Elementary teachers are left largely to their own devices when it comes to social studies instruction, cobbling together materials from different places with little support or guidance from higher-ups ...

The Clearing House, Vol. 91, No. 4/5 (July-October 2018), pp. 193-200 (8 pages) While the use of inquiry-based instruction has been encouraged for many years, it continues to be the exception rather ...

A survey of social studies teachers found that many find primary sources online for lesson plans. But a notable minority also rely on left-leaning materials, and a handful have turned to conservative ...

The State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a social studies plan that would teach more Texas history across school grades and deemphasize other subjects like world history, cultures and ...

AJ spent most of 6th grade skipping class. Triggered by even small tasks, like being asked to write guided notes during ...

The new question of the week is: What are your suggestions for how to make social studies classes culturally responsive? There are so many reasons why we need to make our classes culturally responsive ...

Plenty of students find social studies lessons a bit dull. Not Caleb Brown. Where some students might see a sequence of dates to memorize, he sees turning points that helped define the world we live ...

What Ohio's children learn about history, civics and how to take political action could change if Republican lawmakers pass a plan to rewrite the state's K-12 social studies standards. "I am very ...

Susan Scheel is in her second year teaching Social Studies at North Ridge Middle School in Danville after working as a ...

What do you notice about partisan control of the newly elected state legislatures and governorships in the United States? What do you wonder? By The Learning Network We asked students, “What are you ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The State Board of Education on Friday ...