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Modern Youth Taking Action and How to Inspire Your Students to Do the Same
A key part of the C3 inquiry process and social studies curriculum is teaching students how to take informed action.
Teaching the Election Process With Essential Questions
An election year provides the perfect opportunity for teachers to incorporate civics into the curriculum.
Teaching Students to Become Change Agents through Social Studies Instruction
Social studies encompasses several dynamics that affect daily student learning.
Teaching Students the Analysis Skills to Fight Truth Decay
The skills and content taught in science and social studies are often relegated to a secondary importance when compared to literacy and math.
Capitalism, Socialism, Communism: Distinguishing Important Economic Concepts
Capitalism, socialism, and communism are three key concepts in social studies, with complex definitions and complicated histories.
The History behind Presidential Transitions in the United States
American democracy began as an experiment.
The Importance of Establishing Democracy in Elementary Classrooms
America was built on democracy, a set of rules that governs the people in a state or country.
A Brief History of the Right to Vote
Determining whether voting is a right or a privilege has been a battleground for states to control who can cast a ballot in elections.
What RBG Means to Me: A Personal Reflection
In early 2019, I walked into an exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles that exponentially expanded my love and respect for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.