The New York Times

Social Studies Skills

Over a thousand students and dozens of educators offered ideas for how to have meaningful discussions about difficult topics. Here are some practical ideas — for use in or out of school. By The ...
JSTOR Daily

Social Studies Skills or Something Else? An Analysis of How the “Essential Social Studies Skills and Strategies” Reflects Social Studies Instruction

This article describes the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) collection of "Essential Social Studies Skills and Strategies" in terms of common approaches to social studies teaching and ...
KTBS

Students Compete In Social Studies Fair

Over 300 students gathered today at LSU-Shreveport to showcase their social studies skills at the 35th annual Region One Social Studies Fair. The event was for students in grades 4 through 12, from ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What do the Common Core Standards look like in Social Studies classrooms? The Common Core Standards are having a major impact on how our students our being taught - ...
The New York Times

Social Studies Skills

We are honoring the Top 10 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Peter Philpott, age 16. By The Learning Network In this lesson, we walk students ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What do the Common Core Standards look like in Social Studies classrooms? In Part One of this series, Sarah Cooper, Michael Fisher, Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath, Jody ...