Students will gain a profound understanding of concepts such as freedom of speech, fair elections, and responsive representative leadership with this lesson on the proposed amendment to regulate election spending.

It’s like solving a puzzle!” was the consensus of students fascinated by transcribing letters of a Civil War soldier. They were using a curriculum developed for middle- and high-school classroom through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, a division of the National Archives. The curriculum has been tested in classrooms and a summer camp. It is available on the website of the Historical Society of Cheshire County, who with Keene State College and Keene High School, comprised the grant team. The URL is: http://hsccnh.org/education/making-history-now/…

Students bring the Constitution to life by summarizing the amendments in their own words and composing a rap song.

Legendary tour Guides who were Enslaved AmericansCaroline C. Sheffield and Ashley L. Shelton Also in this issue: Giving Up Control: Action Research in Middle SchoolRon Silvis MEMBERS ONLY

Section 1: This Rho Kappa constitution may be amended at any meeting of the National Advisory Council or by mail (electronic or otherwise) by a majority affirmative vote of the National Advisory Council and with the approval of the NCSS Executive Director. Section 2: Local chapters may petition to the National Advisory Council with recommended amendments to this constitution.

Sam ChaltainRecent research has shown that our students’ knowledge of the First Amendment is severely deficient. Our schools can play a major role in turning this around by becoming more open to debate and the exchange of ideas. 132

The Global Challenge of Equal Access for Girls to an Education: An Investigation Using Inquiry Heather N. Hagan and Carolyn A. WeberWithin These Halls: In situ Primary Sources in Your Own School Benjamin R. Wellenreiter

An Emancipation Document by Ulysses S. Grant Kenneth Anthony and Mary Katherine Morgan

A recent Supreme Court case looking at whether a drug dog's sniff gives police officers the right to get a search warrant, provides an excellent entry point into a lesson on the Fourth Amendment.

June 17, 2021 Silver Spring, MD - National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) celebrates a historic moment in our country with the declaration of Juneteenth National Independence Day as an official federal holiday on June 19. With near-unanimous support from Congress, Juneteenth marks the first new federal holiday established since 1983 (when the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. was designated). Juneteenth is an important milestone in our continued national conversation on racial justice, marking the end of slavery in the United States and enabling all Americans to reflect on the hard…