Using Conversational Video to Support Oral History Projects

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.

As a multidisciplinary subject, social studies classrooms are home to many different topics, from the most gruesome historical conflicts to the most basic principles of government and economics.

Imagine assembling an IKEA product without the instructions.

It’s that inevitable time of year again: the summer has come to end and it’s back into the classroom for social studies teachers across the country! While it is sad to end our summer of sleeping in, traveling, using the bathroom whenever we want, let’s be honest, it is also exciting to start a new […]