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Humphries, Marisha L.; Ward, Alessandra E.; McCormick, Melanie M. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2022
In this piece, the authors unpack a heuristic developed by the Great First Eight curriculum for helping young children to recognize and act on injustice. First, they explain the rationale behind the heuristic, known as ReAD, and the inspiration behind its creation. They then detail a series of seven practical principles that can help to…
Descriptors: Young Children, Social Justice, Curriculum Implementation, Social Studies
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Smith, Julia; Cuesta, Guadalupe – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2020
A labor force of migrant farmworkers, mostly of Latino origin, largely support the agriculture industry in the US. While migrant labor is essential in the modern food system, food insecurity remains high among migrant farmworkers. Presented are the results from a survey on food insecurity, access, and farm to preschool involving 32 farmworker…
Descriptors: Migrant Workers, Hunger, Food, Young Children
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Sonu, Debbie – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2011
Despite pressures to narrow the curriculum and focus only on testing, there are teachers who continue to work social justice issues into their elementary lessons through the subject of social studies. These teachers speak of education as an instrument for the public good. In this day and age, it can be hard to find teachers with such…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Social Justice, Elementary School Teachers, Social Studies