Examining newspaper articles such as the featured one from 1913 about parents intentionally exposing children to measles can highlight for students the critical connection between science literacy and citizen behavior.

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.

By confronting our inaccurate beliefs about youth apathy, we can engage and expand youth voter participation.

The results of the featured research study can help teachers become practiced communicators when presenting African American history to their students.

The time is now to advocate for social studies because our democracy depends on it. The NCSS Advocacy Toolkit offers the guidance and tactics to do just that. 

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

Investigating with students how women suffragists used images and symbols to influence public opinion can spark an engaging lesson on the Nineteenth Amendment.

The Haitian Revolution was the largest and most successful slave revolt in the world. Why is it rarely discussed or taught in U.S. classrooms?   

Recent research shows that growing students’ knowledge of the world through social studies has a greater impact on literacy than increasing English language arts instruction time.