Evaluating the Social Aspects of Scientific Innovation: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry Courtney Ferrari Analyzing Historical Political Cartoons: Helping Students With Diverse Learning Needs Analyze Primary Sources Grant R. Miller GMO T-Shirts: Pro and Con Cartoons

The Global Challenge of Equal Access for Girls to an Education: An Investigation Using Inquiry Heather N. Hagan and Carolyn A. WeberWithin These Halls: In situ Primary Sources in Your Own School Benjamin R. Wellenreiter

Preventing Bird Strikes on Windows Steven S. Lapham Climate Change and National Landmarks Union of Concerned Scientists Comprehending Big Numbers

The middle-level “No Impact Project” curriculum uses film and printed matter (including lesson handouts) to help middle and high school students explore the effects their everyday behavior has on the environment, their health, and their well-being. It will also challenge students to think about how the systems in our present society influence our lifestyle choices in ways that often are not good for environment. Finally, it will guide students to take action both individually and with others to bring about positive change. This curriculum connects students’ personal experiences with the…

Many elementary and middle school students are confronted by media messages constantly. They receive messages not only from family and friends, but from television and social media outlets.1 The media messages about current events are often politically biased, polarized in nature, and potentially inaccurate, especially on social media platforms. Teachers can model how to evaluate media for potential biases, showing students that just because something is political does not mean it should be off limits for discussion. This article draws upon experiences from both a sixth grade social studies…

The Home Front during the Civil War: Embattled Lives and Endurance in Ohio Stephen M. Charter Using Graphic Novels to Promote Social Studies Literacy Jeremiah Clabough and Kenneth T. Carano

Using Children’s Diaries to Teach the Oregon Trail Richard M. Wyman, Jr. Living the Geography of Joseph and Temperance Bown Katherine A. Young The ABCs of Small Grant Acquisition for Social Studies Teachers Bruce Sliger Isomo Loruko: The Yoruba Naming Ceremony Patricia Kafi and Alan Singer Child Laborers in Children’s Literature Linda Leonard Lamme

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up: Using Nonfiction with the Inquiry Arc of the C3 Framework Kristy Brugar and Jeremiah Clabough

Linking Civics and Current Events Melissa J. Marks Leaders of Recent Nonviolent Revolutions Melissa N. Matusevich The Back Page: “Friend or Foe” Game

Benjamin Banneker's Letter to Thomas Jefferson John A. Moore Next Door to Old Smokey: Engaging in Scientific Measurements and Public Action Bertha Vazquez, Hilary Landorf, and L. Bahia Simons-Lane