NCSS

Here is the most current issue of the NCSS journal, "SocialEducation"
[]

Teaching with Documents [|Teaching with Documents, and Documents, and More Documents: The National Archives Digital Partnerships] //Lee Ann Potter// A new National Archives partnership has made thousands of additional federal records available online free of charge.
 * Social Studies 2.0: Thinking, Connecting, and Creating with Technology**

//Thinking//

[|Where and Why There? Spatial Thinking with Geographic Information Systems] //Andrew J. Milson and Mary Curtis// High school students develop real-world geography and GIS skills when they perform a site selection analysis to determine the best location for a new business. [|Teaching with Rather than about Geographic Information Systems] //Thomas C. Hammond and Alec M. Bodzin// Using GIS in the classroom can present unique challenges. Here, the authors outline key strategies for maximizing student understanding while minimizing technical friction. [|Making Sense of Social Studies with Visualization Tools] //Ilene Berson and Michael Berson// A web-analysis tool known as a word cloud offers a creative approach to analyzing documents such as presidential speeches. //Connecting//
 * 113**
 * 119**
 * 124**

[|Making Connections: Using Online Discussion Forums to Engage Students in Historical Inquiry] //Whitney Blankenship// Communicating in an online forum advances student reasoning and decision making while enabling teachers to interact more effectively with students and the curriculum. [|Using Digital History to Investigate Desegregation and Massive Resistance in Norfolk Public Schools] //Meghan McGlinn Manfra// A new digital library chronicles the integration of all-white public schools in Virginia and offers students the opportunity to read related oral histories, editorial arguments, and legal decisions.
 * 127**
 * 131**

//Creating// [|Worth the WAIT: Engaging Social Studies Students with Art in a Digital Age] //B. Scott Crawford, David Hicks, and Nicole Doherty// This unique Web 2.0 tool enhances students’ literacy and inquiry skills as they critically engage with art. [|The “Day in the Life of a Teenage Hobo” Project: Integrating Technology with Shneiderman’s Collect-Relate-Create-Donate Framework] //Justin Reich and Thomas Daccord// In this multi-day investigation of teenage homelessness during the Great Depression, students use a range of technologies—search engines, blogs, and podcasting tools—to investigate the political, economic, and social history of the time. Surfing the Net [|What I Learned at the NCSS Annual Meeting—2008 Edition] //C. Frederick Risinger// The featured websites provide a glimpse of the countless resources—such as textbooks, trade books, maps, supplementary materials, and audio-visual materials—available in the NCSS conference exhibit hall. Looking at the Law [|Supreme Court Biographies as a Classroom Resource] //John Paul Ryan// Supreme Court biographies can offer students new perspectives on American history and politics. In this column, the author interviews biographers of three renowned justices.
 * 136**
 * 140**
 * 145**
 * 148**

Here is the most recent Social Studies and the Young Learner:
[|**Letter to the Editor**] [|Myths, Movies, and Teaching About the Holocaust]** //Rena Berlin//
 * 4

Articles [|Students as Digital Citizens on Web 2.0]** //Michelle Nebel, Barbara Jamison, and Linda Bennett//
 * 5

[|Here’s What We Have to Say! Podcasting in the Early Childhood Classroom]** //Ilene R. Berson//
 * 8

//Cheryl Franklin Torrez and Gina Bush// Pullout [|Revolutionary Movies: Classroom Handouts]** //Scott M. Waring, Marie Santana, and Kirk Robinson//
 * 12**[|**Exploring the Explorers Using Internet Resources**]
 * P1

[|Revolutionary Movies: Creating Digital Biographies in the Fifth Grade]** //Scott M. Waring, Marie Santana, and Kirk Robinson//
 * 17

[|Google Earth: A Virtual Globe for Elementary Geography]** //Judy Britt and Gus La Fontaine//
 * 20

[|Exploring the Past with 21st-Century Tools]** //Kelly Schrum and Lynne Schrum//
 * 24

[|Panwapa: Global Kids, Global Connections]** //Ilene R. Berson and Michael J. Berson//
 * 28