Social Education October 2023
Teaching Supreme Court Cases
Social Education October 2023
Volume:87
Num:5
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Calling Citizens to Convention: Does our Constitution still Serve Democracy?
Organizing a mock constitutional convention in the classroom allows students to probe our govern-ment structures and to consider whether modifications are needed.
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Lessons on the Law
After a Landmark Affirmative Action Decision, a New Supreme Court Term Begins
Investigating upcoming Supreme Court cases can ignite important classroom discussions on topics such as disability rights, election law, and the First Amendment.
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Being and Seeing: Teaching Financial Literacy through Community Wealth
Local walking field trips enable young people to learn financial literacy concepts and practices that reflect their own community’s history, economics, and conceptions of wealth.
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Towards a Theory of Black Satirical Citizenship Discourse: A Brief History and Lesson Recommendation
Examining how Black comedians have used satire as a form of resistance can challenge students to think critically about prevalent narratives of Black history.
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Interrogating the Smartphone: Teaching through Technoskeptical Questions
The highlighted teaching activities analyzing the smartphone can springboard into a critical inquiry that considers the collateral, unintended, and disproportionate effects of technology over time.
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Teaching with Documents
A Pennsylvania Newspaper Editor’s Perspective on Little Bighorn
Inviting students to study the featured newspaper editorial about the Battle of Little Bighorn can launch an engaging lesson on Westward expansion and Native-settler conflict.
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Teaching the C3 Framework
Trusting Inquiry: Teaching with the Inquiry Design Model
By encouraging deliberation, collaboration, and production in the classroom, teachers can build a culture of trust that leads to successful social studies inquiries.
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Sources and Strategies
Capturing Student Imagination with Association Membership Cards and Certificates
Looking at the role associations played in the lives of key figures like Rosa Parks or Theodore Roosevelt can serve as a jumping off point into a valuable class discussion on the role such groups have played in spurring social change.
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Book Review
Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies about our Past
This collection of essays that critique myths or lies about U.S. history can enhance a range of class-room lesson plans.
