Social Education March/April 2020
Social Education March/April 2020
Volume:84
Num:2
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Editor's Notebook
Editor's Notebook March/April 2020
This issue of Social Education offers features on historic milestones and major contemporary issues. Our authors provide lively insights and a host of useful teaching suggestions and engaging online resources.
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The American Contradiction: Conceived in Liberty, Born in Shackles
The role that racial slavery played in the founding and development of our republic should be woven into the bedrock of how we teach American history and civics.
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Lessons on the Law
Remembering the Boston Massacre Trials at 250: John Adams and the Common-Law Tradition
By examining the evolving rights and procedures of the Boston Massacre trials students will understand the importance of “judicial precedent” in early American legal and political experience.
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Sources and Strategies
Discovering Economic Concepts and Criticism in Progressive Era Cartoons
The featured political cartoons can be used as jumping off points into a lesson on the progressive era and relevant economic terms such as trusts, monopolies, and titans of industry.
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Fixing the Curriculum Lag in Economics: The New Tools the Fed Is Using to Influence the Economy
This primer on the Fed’s current monetary policy framework can bring educators and students up-to-date on how the Fed uses monetary policy to steer the economy toward maximum employment and price stability.
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Teaching the C3 Framework
The Signal and the Noise: Coaching Pre-Service Candidates to Teach with Questions, Tasks, and Sources
Teacher educators are inundated with ideas about what their students should know. A newly developed protocol focused on questions, tasks, and sources can help teachers cut through this information overload.
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Are We Forgetting Something? Historical Memory in a Digital Age
How can we safeguard the records of our history in an ever changing digital landscape?
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Move Slower and Protect People: Toward Social Media Inquiry and Activism in Social Studies
The devices, apps, and websites that are so intertwined in our students’ lives offer enriching opportunities for social studies inquiries into the ethics of technology.
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Digital History 2020
Engaging students in inquiry with digital history helps advance their disciplinary literacy skills.
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Historical Argumentation in the Digital Age
The video essay assignment described in this article challenges students to build stronger arguments and helps them develop a deeper understanding of the past.
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Research & Practice
Delving into Difficulty: Are Teachers Evading or Embracing Difficult Histories?
Teaching difficult histories has many challenges but it also offers important opportunities.
