The Celebration of Learning Quilt: A Review During Distance TeachingSara M. Monnat Yikes! Teaching During a Pandemic and Fully Online: New Teacher TipsValerie Ooka Pang and Lynne A. Bercaw Harness Student Choice-making via a Q-Sort ActivityChaebong Nam and Jenny Chung Greenfield A Teaching Activity About VotingSylvia Vardell and Janet Wong

The books that appear in these annotated book lists were evaluated and selected by a Book Review Committee appointed by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and assembled in cooperation with the Children's Book Council (CBC). NCSS and CBC have cooperated on this annual bibliography since 1972. Books selected for this bibliography are written primarily for children in grades K-8. The selection committee looks for books that emphasize human relations, represent a diversity of groups and are sensitive to a broad range of cultural experiences, present an original theme or a fresh slant…

In advance of our featured session, Shining a Light on a Dark Past: FRONTLINE’s Un(re)solved at the virtual 101st NCSS Annual Conference, please join us for an introduction to the multi-platform project, UN(RE)SOLVED that examines the stories of lives cut short and the federal effort to investigate more than 150 cold cases that date back to the civil rights era under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. We will preview the web interactive and the associated curricula materials developed and available on PBS LearningMedia. Erika Howard, FRONTLINE Impact Producer will provide…

Engagement in Economics: Using a Stock Market Simulation in a Middle School ClassroomSamantha Sterns Memoir of Oppression: George Takei and the Imprisonment of Japanese AmericansCaroline C. Sheffield and Jeremiah C. Clabough

The books that appear in this annotated book list were evaluated and selected by a Book Review Committee appointed by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and assembled in cooperation with the Children’s Book Council (CBC). NCSS and CBC have cooperated on this annual bibliography since 1972. Books selected for this bibliography were published in 2002 and were written for children in grades K-12. The Book Review Committee looks for books that emphasize human relations, represent a diversity of groups and are sensitive to a broad range of cultural experiences, present an original…

The books that appear in this annotated list were evaluated and selected by a Book Review Committee appointed by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and assembled in cooperation with the Children’s Book Council (CBC). NCSS and CBC have cooperated on this annual bibliography since 1972. Books selected for this bibliography were published in 2016 and were written for children in grades K-12. The Book Review Committee looks for books that emphasize human relations, represent a diversity of groups and are sensitive to a broad range of cultural experiences, present an original theme or…

Exciting! Exhilarating! Thought-provoking and reflective! These were all words I thought of during, and immediately after, the 2020 NCSS Virtual Conference. Attending the conference is one of my favorite events each year, and although this year looked a little different than any other year, I still came away from the conference feeling invigorated and fulfilled. I was still able to connect with my colleagues via the virtual platform chatbox, Twitter, nightly movie discussions, and more. I attended so many wonderful sessions, visited each “booth” in the virtual exhibit hall, and chatted with…

Issued by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and its following Associated Groups: College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) International Assembly (IA) Social Science Educational Consortium (SSEC) approved August 17, 2017 As members of the National Council for the Social Studies, we express deep concern for the events taking place in Charlottesville, Virginia, and their aftermath during the past week. Acknowledging the long term and divisive history of racial hatred and religious intolerance in the United States, we deplore acts of reckless violence and declarations of…

One of the biggest developments in social studies advocacy this month has been the launch of the Learn From History Coalition, led by the Stand for Children Leadership Center and with National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) as one of its inaugural partners. This is a fast-growing, influential group. On several recent web conferences with other organizations, I described NCSS’ interest in Learn From History and how it responds to the current push for “divisive concepts” legislation and “anti-anti-racism” communications spreading everywhere from state legislatures to school boards…

Earlier this year, as I picked up my seven-year-old son from school, we discussed the normal parent questions about the day - "How was today? Did you have fun? What did you learn?" After answering these questions, he let me know that yet again, he didn’t have any social studies that day. He paused, and then asked, “Mom, does that mean that people don’t care about the world?”  His question astounded me. He knows I am passionate about social studies and knows what I do for my “day job,” but his question was beyond knowing these facts. It got to the core of what all social studies educators also…