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Social Studies Research
General
Learning Social Studies: An Evidence Based Approach - Provides an overview of best practices in the teaching and learning of social studies.
Speaking Up for Science and Social Studies - Dr. Nell Dukes describes why science and social studies is so important for literacy instructions.
Elementary
Elementary Social Studies: Strategies for Strengthening Teaching and Learning (178.29 KB) .pdf - A white paper describing the problems facing elementary social studies education and works to address these problems.
Content-Specific
How Students Learn: History in the Classroom
Six Proven Practices for Effective Civic Learning
Back to topProfessional Organizations
- Iowa Council for the Social Studies (ICSS)
- National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
- National Council for History Education (NCHE)
- National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE)
- American Psychological Association
- American Sociological Association
- Association of American Geographers
- American Association for State and Local History
- American Political Science Association
- Foundation for Teaching Economics
- Center for History and New Media
- Center for Civic Education
- National Center for History in the Schools
- Organization of American Historians
- World History Association
- State Historical Society of Iowa
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