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Hicks, David; Johnson, Aaron; Lisanti, Melissa; van Hover, Stephanie; McPherson, Kelly; Zukerwar, Sharon – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2016
In this article, the authors introduce a series of interconnected, inquiry-based activities from a fifth grade social studies curriculum, "My Place in Time and Space," which was developed in part through a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Regional Grant Program--Eastern Region. These activities are designed to…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Inquiry, Active Learning, Learning Activities
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Gholson, Maisie L. – Journal of Negro Education, 2016
This article takes a critical approach to unsettling the apathy around Black girls' and women's mathematics achievement and participation. I discuss how prevailing narratives about White girls and women, as well as Black boys and men, make the existence of coherent narratives of Black girls and women in mathematics essentially impossible. I argue…
Descriptors: Females, African Americans, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement
Kwakye, Isaac; Kibort-Crocker, Emma – Washington Student Achievement Council, 2020
Spring 2020 marked the onset of one of the most tumultuous eras in recent memory. The rapid spread of COVID-19 wreaked havoc on communities across the globe, and in the U.S., the epicenter of the outbreak was located in Washington State. Beyond the immediate concerns around personal health and safety, COVID-19 produced a host of other issues that…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, Economic Impact
Hahn, Heather; Lou, Cary; Isaacs, Julia B.; Lauderback, Eleanor; Daly, Hannah; Steuerle, C. Eugene – Urban Institute, 2020
Public spending on children is an investment in the nation's future, as it aims to support their healthy development and human potential. To inform policymakers, children's advocates, and the general public about how public funds are spent on children, this 14th edition of the annual "Kids' Share" report provides an updated analysis of…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Federal Aid, Children, Budgets
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Groce, Eric C.; Heafner, Tina; Bellows, Elizabeth – Social Education, 2013
A lesson exploring the Pledge of Allegiance, its history, and the addition of the phrase "under God," can serve as a jumping off point into major themes of U.S. history and First Amendment freedoms. Although the Pledge is ubiquitous in contemporary America, educators and students are often uninformed about the history and meaning of the…
Descriptors: United States History, Activism, Social Action, Citizen Participation
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Bischof, Libby – History Teacher, 2015
If part of the job of history educators is to prepare students to be informed, literate, active, and analytical citizens of their communities, then what better place to start than with encouraging them to really learn and contextualize the history of their own communities? This article explores student responses to a semester-long local history…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Local History, Place Based Education, Historic Sites
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Miller, Joe C. – History Teacher, 2015
Suffrage leader Alice Stone Blackwell wrote in 1914 that "the struggle has never been a fight of woman against man, but always of broad-minded men and women on the one side against narrow-minded men and women on the other." Carrie Chapman Catt agreed, writing that the enemy of suffrage was not men, but resistance to change. How many…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Evaluation, Voting, Civil Rights
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McInnis, Edward – Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, 2015
This essay explores social and political values conveyed by nineteenth century world and universal history textbooks in relation to the antebellum era. These textbooks focused on the histories of ancient Greece and Rome rather than on histories of the United States. I argue that after 1830 these textbooks reinforced both the US land reform and the…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, History Instruction, Textbooks, Content Analysis
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Cruz, Bárbara C.; Ellerbrock, Cheryl R. – Social Studies, 2015
The importance of visual literacy development is demonstrated using social studies examples from an innovative, collaborative arts program. Discussion of the Visual Thinking Strategies approach, connections to the Common Core State Standards, prompts for higher-order critical thinking, and the application of historical and social science ideas in…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Social Studies, Art Education, Critical Thinking
Mark Boonshoft – ProQuest LLC, 2015
From the very founding of the United States, education's actual influence on American society has not measured up to Americans' belief in education as a vehicle of meritocracy. Shortly after the American Revolution, the lexicographer, editor, and would-be education reformer, Noah Webster noted that in the United States "The constitutions are…
Descriptors: Religion, Social Capital, United States History, Educational History
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Curwen, Margaret Sauceda; Ardell, Amy; MacGillivray, Laurie – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2019
This qualitative case study examines how fifth graders and their teachers participated in critical literacy instruction grounded in systems thinking on the topic of slavery. Systems thinking seeks to discover relationships and patterns in diverse underlying systems; critical literacy examines everyday texts, focuses on social justice and change,…
Descriptors: Activism, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Systems Approach
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Regan, Kelley; Evmenova, Anya S.; MacVittie, Nichole P.; Leggett, Alicia; Ives, Samantha; Schwartzer, Jessica; Mastropieri, Margo; Rybicki-Newman, Maria P. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2019
Integrating unfamiliar technology in the classroom often requires ample technological resources and professional development. However, these resources are often not available. This case study of qualitative data combined with pretest or posttest student data illustrates how one pair of coteachers autonomously planned for and implemented a digital…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Adoption (Ideas), Technology Uses in Education, Social Studies
Nokes, Jeffery D. – Teachers College Press, 2019
Learn how to design history lessons that foster students' knowledge, skills, and dispositions for civic engagement. Each section of this practical resource introduces a key element of civic engagement, such as defending the rights of others, advocating for change, taking action when problems are observed, compromising to promote reform, and…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Citizenship Education, Instructional Design, Lesson Plans
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Flanagan, Candra; Hindley, Anna – Social Education, 2017
For educators, it is imperative to be aware of the effects of racism and to learn how to teach about them to students. The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC's signature workshop, "Let's Talk!", is designed to give educators tools--historical understanding, racial literacy, and pedagogical…
Descriptors: Race, Teaching Methods, Racial Bias, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Whitmore, Debra Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to describe the impact of the South Carolina U.S. History End of Course Exam (EOCE) on teachers' perceptions of autonomy and self-efficacy for high school U.S. History teachers in the Midlands region of South Carolina. The theory guiding this study was Bandura's (1994) theory of…
Descriptors: United States History, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Educational Policy
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