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Scheuerell, Scott; Jaeger, Matt – Social Studies, 2015
The authors discuss how high school students participated in a unit in which they learned about African American history in a 1:1 computer classroom--in particular, how they were able to use digital history to learn about a variety of African American leaders who are not frequently covered in the traditional American History textbook. In addition,…
Descriptors: Black Studies, Internet, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
Osler, Audrey – Social Studies, 2013
Human rights are commonly conceived as more relevant to foreign policy than day-to-day living. Drawing on Eleanor Roosevelt's conception of human rights as beginning close to home, this article illustrates how human rights principles might inform everyday processes of schooling and learning to live together. It considers rights to, in and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Teaching Methods, Social Studies, Citizenship Education
Shermis, S. Samuel – Social Studies, 2009
In honor of the 100th anniversary of "The Social Studies," the journal is reprinting this article, originally published in Vol. 55, No. 6 (November 1964). In this essay, Shermis explains that, while prior to 1914 the social studies did not exist, the field had come into existence within five years after World War I ended. The war, subsequent…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, War, Social Change
Avery, Patricia G.; Levy, Sara A.; Simmons, Annette M. M. – Social Studies, 2013
The authors argue that deliberation should be an integral part of secondary civics classrooms and teacher education programs. Drawing on a wide range of research, they contend that teaching and learning deliberative skills has the potential to build individual and group civic capacity. They share some of the results of an evaluation of one…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Secondary Education, Classroom Techniques
Ponder, Jennifer; Lewis-Ferrell, Genell – Social Studies, 2009
This article tells the story of a classroom teacher's journey with her elementary students as they attempt to understand and define citizenship. The narrative highlights the process of using an emergent curriculum, creating a democratic classroom, and facilitating an active citizenship project led by students. The authors provide steps to help…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Social Action
Journell, Wayne – Social Studies, 2011
This article describes the instructional methods of four high school government teachers during their coverage of the 2008 presidential election. By analyzing the ways in which these teachers attempted to generate interest in the election and further their students' conceptualization of politics, the author seeks to better understand political…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Student Interests, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Teachers
Anderson, Derek L.; Lubig, Joe – Social Studies, 2012
This article describes a method--Collaborative Civics Conference Protocol (3CP)--that teachers can use with any civics education program to engage students in meaningful collaborative assessment of each others' thinking and writing and to make connections between civics activities and essential social studies content. Borrowing from the Writer's…
Descriptors: Civics, Teaching Methods, Citizenship Education, Citizen Participation
Washington, Elizabeth Yeager; van Hover, Stephanie – Social Studies, 2011
The Navajo Nation, comprising the largest land area allocated mainly to a Native American jurisdiction in the United States, offers a unique opportunity to enhance students' understandings of citizenship rights and sovereignty. For example, what does sovereignty mean on the reservation? What is the relationship between the Navajo Nation and the…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Navajo (Nation), Governmental Structure, Court Litigation
Curry, Kristal – Social Studies, 2010
Online role-playing games such as World Of Warcraft represent new participatory cultures in which today's students engage every day. They are appealing to players largely because of the social aspects of game play. Some features of massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) can be incorporated into classroom culture to create more…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Role Playing, Video Games, Classroom Techniques
Choi, Jungsoon – Social Studies, 2010
South Korean society is in transition toward a multicultural society. Integrating multicultural education into current citizenship education is challenging for the society. Historically, many national tragedies have created the unique characteristics of what being Korean means. South Korean social studies curriculum emphasized that Korea is a…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Korean Culture, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries
Moore, James – Social Studies, 2012
Many scholars, teachers, parents, as well as others, are concerned with the decline of civility in public discourse and public schools. The sharp differences among various ideological groups, exacerbated by media incivility, are contributing factors to rising incivility. This ideological divide currently manifests itself in bitter partisan…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Social Studies, Moral Development, Moral Issues
Misco, Thomas; Shiveley, James – Social Studies, 2010
Too often, social studies educators are asked to focus their design and enactment of learning experiences on the mastery of content knowledge, often at the expense of other aims and goals. In response to this problem, the authors of this article explore the reclamation of dispositions in social studies curriculum planning and teaching. First, he…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Role of Education, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Design
Hammond, Thomas – Social Studies, 2010
Two middle-school teachers incorporated student creation of historical accounts into their history instruction. During these projects, the teachers instructed their students to (1) summarize information presented during classroom instruction on a topic (e.g., the Great Migration) and (2) explain the significance of that topic to the present day.…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Middle School Teachers, Civics, Citizenship Education
Crowe, Alicia R. – Social Studies, 2010
Numeracy is as essential to becoming an active and thoughtful citizen as literacy. Although the concept of numeracy is complex and robust, there are four areas in which teachers can fairly easily begin to incorporate it into social studies curriculum and instruction. The areas include the students' ability to understand raw numeric data in…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Relevance (Education), Social Studies, Citizenship
Neumann, Richard – Social Studies, 2012
This article presents an overview of major factors contributing to the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Descriptions of teaching resources and ideas for lesson plans are provided.
Descriptors: Social Studies, Critical Theory, Economics Education, High School Students