...Erik Alexander Gross; Thomas Misco Purpose Social studies educators will find that birthright citizenship offers a rich and complex understanding of cultural belonging, civic participation and democratic membership. While presently pressing, birthright citizenship contains topics and themes...

...Matthew S. Hollstein; Todd S. Hawley Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an alternative approach to studying religion in social studies classrooms through reframing. The authors encourage this reframing through the lens of citizenship and terror as a human experience. Design...

... as part of the preparation for citizenship. The paper outlines a structure for teachers to approach these topics. Lightning Jay is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: lightjay@upenn.edu 26 03 2019 03 04 2019 05 04 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald...

... for citizenship while battling both racism and sexism that kept them from achieving prominence or visibility in civil rights movements (Giddings, 2009). While the contributions of Black women can serve as inspiration for the women’s movement of the present, they still remain largely absent from the dominant...

... of citizenship’s contextual relevancy and the importance of developing citizens who possess the adaptability to practice compassion in a variety of contexts. It provides a series of example art-based discussion activities founded on the principles of introspection and community. Such activities offer potential...

...Sara Winstead Fry; Jason O’Brien Purpose Existing research suggests that preservice elementary teachers tend to believe “good” citizens are people who follow laws and help others rather than people who embrace a more active model of citizenship that includes working to improve society. The purpose...

... 21 10 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Intersectionality Citizenship African-American women Black feminism Civil rights movement On the night of September 19, 2015, President Barack Obama gave what some...

...Jennice McCafferty-Wright; Ryan Knowles Current events and citizenship intersect in students’ classrooms in ways both problematic and full of potential. Teachers take a range of approaches, from the passive, weekly regurgitation of news stories to the empowered use of current events to explore...

... media and the various persuasive devices they regularly encounter. Recent political commercials are used to introduce the framework. Extensions and other practical concerns for implementation are also discussed. Emerald Publishing Limited 2015 media literacy citizenship social studies...

...James Shiveley Social studies teachers often feel a tension between wanting to teach for democratic citizenship and the need to cover the multiple areas of required content. This paper examines the nature of this tension, critically examines democratic citizenship as a universally understood...

.... While supporting NCSS’ stance on the teaching of citizenship, we call for a conception of citizenship extending beyond human communities and structures to the community of the earth and all living beings. We also encourage social studies teachers to take up the work of teaching for ecological...

... by developing performance poetry and highlighting themes with visual images they created, found, or manipulated. The goal of our project was to engage youth in what might be understood as a noncontroversial exploration of their conceptual considerations of citizenship. But we hoped to engage them in considering...

..., this project seems to indicate that students may become more civic-minded when they are provided with authentic opportunities to participate in meaningful citizenship activities within their own communities. Emerald Publishing Limited 2011 Inquiry process Citizenship Civic-minded Intermediate...

... disparity and to accept their responsibilities towards other less fortunate citizens provides a formidable challenge. The authors interpret understandings of citizenship as being closely related to conceptualizations of economics and view methods by which classrooms employ instructional technology...

...Annette M. M. Simmons The purpose of this qualitative, interpretive, study is to help us better understand how a small group of Hmong immigrant adolescents conceptualize their political and civic citizenship in the United States. Three focus groups including a total of 18 Hmong middle/junior high...

...Lois McFadyen Christensen When educators, families, and children come together in the classroom to share their diverse cultures, potential exists for learning concepts about democracy, citizenship, and social justice through an immersion experience of interacting together. By involving families...

...Kay A. Chick Citizens in our democracy need a skill set that enables them to take action to help others, challenge bias and prejudice, and demonstrate patriotism. This article considers these skills and the role of children’s literature in the development of citizenship education in social studies...