This article illustrates the efforts of educators in North Carolina to advocate for the social studies in an age of high-stakes assessment and tight budgets. Although this story begins with one state, the marginalization of social studies in elementary schools is a nationwide problem. The federal No Child Left Behind law (NCLB) is due for reauthorization, and committees in the House and Senate have begun their deliberations; so now is the time to become informed about the issue and get involved. Here, the authors summarize the data about the decline in instructional time devoted to social studies in schools, discuss the barriers inhibiting the teaching of elementary social studies, and then describe their advocacy visit to Capitol Hill in Washington, District of Columbia, where they discussed these issues with members of Congress and their staffs. They also offer a set of advocacy guidelines in hopes of encouraging social studies professionals to state their concerns to their legislators and the public. (Contains 27 notes.)