Social Education September 2022
Social Education September 2022
Volume:86
Num:4
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Editor's Notebook
Editor's Notebook September 2022
This issue of Social Education abounds with suggestions for teaching about historic and contemporary events in ways that develop the skills and knowledge students need to become informed and active citizens.
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Finding Ourselves in the Story: The Diverse Voices of 9/11
Exploring the diversity of backgrounds among victims of 9/11 offers students the opportunity to connect more personally to that historic event.
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Educating about Elections in a Partisan Age
When educators teach about democracy in a nonpartisan way, young people are more likely to become civically and politically engaged in the future.
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Teaching with Documents
“Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote”: Remembering the Struggle for Youth Voting Rights 50 Years On
Studying the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18, can springboard into important classroom lessons on federalism, republicanism, and checks and balances.
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Sources and Strategies
Prompting Student Curiosity About George Washington’s Decision to Participate in the Constitutional Convention
The featured correspondence between George Washington and Major General Henry Knox can launch an engaging lesson on the Constitutional Convention and spur student research into Washington’s extensive papers.
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Building Citizen Historians: Teaching Historical Analysis of Statues on Public Lands
Investigating heritage symbols in the classroom can ignite constructive discussions on the kinds of values a statue communicated at the time of its creation.
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The Multidimensional Media Literacy & Engagement Framework: A Tool for Fostering Informed Civic Participation
Teaching media literacy helps students interpret media messages accurately and supports their informed civic participation.
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Developing Students’ Moral and Ethical Thinking Through Scenarios Reasoning
Encouraging students to investigate competing perspectives on societal issues helps them deepen the skills of working through disagreements.
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Digital Spatial Story Lines: A Design Framework for Teaching Public History Using Archival Media and Untold Stories
Positioning students as authors of untold or under-told historical narratives spurs them to engage with history and “talk back” to the dominant narrative.
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Lessons on the Law
Reversing Roe
Examining the Supreme Court’s reversal on abortion rights can foster important classroom discussions on the principle of stare decisis and on judicial activism.
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Book Review: Hijacking History
Social studies teachers can gain valuable insight from Kathleen Wellman’s book about U.S. and world history textbooks created by conservative Christian publishing houses.
