The new question-of-the-week is: What has been the best social studies lesson you have taught and why do you think it was so good? We’ve all taught bad lessons and we’ve all taught good ones. This ...

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 ...

Students review, describe and identify rules and laws. In this lesson, students review, describe and identify rules and laws featuring a read aloud of the book Why Do We Need Rules and Laws? Written ...

This story has been updated to correct the name of the vendor for the social studies curriculum. As Hatton Community Learning Center first grade teacher Amy Rudd readied her classroom ahead of the ...

Behind the scenes, one publisher went to great lengths to avoid mentions of race, even in the story of Rosa Parks. A current first grade history lesson in use in Florida.Credit...Florida Freedom to ...

Some teachers give wrap ups at the end of a lesson, but Edwards Middle School teacher David Yancey is giving his students "rap ups." Yancey, 31, has been teaching at the school for eight years, and ...

Fifth-graders inevitably find themselves drawn into Kate Hunter’s social studies lessons, whether the subject is homelessness, bullying or the sacrifice of World War II veterans who were the students’ ...

(The Texas Tribune) The State Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies teaching plan that will dedicate more time across school grades to Texas and U.S. history while placing less ...