The social studies curriculum provides many opportunities for highlighting ethical issues. Through reflections on history, students can critically explore ethical topics including the factors that led ...

History and social studies classrooms run on stories, primary sources, and the ability to think critically about both. AI ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What has been the best social studies lesson you have taught and why do you think it was so good? We’ve all taught bad lessons and we’ve all taught good ones. This ...

The Texas SBOE released its Social Studies TEKS draft, citing record teacher and parent participation and defending the 2023 review process.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Topeka teacher took his award-winning lesson plan to state education officials. Thomas Fulbright teaches social studies at Hope Street Academy. He came up with a lesson plan on ...

In this lesson, students consider what qualifies as a national emergency and decide how much power presidents should have. By Natalie Proulx Students react to news that Britain plans to enfranchise 16 ...

In 1970, the Sewings were one of the first African-American Families to buy a house in Johnson County. Future social studies students will be introduced to 2020 as the year of coronavirus, distance ...

The following three social studies lessons complement The Living Edens: Bhutan, The Last Shangri-La and provide students with opportunities to enhance their critical thinking skills and their ...

Elementary teachers are left largely to their own devices when it comes to social studies instruction, cobbling together materials from different places with little support or guidance from higher-ups ...

(The Texas Tribune) The State Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies teaching plan that will dedicate more time across school grades to Texas and U.S. history while placing less ...