By fostering a commitment to respectful and evidence-based dialog, teachers can aid students in developing the necessary skills for supporting a diverse democracy.  

Exploring the diversity of backgrounds among victims of 9/11 offers students the opportunity to connect more personally to that historic event. 

A social studies teacher and a mathematics educator created the featured U.S. history lesson on the three branches of government to help students better interpret evidence presented in graphs.

The report on what U.S. students know doesn’t give the full picture, but we can still use the results to inform our discussions, advocacy, and actions for social studies education.

Multimedia and Web 2.0 technologies offer opportunities to successfully engage low achieving students while promoting in-depth thinking and increasing student participation.

The Census Bureau’s emphasis on hiring census takers who reflect the communities in which they count has played a historic role in ensuring that neglected communities gain representation.

Three important strategies help students evaluate sources they encounter online and encourage active and evidence-based reconstruction of the past.

Incorporating poetry into the social studies curriculum can help students develop reading and writing skills while building their content knowledge.

This special section of Social Education offers an array of suggestions and guidelines for integrating LGBTQ+ content into the social studies curriculum.

The exploration of the trajectory of Shirley Chisholm’s political life can be a springboard into a classroom lesson on suffrage that connects issues of race, class, and gender.