Social Studies Research and Practice: Volume 14 Issue 3

Dorothea Lange: Student inquiry into early documentary photography for social and political reform

Janie Hubbard

Dorothea Lange was one of the first US documentary photographers, and she was empowered by the belief that seeing the effects of injustice, in photographs, could elicit social and…

NCSS notable trade book lesson plan: Windows written by Julia Denos

Dana Michelle Evans, William Boden Robertson, Holly Hilboldt Swain

The purpose of this paper, notable trade lesson plan, is to utilize a notable picture book in an early childhood application.

Celebrating trailblazing women: Soar, Elinor lesson plan

Carolyn Ann Weber

The purpose of this paper is to use Soar, Elinor, a 2011 NCSS notable trade book, to teach a short unit on remarkable women in traditionally male dominated fields. Students will…

“Escape the Room” – a strategy for problem-based learning and student inquiry

Mark Pearcy, Eric Guise, Dana Heller

Problem-based learning (PBL) has long been a regular feature in professions outside K-12 education and is growing in social studies education in recent years. PBL is built around…

Selecting and designing visual curriculum materials for inquiry-based instruction

Cory Callahan, James B. Howell, Lamont E. Maddox

Visual documents (e.g. maps, editorial cartoons, historical photographs, portraits, documentary films, historically-based movies, etc.) are common curriculum resources within…

Using found poetry to cultivate student literacy, empathy, and creativity

Jennifer Johnson

The emphasis on primary sources and disciplinary literacy skills in not only the Common Core State Standards, but other national curricula (i.e. College Board exams and the NCSS…

NCSS notable trade book lesson plan Before She Was Harriet

Daneell D. Moore

The purpose of this paper is to allow students to explore the accomplishments of Harriet Tubman at various stages of her life through a guided research investigation. Students…

Applying the world-changing through social action protocol with young adult literature

A. Suzie Henning, Shelly Shaffer

The purpose of this paper is to describe a protocol for developing students into social actors using young adult (YA) literature in social studies. The world-changing through…

Discussing the elephant in the room: the Republican Party and race issues

Mark Pearcy, Jeremiah Clabough

The purpose of this paper is to explore the subtle racist rhetoric used by members of the Republican Party over the last 60 years connected to issues of race. The authors start by…