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Direct linkSohyun An – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2024
After analyzing state standards and textbook excerpts, all the fourth graders in Ms. Yoo's classroom convened and discussed why the nonwhite suffragists were missing and what they could do about it. The students agreed that textbooks and standards "can't include everybody," but they also concurred that the stories of Indigenous, Black,…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Inquiry, Elementary School Students, Indigenous Populations
Schuler, Douglas A.; Chappell, Matthew; Baggett, L. Scott – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2010
Fourth grade students at a public elementary school in Houston, Texas, participated in a one-week exercise intended to mimic the process of creating a public good through a democratic process. The exercise involved students in four separate classes designing a class party with different characteristics (theme, music, and food) through a voluntary…
Descriptors: Voting, Activism, Grade 4, Class Activities
Download full textGifford, Beth; Evans, Kelly; Berlin, Lisa; Bai, Yu – Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University (NJ1), 2011
Approximately one quarter of U.S. students do not graduate from high school with their peers. Failing to complete high school severely limits opportunities for employment and future financial stability. High school dropouts earn lower wages through their lifetime and work for fewer years. The costs to society of high school dropouts are also high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Dropouts, Enrollment
Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2015
The "International Society for the Social Studies (ISSS) Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. The following papers are included in the 2015 proceedings: (1) Local History and Local Culture at the Core of Elementary Social Studies Curriculum (C.…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Social Studies, Elementary Education, Local History
Mathys, Lori; Bennett, Linda – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2006
This article describes several websites that can be used to encourage students to vote. These include "The Democracy Project: Inside the Voting Booth" sponsored by PBS. This site addresses three elementary topics: how one vote has made a difference in U.S. history, how the right to vote has gradually been expanded to include minorities (African…
Descriptors: Democracy, Internet, United States History, Web Sites
McCall, Ava L. – Social Studies, 2002
In this article, the author details how she and another teacher developed a multicultural Wisconsin history curriculum for a fourth-grade classroom. Their focus in this article is a description of the main ideas students learned and the instructional strategies that supported their learning from the three-week unit on Wisconsin government. They…
Descriptors: Grade 4, State Government, State History, Educational Strategies
