Social Education May/June 2023
Social Education May/June 2023
Volume:87
Num:3
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Social Studies, ChatGPT, and Lateral Reading
Rather than fight student use of artificial intelligence for schoolwork, we can incorporate techniques like lateral reading to teach learners how to fact check information from the chat bots.
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A Framework for Using Notable Social Studies Picture Books in High School
Teaching high school history with picture books can enliven social studies content, advance students’ higher-order thinking skills, and help facilitate differentiated instruction.
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Teaching the Mendez Case with Elementary Students Using the C3 Framework
An inquiry approach to studying the 1940s Mendez racial segregation case can counter a narrative that centers the triumph of heroes and instead prompt students to explore larger issues related to colorism, racism, and language segregation.
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Elementary Education
Complicating History
Reading A Song for the Unsung with elementary students can provide an excellent entry point into an engaging lesson on the civil rights movement.
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Notable Social Studies Trade Books
The Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2023
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The 2023 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Winners
The Carter G. Woodson Book Award is presented by National Council for the Social Studies to elevate texts that accurately depict the experiences of traditionally marginalized racial or ethnic groups within the United States. The award now has a long history, nearly 50 years, in honor of distinguished scholar and activist Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Woodson’s life-long dedication to making Black History known, visible, and valued inspires us to focus our students’ learning experiences on classroom resources that elevate the diverse voices of the American social landscape.
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The 2023 Septima Clark Women in Literature Award Winners
In 2019, the National Council for the Social Studies established the Septima P. Clark Book Award. Books chosen for this honor must be nonfiction trade books and accurately reflect women’s issues, perspectives, and stories. They must be thoroughly researched, well written, and indicate originality. These are the 2023 Septima P. Clark book awardees.
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Activating Hip-Hop Pedagogy in the Social Studies Classroom
Incorporating hip-hop lyrics into the social studies classroom increases curricular relevance and fuels engagement by centering student knowledge and lived experiences.
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Sources and Strategies
Launching Student Learning About Women’s Suffrage with a Suffragist’s Poetry
Examining Alice Duer Miller’s early twentieth-century satirical poems and social commentary can launch a fascinating classroom lesson on the women’s suffrage movement.
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Teaching the C3 Framework
What Can Women Teach Us About Equality? An Inquiry-Based Curricular Approach to a Gender and Women’s Studies Course
An inquiry-based approach to tackling hard history such as the one outlined in this article helps mitigate the instructional challenges presented by our current political climate.
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Teaching with Documents
Iwo Jima and the Struggle for Historical Truth
Investigating the iconic photograph of the flag raising at Iwo Jima in light of recent corrections to the roster of Marines pictured can spotlight for students the dynamic nature of historical interpretation.
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Lessons on the Law
Gideon at 60: Everything It Promised, and So Much Less
The sixtieth anniversary of Clarence Gideon’s court case, in which the Supreme Court decided that defendants in criminal proceedings should have access to a lawyer regardless of ability to pay, provides an opportune moment for an engaging lesson on the right to public defense.
