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Direct linkPantea Rinnemaa – Social Studies, 2024
This article examines Swedish civics teachers' perspectives on difficulties and opportunities that their second-language (L2) students encounter when reading textbook texts in civics. The study is based on individual semi-structured interviews with teachers in Grade 9. Civics teachers report uncertainty about identifying the source of difficulties…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civics, Teacher Attitudes, Student Diversity
John H. Bickford – Social Studies, 2024
Seventh-grade students engaged in a guided historical inquiry about slavery, freedom, and unfreedom. The teacher carefully intertwined historical content, close reading, critical thinking, and text-based writing -- both extemporaneous and refined-- during Social Studies. Students scrutinized primary sources to build their historical schemas over…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Social Studies, Inquiry, Historical Interpretation
Brugar, Kristy A. – Social Studies, 2019
Across grade levels, teachers and students are encouraged to engage in inquiry-based practices. The College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) "Framework" (National Council for the Social Studies, 2013) and the Common Core State "Standards" (Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association, 2010), as well…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Nonfiction, Childrens Literature, Inquiry
Zhang, Ying – Social Studies, 2017
With the significant enrollment increase of English Language Learners (ELLs) nationwide, social studies teachers face challenges to educate these students. As a response to the literature of preparing all content teachers to work with ELLs, this article introduces three teacher-friendly language-focused strategies. These strategies help social…
Descriptors: Social Studies, English Language Learners, Teaching Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Bickford, John H.; Bickford, Molly Sigler – Social Studies, 2022
Teachers value students' close reading of and text-based writing about diverse texts while eliciting their awareness of the world, privilege, and power. Carefully selected literature coupled with primary sources can bridge the classroom and society. To engage modern students in America's racialized past and present, this article guides teachers to…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Units of Study
Heafner, Tina L. – Social Studies, 2018
Adding instructional time and holding teachers accountable for teaching social studies are touted as practical, logical steps toward reforming the age-old tradition of marginalization. This qualitative case study of an urban elementary school, examines how nine teachers and one administrator enacted district reforms that added 45 minutes to the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Barriers, English, Language Arts
