This article describes the month-long social studies unit on mindfulness that the kindergarten teacher co-taught in her classroom with Sarah, an elementary social studies professor, and Maya, then a teacher candidate. After exploring the intersections between mindfulness and social studies education, examples of activities and resources from the unit will be provided, including breathing techniques and children’s literature.

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.

In the fall of 2018, the NCSS Board of Directors created a new vision for the association, A world in which all students are educated and inspired for lifelong inquiry and informed civic action. To achieve this vision, it is imperative that we consider our shifting educational context.  In an era of activist voters, rising fear, anger, and isolation, issues-focus advocacy, purpose-driven engagement, digital civic spaces, and globally diverse interests, the ecology of social studies is changing. In the spirit of democracy and honoring the champions of human rights, civility, diversity,…

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

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.

Students will gain a more profound understanding of multicultural issues by examining the ways in which Canada and the United States have diverged when addressing race and culture.

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

The books that appear in this annotated list were evaluated and selected by a Book Review Committee appointed by 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 2017 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 or…