Social Studies Research and Practice: Volume 14 Issue 2

An introduction to this special issue of Social Studies Research and Practice on religion’s place in the social studies

Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Rory P. Tannebaum

Teaching and talking about religion: strategies for teacher educators

Kimberly R. Logan, James M.M. Hartwick

The purpose of this paper is to outline arguments for addressing religion in social studies teacher education, including strategies teacher educators might use on how and why…

Secondary teacher candidates’ experiences teaching about religion within a history curriculum

Sarah B. Brooks

The National Council for the Social Studies (2014, 2017) has called for increased attention to religion in social studies curriculum. A small but growing body of research has…

Pre-service teachers and religion: Dispelling misconceptions and providing new foundations for learning

Colton T. Ames

The purpose of this paper is to provide teacher educators with a foundation for including religion in multicultural education classes. In doing so, they can foster more robust…

Religion, social studies and citizenship: reframing religion through the lens of citizenship

Matthew S. Hollstein, Todd S. Hawley

The purpose of this paper is to present an alternative approach to studying religion in social studies classrooms through reframing. The authors encourage this reframing through…

The global citizen and religious position statements on climate change

Jay M. Shuttleworth, Scott Wylie

The purpose of this paper is to discuss opportunities to analyze religious position statements calling climate change action a moral imperative.

Teaching about American slavery and its connections to Christianity and the Bible

Dan Shepherd

A reluctance of social studies teachers to address religious matters prevents students from understanding the intersection of two important American institutions: slavery and…

Protest and prayer: the Jewish and Catholic presence at Selma

Cory Callahan, Janie Hubbard

The recent motion picture Selma infused fresh interest – and controversy – into the political and emotional peak of America’s modern Civil Rights Movement. Ava DuVernay, the…

Beyond hijabs and Ramadan: Teaching about Islam and Muslims in elementary classrooms

Heidi J. Torres

The purpose of this paper is to describe an integrated social studies and literacy unit designed to teach about Islam in elementary classrooms. Concerns regarding teaching about…

Tell us a story: teaching religion with picturebooks

Margaret Wilson Gillikin, Koti L. Hubbard, Joy N. Stapleton

The purpose of this paper is to present a method to incorporate teaching about religion into K–12 social studies classes. A central tenet of social studies education is preparing…