We social studies teachers are going to have our hands full this year with the many state laws restricting what can and cannot be taught. This series is sharing some ideas that might help us all.

Colorado's Department of Education is updating statewide standards regarding the teaching of diversity in social studies classes. Individual schools and districts are still in charge of curriculum, ...

Oklahoma’s new head of education, Lindel Fields, is dropping an unconstitutional requirement for schools to teach Bible-based social studies lessons. The requirement — issued by the state’s former ...

A few years ago, curriculum specialist Richard Cairn showed a photo from the World War II era to two young men he was working with on a campaign to promote teaching disability history. The image shows ...

At 13, Ayaan Moledina has come to expect the once-a-year mention of his religion when his social studies class focuses on the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “It’s all about how these were Islamic terrorists, ...

Photo: Luboslav Ivanko, via Dreamstime. Last month, the D.C. State Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt new “anti-racist” and LGBTQ-inclusive standards for social studies classes that will ...

The new question of the week is: What are your suggestions for how to make social studies classes culturally responsive? There are so many reasons why we need to make our classes culturally responsive ...