In partnership, the National Council for History Education and the National Council for the Social Studies present “In Pursuit of Equity.” The purpose of this Equity Summit is to engage multiple communities in deliberative discussions about opportunities for and challenges to equity in the United States’ past, present, and future. Drawing upon the complex history of race, ethnicity, enslavement, poverty, and immigration in the American experience, sessions will emphasize opportunities, activism, and student empowerment. This Equity Summit fosters actively engaged and informed…

This review of key Supreme Court cases dealing with school integration can foster class discussion on racial progress and the role of the courts in determining educational policy.

Re-imagine social studies to be inclusive of underrepresented groups who are long-overdue to become normalized in "standard" social studies courses. By exploring the racial perceptions of current educators and how they experienced learning about race, we can investigate how racial optics may or may not influence our own curricular choices. Speaker: Julie Muhlenfeld-Johnson, New Market, Alabama

The recent Supreme Court term was marked by historic rulings, and the upcoming term also promises to address many contentious cases.

The Supreme Court's most recent term featured hot-button issues like abortion and affirmative action. In the new term, the Court will address voting rights, fair housing, and the First Amendment's religion clauses.

Having students compare and analyze international constitutions teaches them about different countries and also gives them new insights into governance and their own founding document.

A close look at the case of Chew Heong, a Chinese immigrant who challenged the nineteenth-century Chinese exclusion laws, provides important insight into early U.S. efforts to control immigration.

The study of several post-9/11 Supreme Court cases will launch a spirited student debate on the separation of powers and our constitutional system of checks and balances.

In two distinct essays, voting and elections experts Norman Ornstein and Vassia Stoilov consider whether compulsory voting laws in the United States are the solution to low voter turnout.