In order to promote inclusive social studies, this article describes how upper-level elementary students can learn about the Women’s Suffrage Movement and how it intersects with the experiences of other marginalized Americans persevering to obtain the right to vote.

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Historical and contemporary issues and events do not happen in isolation. Often, students miss the connections among historical and contemporary issues and events, and through this process, they struggle to see the relevance between the past and present. Helping students make thematic connections with civil rights issues during the century after the U.S. Civil War was the focus for the project at the I3 Academy in Birmingham, Alabama. We started with the sixth grade teacher’s first unit, Reconstruction, creating a one-week instructional sequence focusing on Jim Crow segregation laws designed…

Investigating the iconic photograph of the flag raising at Iwo Jima in light of recent corrections to the roster of Marines pictured can spotlight for students the dynamic nature of historical interpretation.

With all the expectations placed upon them, elementary educators often struggle with fitting in social studies instruction. In this webinar, we will share the pedagogical approach of teaching social studies through language arts, and combining historical thinking strategies with literacy strategies. This will be accomplished through the teacher reading trade books to engage the learners and then revealing corroborating primary sources; followed by modeling how to analyze text, as well as modeling how to think aloud. Join us to explore the benefits of integrating historical literacy and using…

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Cynthia Williams Resor, Exploring Vacation and Etiquette Themes in Social Studies: Primary Source Inquiry for Middle and High School (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017) 134 pages, hardcover $60; paperback and ebook $30. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781475831986/Exploring-Vacation-and-Etiquette-Themes-in-Social-Studies-Primary-Source-Inquiry-for-Middle-and-High-School This book "introduces a thematic approach to social history that connects the past to the daily lives of students. Historical overviews of vacation and manners spanning from the ancient world to twentieth century United…

Implementing 25-minute instructional blocks when teaching online can help learners develop stronger inquiry skills and prevent the zombie-like effects of staring nonstop at a screen.