.... Participants who expressed they did not have enough instructional time to teach social studies expressed a desire to increase instructional time because of social studies' societal importance. Social implications This research contributes to the discourse on elementary social studies instruction and how...

... the lower edge of the photograph. Gretchen Hohmeyer can be contacted at: ghohmeyer@umass.edu 11 09 2025 17 12 2025 12 02 2026 17 02 2026 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Elementary social studies...

... brilliant things” (Williams and Deyoe, 2015 , p. 70). © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Elementary social studies LGBTQ Children’s literature Chosen families Homonormativity When Heather Has Two Mommies (Newman, 1989...

... such great ideas, and can stand up for themselves, and can do pretty much anything that they set their mind to, and that girls can change the way that people see. - Elli, Third Grade Women’s history Interactive read-alouds Elementary social studies Literacy © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021...

... understandings of historical content and civic participation in democratic society. Professional development Civics education Elementary social studies History education In September 2020, the Educating for American Democracy Act (EADA) was put forth for a vote in the House of Representatives...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Stereotypes Bias World cultures Global education Elementary social studies Student voice In using the term world cultures, I am distinguishing between cultures outside a person's own...

... to incorporate a Black history curriculum in elementary social studies (King, 2015). Inclusion of Black history extends beyond the five-page overview often found in traditional elementary social studies textbooks; it encompasses an entire textbook that provides in-depth knowledge, beginning...

.... Heidi J. Torres can be contacted at: hjtorres@ou.edu 01 05 2019 05 06 2019 20 06 2019 Multicultural education Elementary social studies Religious literacy Integrated instruction Religion in public schools Teaching about Islam Even as the US Muslim population increases...

... be contacted at: kristy.a.brugar@ou.edu 23 08 2018 08 01 2019 01 03 2019 02 03 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Elementary social studies Historical fiction Teachers’ instructional choices Interdisciplinary...

...Sohyun An Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which an intervention lesson could help with elementary pre-service teachers’ critical racial knowledge around school segregation. Design/methodology/approach The author, an Elementary Social Studies Methods Instructor...

... Elementary social studies Field experiences are an important part of teacher education programs. These school-based experiences provide preservice teachers the opportunity to implement the theories and strategies they have learned about in their methods courses into practice in a classroom...

... of this paper is to share one of many possible ways of “doing race” in elementary social studies teacher education. Design/methodology/approach First, the author proposes the topic of school segregation as a relevant and engaging inroad for elementary students to learn about race and racism...

... in the elementary social studies curriculum: family (Kindergarten-1), civil rights (grades 2-3), and slavery (grades 4-5) and resources are provided for locating texts. The authors illustrate the importance of developing text sets that include multiple perspectives, particularly those lesser-known stories...

...Lisa Brown Buchanan; Elizabeth O. Crawford The teaching of environmental sustainability was explored in five sections of an elementary social studies methods course with pre-service teachers. Using surveys and structured discussions, we identified pre-service teachers’ beliefs about environmental...

... questions to investigate how elementary teachers imagine social studies in an age of teacher assessments. Emerald Publishing Limited 2015 teacher assessment elementary social studies professional perceptions hypothetical teaching scenario big ideas teacher de-professionalization Social...

... of historical misrepresentation, child labor trade books appear far more historically representative than those centered on slavery. Emerald Publishing Limited 2015 Children’s trade books historical misrepresentation historical thinking elementary social studies primary source material Social...

..., elementary methods, elementary social studies, social studies, teaching history, young learners Introduction I asked a pre-service student if our country had a king. She responded, Sure, Martin Luther King. We got out of school last week for his birthday. Recognizing the importance of developing pre...

... students’ historical thinking, I propose an interdisciplinary approach, discipline-specific historical literacy strategies, and history-themed authentic assessments. Christopher Columbus elementary social studies historical thinking historical literacy children’s literature and methodology...

..., these schools were akin to reading academies—focused chiefly on the teaching of reading skills. They promised to share their results with local administrators and teachers, initiating the reconsideration of elementary social studies. To this end, they revisited school sites, revealed their findings, and offered...

...Cheryl Mason Bolick; Reid Adams; Lara Willox This article examines the literature related to the marginalization of social studies through the lens of elementary social studies teacher education. This study presents the case of two different states wherein one state, Virginia, tests social studies...