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Michael J. Berson; Ilene R. Berson; Kristen L. Franklin; Valerie N. Fawley; Perry S. Shank; Rebecca E. Dovi; Santiago Gasca; Eric D. Hochberg; Debra Bernstein – Social Education, 2024
The landscape of education is dynamically evolving with the infusion of technology into classrooms, but it is not just math or science disciplines that are getting a digital makeover. Social studies education has entered a transformative phase as well. The "Computer Science for Social Studies" project, funded by the National Science…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Inquiry, Social Studies
Cuenca, Alexander – Social Education, 2021
In a recent study of the impact of the "College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards," at least 32 states cited, endorsed, framed, modeled, or adopted the C3 Framework in their social studies standards. Consequently, the expectation for almost 30 million students is that social studies teachers…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Social Studies, Teacher Education
Social Education, 2016
The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) reaffirms that an excellent education in social studies is essential to civic competence and the maintenance and enhancement of a free and democratic society. Thus, NCSS advocates that students should be provided with a social studies experience at all grade levels PK-12. In grades PK-5, every…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Social Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Herczog, Michelle M. – Social Education, 2014
The College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards calls upon social studies teachers to enhance the rigor of civics, economics, geography, history and the other social studies disciplines while building the critical thinking, problem solving, and participatory skills of students to help them become actively…
Descriptors: Social Studies, State Standards, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

Mason, Cheryl L.; Gerler, Edwin R. – Social Education, 1998
Considers the advantages of online journals, such as wider access to new knowledge and increased availability of research findings. Describes one specific electronic journal, "Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal" and discusses the five aspects of the inaugural edition that demonstrate how online journals can exemplify the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Quality, Educational Research

Stowell, Stephen – Social Education, 1995
Presents a high school unit about the U.S. Industrial Revolution featuring the Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. Includes student objectives, step-by-step instructional procedures, and discussion questions. Provides two maps, five illustrations, one photograph, and three student readings. (ACM)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Activity Units, Geography, History Instruction