The new question-of-the-week is: What has been the best social studies lesson you have taught and why do you think it was so good? We’ve all taught bad lessons and we’ve all taught good ones. This ...

Introducing movement into lessons can help students maintain focus and attention and boost engagement in learning.

Behind the scenes, one publisher went to great lengths to avoid mentions of race, even in the story of Rosa Parks. A current first grade history lesson in use in Florida.Credit...Florida Freedom to ...

When Nikita Walker, a parent in Rutherford County, Tenn., saw that her daughter’s homework asked the then-5th grader to write a few sentences in support of slavery, she was confused—and angry.

The State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a social studies plan that would teach more Texas history across school grades and deemphasize other subjects like world history, cultures and ...