It all started with a failed lesson plan. I had a pleasant surprise yesterday: a former student named Jason, who had graduated two years ago with a teaching certificate and a self-designed individual ...

Elisabeth Johnson, a national-board-certified teacher with a master’s in education, has taught a variety of social studies classes for the past 13 years at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, ...

One of the last units of study in the high school U.S. history course I taught this year was the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s. This unit functions as somewhat of a culmination of our ...

The National Council for Social Studies meeting this week forces a reflection on what it means to be a social studies teacher.

It’s no secret that for years Social Studies (as well as the arts, science and physical education) have been given short shrift in many public schools around the country as academic emphasis has been ...

One of the first things students learn about in social studies class is the pilgrims, and how different people fled to a new land to start new lives. It’s an oversimplified narrative, one that glosses ...

Tennessee school districts dedicate a varying amount of class time teaching history in elementary grades, with many districts choosing to spend less time on social studies as its own subject. Some ...

The sixth grade class of Holy Rosary School is currently studying early civilization, artifacts and fossils in their social studies class. Students created their own fossils as well as researched how ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Educators think it’s important to teach science and social studies to ...

Editor's Note: Comic books have a long history of tackling social issues. In recent years, criticism has centered on the characters themselves; some readers blamed publishers for creating diverse ...

An American flag hangs in the room of an eighth-grade American history class as the students discuss the Presidential candidates and the 2020 election on Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2020 at Permenter Middle ...