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    Confronting Truth in Contentious Times: Voices of Black Social Studies Educators in the Field
    Vol. 6 No. 1 (2024)

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    Social Studies Perspectives (Rural, Indigenous, and International)
    Vol. 5 No. 1 (2023)

    This issue reflects our first open call for papers and brings forth perspectives for social studies educators that help to expand our understanding of the field, including two articles by Allen, Williams, & Hicks and Washington & Seay that provide the reader with a rich portrait of who rural educators are and the challenges they face in teaching social studies today. Poitras Pratt & Danyluk offer a compelling approach to reconciliation that aims to improve relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Finally Picardo provides a glimpse into the curricular lives of Finnish teachers, offering North American teachers an opportunity to think about a different approach from one of the most well-regarded education systems today. Each offers a perspective many social studies teachers don't consider that promise to enrich the journey of the educators who read them.

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    Teaching for Black Lives
    Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023)

    Welcome to our first issue of 2023, Teaching for Black Lives. In this excellent issue we have four articles that explore history, citizenship, immigration, and education as reflected through the lens of Black Lives Matter Movement and the urgent need to teach about, through, and for Black Lives. Curated by Guest Editor Kristen Duncan (Clemson University), the contributions by Denisha Jones (Sarah Lawrence College), Chris Busey (Scholar-at-Large, nee University of Florida), Tianna Dowie-Chin (University of Georgia) , and LaGarrett King (University of Buffalo), offer social studies teachers a rich and pointed collection from which to draw insight for their teaching practices.

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    Teaching with History Textbooks
    Vol. 3 No. 2 (2022)

    In this themed issue on using textbooks in social studies education, guest editors Johan Wassermann and Scott L. Roberts provide the context for an excellent multinational volume on using history textbooks in the classroom. The authors featured in this volume are both scholars and K-12 practitioners, offering a varied and practically oriented set of articles sure to help teachers improve their practices with social studies textbooks. 

     

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    Rethinking Economics After the Crash
    Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022)

    In this issue, you will find a series of articles, curated by Guest Editor Erin C. Adams, that challenge us to rethink how we teach economics in light of the crash preceding the Great Recession and the turmoil that has followed. They call into question the purported wisdom of neoclassical economics, which makes up virtually the entire program of economics education in many developed countries. The authors critique the epistemological underpinnings of economic education and ask us to reconceptualize our purposes and approaches to our practices.

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  • Teaching Controversial Issues
    Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020)

    In this issue edited by Dr. Elizabeth Washington we are proud to present six works representing the scholarship of Wayne Journell, Steven Camicia, Paula McAvoy, Li-Ching Ho, Rebecca Cooper Geller, Terence A. Beck, and Thomas Misco. Their contributions will help provide a strong foundation for teachers looking for a primer on teaching controversial issues.

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  • Teaching Against Islamophobia
    Vol. 2 No. 1 (2021)

    I am confident that readers will recognize these articles constitute a powerful contribution to the growing body of work dedicated to Teaching Against Islamophobia guest edited by Dr. Muna Saleh. Articles by Ananah Eljaji, Nisreen Alameddine, Asma Ahmed, Jeremy Stoddard, Randa N. Elbih, and Zahra Kasamali will undoubtedly help social studies teachers to interrogate their own biases while providing them with rich insights into how to enact practices to support their Muslim students. It is a small yet crucial step toward ensuring that all our Muslim students can live, learn, and thrive in peace.

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    Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg One Year Later
    Vol. 2 No. 2 (2021)

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg led an extraordinary life, one in which she overcame innumerable obstacles to become one of the most influential jurists and U.S. Supreme Court Justices. In this volume edited by Lauren Colley you will find four exceptional articles, three written by scholars Andrea Libresco, Tiffany Mitchell, and  Mark Sulzer, and one by Canada's first female Supreme Court Chief Justice, The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin.

     

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  • Teaching Asian American Histories
    Vol. 2 No. 3 (2021)

    This issue curated and edited by Sohyn An and Ritu Radhakrishnan highlights the work of historian Erika Lee and features articles by Cathlin Golding, Betina Hsieh, Jung Kim,  J.B. Mayo, Bic Ngo, Noreen Naseem Rodriguez.

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