Two trends in American student life, one rooted in the past and one very modern, are not just threatening the mental health of our children but stripping them of the power to think critically in an ...

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 ...

I’ve commented before how surprised I am that a high percentage of emails I get come from the relatively small group of people in this country who don’t even pay into Social Security. Most of those ...

After education officials in Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration released proposed changes to the way K-12 students in public schools learn history and social sciences, some parents and ...

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The discipline of history, while continuing to produce valuable scholarship, is in a rut. The kind of methodological, conceptual and theoretical breakthroughs that took place in the 1970s—with the ...

A few years ago, curriculum specialist Richard Cairn showed a photo from the World War II era to two young men he was working with on a campaign to promote teaching disability history. The image shows ...

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When Valerie Ziegler’s high school social studies students seek out political news, most of them don’t turn on the television or browse the homepage of The New York Times. Instead, they get on their ...

What can Jell-O tell us about the United States during the Gilded Age? What about Spam during World War II? According to Anna Zeide, food historian and author of the new book “US History in 15 Foods,” ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Topeka teacher took his award-winning lesson plan to state education officials. Thomas Fulbright teaches social studies at Hope Street Academy. He came up with a lesson plan on ...