Social Studies Research and Practice: Volume 12 Issue 2

Refugees, asylum seekers, and other immigrants: Help for teachers with problematic definitions

Jody Lynn McBrien

The purpose of this paper is to provide historical and legal definitions for categories of immigrants while helping educators use facts to address their students’ misperceptions…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s historical representation within children’s and young adult literature

John H. Bickford, Megan Lindsay

Education initiatives require substantive changes for history, social studies, English, and language arts teachers of any grade level. History and social studies teachers are to…

Why do young adults vote at low rates? Implications for education

Matthew Knoester, Lisa Kretz

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the political attitudes, experiences, and habits of young adults in the USA, with particular focus on their voting habits. Since young…

Evaluating the effectiveness of an online module for increasing financial literacy

Scott Wolla

Financial literacy is lacking across all age groups, but less than one-third of young adults have even basic financial knowledge. Research has demonstrated that online learning is…

Assessment practices in social studies classrooms: results from a longitudinal survey

Kristal Curry, Doug Smith

The purpose of this paper is to present results from three years of a longitudinal “Assessment Attitudes and Practices” survey collected from a large school district in the…

The representations of LGBTQ themes and individuals in non-fiction young adult literature

John H. Bickford

Social justice themes permeate the social studies, history, civics, and current events curricula. The purpose of this paper is to examine how non-fiction trade books represented…

Reflecting on a social studies-mathematics day: Integrating content using multicultural perspectives

Blanca Araujo, Lida Uribe Florez, Adriana Goenaga Ruiz de Zuazu

Social studies may be taught in relevant and powerful ways regardless of the current barriers and challenges teachers encounter with this subject. While it would be best to give…

Teaching race through AsianCrit-informed counterstories of school segregation

Sohyun An

How can the author, as social studies methods instructors, assist future elementary teachers develop the knowledge and skills to engage young students in critical examinations of…

Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box lesson plan

Margaret Angel Bestwick

Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box (McPhail, 2015) is a tranquil biography primarily focusing on the childhood of Beatrix Potter. This lesson plan, based in the National Council for…