Key historical events changed voting practices in America and extended the right to vote. This article spotlights a few of those events, as well as contemporary voting issues, and outlines a teacher-tested lesson on voting.

Using a school location as a starting point, this lesson addresses the question Whose place is this space? and explores how culture and experience can influence people's perceptions.

Three key discussion options offer social studies teachers a choice of approaches for navigating controversial issues in the classroom.

Analyzing the lyrics and historical context of a classic Oklahoma! song can deepen student thinking about the multiracial nature of our society and the ways this diversity is often erased.

This background essay and accompanying handout can help students learn how global citizens can conserve tropical forests and reduce global warming.

Just three years since it broke away from Sudan, the new country of South Sudan is embroiled in a violent civil war. This article examines what went wrong and explores the challenges of building a new nation.

An excellent way of teaching students to think geographically is to question the logic by which we divide the world into continents.

Charles F. WilliamsWhile commentators speculate on emerging Supreme Court ideological trends, Looking at the Law reviews some of the Court’s recent surprising decisions, and looks at upcoming cases.352Teaching with Documents

In this article, we discuss how virtual reality (VR) can be used to provide learning experiences across time and space. After a brief introduction to VR technology, we discuss how VR can be used as a part of College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) inquiry in your elementary classroom, including management, materials, instructional considerations, and lesson examples.