Social Education May/June 2020
Social Education May/June 2020
Volume:84
Num:3
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Lessons on the Law
Protests During a Pandemic: Constitutional Rights and Public Health
In normal times, we value protests against the government as a form of political speech, but how do we balance First Amendment rights with community safety during a health pandemic?
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Teaching Remotely During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Experienced educators describe teaching strategies and equity issues they’ve encountered since the sudden switch to distance learning.
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Rx for an Infodemic: Media Decoding, COVID-19 and Online Teaching
In the midst of an unprecedented pandemic we are being flooded with contradicting and inaccurate information. How can we teach our students to critically analyze, decode, and wade through these social mediated messages?
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Teaching the C3 Framework
Inquiry as a Way of Thinking through the COVID-19 Pandemic
Our students will understand the principles of inquiry better by examining their own reactions to the pandemic.
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The Carter G. Woodson Book Awards, 2020
This year’s award-winning Carter G. Woodson books present stories about an African American World War II soldier and artist, a Mexican American community’s fight against segregation, and a book about the wrongfully accused Scottsboro boys.
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The Septima Clark Women in Literature Award, 2020
The selected Septima Clark Award books cover a range of topics from women coders in World War II, NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, and a memoir about growing up during the Iranian Revolution.
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Sources and Strategies
Challenging Students to Consider the Roles Books Played During Wartime
The featured images about an American Library Association program that sent books to soldiers fighting in World Wars I and II can help high school students connect to the experiences of soldiers and launch an interesting lesson on the era.
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Elementary Education
The Fraught Relationship of Women’s Suffrage and Race in Picture Books
The 100th anniversary year of the Nineteenth Amendment offers an important opportunity to deepen student understanding of the women’s suffrage movement.
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Teaching with Documents
“Put Your Money Where the ERA Is”: Understanding a National Economic Boycott Campaign
The featured documents related to the Equal Rights Amendment can launch an engaging lesson on the significance of the ERA and on how constitutional amendments are ratified.
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The Role of the Aesthetics within AP History Courses
Aesthetic-based teaching, such as the featured lesson using Picasso’s Guernica to study the Spanish civil war, helps students emotionally connect to the past while also advancing academic performance.
