in election results.

This first article in a series on 100 years of NCSS leadership in social studies recounts the organization’s establishment and examines its initial mission.

As we near the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment in 1920, it is a fitting time for elementary educators to reconsider ways of addressing and enhancing women’s studies in the PK-6 social studies curriculum. Contributors to this guest-edited issue of Social Studies and the Young Learner have done just that. I hope you find these articles as instructive and useful as we have. And when you implement some of these lessons and approaches, drop us a line—we’d love to hear about your classroom successes. -- Bárbara C. Cruz, Guest Editor  

This inquiry, which explores the current debate on what should be done with Confederate monuments, engages students in historical, geographic and civic skills.

The books that appear in this annotated list were evaluated and selected by a Book Review Committee appointed by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and assembled in cooperation with the Children’s Book Council (CBC). NCSS and CBC have cooperated on this annual bibliography since 1972. Books selected for this bibliography were published in 2020 and were written for children in grades K-12. The Book Review Committee looks for books that emphasize human relations, represent a diversity of groups and are sensitive to a broad range of cultural experiences, present an original theme…