Social Education November/December 2012
Social Education November/December 2012
Volume:76
Num:6
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Editor's Notebook
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1863 Letter from the Department of State to the Government Printing Office
The featured documents relating to the Emancipation Proclamation illustrate how President Lincoln's government spread the news worldwide.
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Did that Dog Sniff Violate the Fourth Amendment?
A recent Supreme Court case looking at whether a drug dog's sniff gives police officers the right to get a search warrant, provides an excellent entry point into a lesson on the Fourth Amendment.
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Should Schools Teach Students to Vote? YES!
Teachers can impact young people's involvement in elections by not only teaching about elections, but also about how to register to vote and how to go about voting.
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New Directions in Assessment: Using Library of Congress Sources to Assess Historical Understanding
These newly designed assessments allow a quick evaluation of the quality of student thinking, and promote appropriate instructional action.
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What Makes a Good History Essay? Assessing Historical Aspects of Argumentative Writing
Learning history and historical thinking can help students become better writers.
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What Social Studies Educators can do about the Marginalization of the Subject They Teach
These recommended strategies and websites can help teachers protect and improve the role of social studies in the curriculum and mobilize public support for social studies and citizenship education.
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The World War II Era and Human Rights Education
This historical analysis and teaching activity offers teachers an approach for integrating human rights issues into the world history curriculum.
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Case Study of Chinese Exclusion Act Enforcement
The featured lesson exploring early twentieth-century U.S. policies towards Chinese immigrants can serve as a jumping off point into a discussion of contemporary U.S. immigration issues.
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The Rho Kappa Spirit
High school juniors and seniors describe some of their enriching experiences in social studies, citizenship, and civic engagement activities since joining the Rho Kappa social studies honor society.
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A Grade 5 Common Core Exemplar: Teaching about the Bill of Rights
This lesson brings the Bill of Rights to life for students—advancing their understanding of democratic principles while strengthening their reading, writing, and language skills.
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Teaching Challenging Topics with Primary Sources
Students can develop their abilities to analyze complex topics when they evaluate primary sources such as the excerpted documents in this article.
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