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Official journal of the National Council for the Social Studies.

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Teaching with documents, and documents, and more documents: the National Archives digital partnerships.(Teaching with Documents)
April 1, 2009... What if... ... you were teaching a lesson on the French Revolution, and rather than assigning your students to read a section in their textbook on the subject, they could read Thomas Jefferson's letter to John Jay describing what he witnessed in Paris during early July 1789, including...

Teaching with rather than about geographic information systems.
April 1, 2009... In 1994, the National Council for Geography Education's Standards Project singled out Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as powerful tools for developing students' geographic skills and perspectives. (1) The group made two predictions. First, that GIS would eventually permeate business,...

Making connections: using online discussion forums to engage students in historical inquiry Whitney Blankenship.
April 1, 2009... Previous issues of Social Education have highlighted the benefits of using electronic discussion forums, including increasing citizenship skills, supporting historical inquiry, and enhancing classroom discussion. (1) Researchers have also found increased levels of student engagement, enhanced...

Authentic intellectual work on school desegregation: the digital history of massive resistance in Norfolk, Virginia.(Viewpoint essay)
April 1, 2009... This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the integration of Norfolk Public Schools. On February 2, 1959, the "Norfolk 17" integrated the formerly all-white public middle and high schools in Norfolk, Virginia. Less known than their counterparts in Little Rock, Arkansas, the stories of the...

Worth the WAIT: engaging social studies students with art in a digital age.(Web-based Art Interactive Tool)
April 1, 2009... Artistic depictions of historical events can capture students' imagination. Art can also be used to develop analytical skills. To give a complete interpretation of any piece of art, one has to consider the context to which it was created. The events and emotions that bring a painting into...

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