Ten Things Only Social Studies Educators Know

Thrift stores and vintage clothing shopping has grown in popularity amongst younger consumers.

Before the pandemic, I thought I was a pretty good teacher.

In the United States, Election Day has a rich history dating back to the founding of the nation.

Women’s roles are often overlooked when teaching about the economy of the ancient world.

Interdisciplinary learning, also known as cross-disciplinary learning, is an educational approach that integrates concepts, methods, and content from multiple academic disciplines or fields of study.

Picture it—fall semester 2008—a new social studies teacher prepares for a year of developing young students into knowledgeable and civic-minded members of society.

We are accustomed to referring to fiction as “fake” and nonfiction as “real.

As a former student who attended multiculturally diverse schools, celebrating the holidays and celebrations of my peers from different cultures made school all the more memorable.

Partnerships are ubiquitous in our lives, yet we often take them for granted rather than interrogating them to discover how to make them richer, more effective, and ultimately more meaningful.