The 2009 award winners include books about a pioneer of Native American rights, the challenges faced by migrant families, the Jim Crow era, and the involvement of children in the civil rights movement.

All History is Local: Researching the Place Where You Live John P. Dillon Online Interactive Mapping: Using the Panoramic Maps Collection Marsha Alibrandi and Eui kyung Shin What’s in a Name? Investigating Whom to Memorialize Arlene Girard and Mary Beth Henning A Picture is Worth 20 Questions William B. Russell III

This year’s Carter G. Woodson book picks include stories about Black heroes of the Old West, groundbreaking journalist Ethel Payne, and William Still, the “Father of the Underground Railroad.” 

The latest Septima Clark Book Award recipients shine a light on the stories of Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet; Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress; and numerous female athletes who shattered stereotypes.

Lookout Point: Let’s Talk about Sexual Harassment in Middle School Kimberly S. Palmer Service Learning and Social Studies: A Natural Fit Elizabeth A. Bloom A Zen Garden at Tecumseh: From Mocking to Honoring Leila Meyerratken A Model Rivers Project: Relating Geography and Culture Andrea Port Jacobs Book Review: We Were There Too! by Phillip Hoose Melinda Karnes Book Review: Learning on Their Feet by Carol Glynn Ronald V. Morris Musical Shares

The New York Fed’s Educational Comic Book Series teaches students about basic economic principles and the Federal Reserve’s role in the economic system. Created for educators and students at the middle school, high school, and introductory college levels, the series can help promote economic literacy. The comic books are free, available as download, or as printed classroom sets that are mailed to you. Lesson plans and associated material are also available to help incorporate the content into the classroom. See the series at https://www.newyorkfed.org/outreach-and-education/comic-books…

Wireless Fever! Gay Parents Do Exist:Letting the Rabbit Out of the Hat Debra Chasnoff Radio Days in the Classroom Dan Schuchat Design a Book: A Quest in Ancient Egypt David Cooper Bandwidth Problems ca. 1912: The Need for Federal Regulation

Dramatic Narratives: Capturing the Human Side of World War II Anita Perna Bohn and Penny Britton Kolloff Ernie Pyle:The Foot Soldier’s Reporter Sandra B. Oldendorf Teenage Witnesses to the Holocaust (Book Review) Tom Kolbe The Back Page: Censorship in Times of War

Creating photoblogs in the social studies classroom builds on students’ interest in using images to convey messages while teaching important media literacy skills.

North Platte Canteen Nebraska 1941 Eric Groce, Tina Heafner, Elizabeth Bellows, and Robin Groce The Green Book: Finding Safe Passage in Jim Crow America Steven S. Lapham and Calvin Alexander Ramsey