Social Studies Research and Practice
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The Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee: teaching spiritual resistance to colonialism
Sean CorriganThis article uses Tribal Critical Race Theory (TribalCrit) and human rights education (HRE) to frame social studies instruction about the Ghost Dance movement of the late 1800s…
Exploration of teachers’ agency for teaching difficult knowledge in Taiwan
Yu-Han HungWith a lack of research conducted in an Asian context for teaching difficult knowledge, this study utilized the term “teacher agency” to explore how teachers access their agency…
Contained risk taking: teacher educator strategies for teaching hard history
Karen Widger CaldwellBecause preservice teachers (PSTs) need effective strategies to address the risks of teaching hard history, teacher educators must select approaches and strategies for teaching…
Examining character traits in historical fiction representing Chinese history
Lin Gou, Eun Hye Son, Daibao GuoWe conducted a content analysis on nine historical fiction books representing Chinese history to examine character traits in relation to the historical events and genders.
Elementary school teacher candidates’ perceptions on defining and integrating civic literacy
Jana M. Willis, Sheila F. Baker, Debby ShulskyThe need for strong civic education is constant, and teachers are essential to the delivery of civic education in the classroom. Teachers need confidence and competence to…
What were the different roles women played during the American Revolution?
Scott M. Waring, Samantha ForsythThrough the approach presented here, the authors created an investigation, utilizing the SOURCES Framework for Teaching with Primary and Secondary Sources, to allow their students…
On teaching Holocaust geographies: supporting inquiry into space, persecution and civic action
Jeffrey C. Eargle, Michael MewborneIn this article, the authors – a social studies methods professor and geography research associate – make the case for considering the integration of Holocaust geographies into…
Teaching a doctoral-level, interdisciplinary social studies course on critical social justice
Sheldene SimolaThis article discusses the underlying teaching framework of relational cultural theory (RCT), as well as additional teaching practices used within a doctoral-level…
Developing core practices of social studies preservice teachers through critical historical inquiry
Mathew Baker, Michael Lee JosephExamine how social studies preservice teachers conceptualize and enact critical historical inquiry.
Bootstraps, redlines and wage-theft: using Monopoly to critically examine American wealth inequality
Matt DinglerScholarship on America’s K-12 economics curriculum reveals an inattention to many harmful economic realities, specifically wealth inequality. Critics of the present curriculum…
Queer representation in children’s books beyond two moms or two dads
Peter C. OlsonThis article aims to help educators provide a holistic view of the LGBTQ community by highlighting children’s books that include non-parental LGBTQ characters.
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