Book Reviews

Clifford Case and the Challenge of Liberal Republicanism by William R. Fernekes, Reviewed by Hank Bitten, Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

Mexican Women Factories: Free Trade and Exploitation on the Border Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

The Eight: The Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

Land of the Oneidas Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

Growing Up Roosevelt: A Granddaughter’s Memoir of Eleanor Roosevelt by Nina Roosevelt Gibson, Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 2, Winter-Spring 2024

Made in New York: 25 Innovators Who Shaped Our World Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

Seven Steps to Raising a Bilingual Child Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

Made in Paterson: The Life and Legacy of U.S. Senator William Hughes by Daniel Willever, Reviewed by Hank Bitten

Longing and Belonging: Parents, Children, and Consumer Culture, by Allison J.  Pugh Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2 Summer-Fall 2023

Assignments Matter: Making the Connections that Help Students Meet Standards Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America by John Wood. Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution by Benjamin Carp. Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

Transformative Assessment, by W. James Popham Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

Britain Begins by Barry Cunliffe. Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

A Brief History of France: People, History, and Culture, by Cecil Jenkins Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer Fall 2023

!Brigadistas! An American Anti-Fascist in the Spanish Civil War edited by Miguel Ferguson, Anne Timmons, Paul Buhle, and Fraser Ottanelli. Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

History Book Club with Kapka Kassabova’s Street Without a Name: Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2023

Street Smart: Chaos to Clarity by Hank Bitten

Troublemaker by John Cho Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

From Scratch: Adventures in Harvesting, Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging on a Fragile Planet, by David and Jon Moscow Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

The Ferguson Brothers Lynchings on Long Island: A Civil Rights Catalyst by Christopher Verga Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind: Practical Strategies for Raising Achievement, by Eric Jensen Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

Coming Out to the Streets: LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness, by Brandon Andrew Robinson Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

Health Care Off the Books:  Poverty, Illness, and Strategies for Survival in Urban America, by Danielle T. Raudenbush Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

Nineteen Reservoirs: On Their Creation and the Promise of Water for New York City (The Experiment, 2022) by Lucy Sante with photographs by Tim Davis Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

I am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2022

The Diary of Asser Levy by Daniela Weil

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Conflicted Vision: Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Teaching Critical Thinking in the Context of Political Rhetoric: A Guide for Classroom Practice Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Teaching For Black Lives and Teacher Unions and Social Justice Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Sense of Origins: A Study of New York’s Young Italian Americans Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Suffrage and Its Limits: The New York Story Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Teaching Climate History: There is No Planet B Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Social Studies for a Better World: An Anti-Oppressive Approach for Elementary Education by Natalie House

Social Studies for a Better World: An Anti-Oppressive Approach for Elementary Educators Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Heroes of Ireland’s Great Hunger Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Immigration Matters: Movements, Visions, and Strategies for a Progressive Future Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Ages of American Capitalism: A History of the United States Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022.

The Dawn of Everything Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

I Called Her Mary by Margaret M. O’Hagan & Thomas Gorman

You Are Where You Go by Caitlyn Lubas Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Unlearning the Ropes by Dr. Denise M. Bressler Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022.

Education for Sustainable Democracy Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2021

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates

Teaching the Creativity & Purpose Behind George Washington’s Giant Watch Chain Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 2 Summer-Fall 2021

Keep Sharp by Dr. Sanjay Gupta Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 2 Summer-Fall 2021

A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War by William G. Thomas III Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 2 Summer-Fall 2021

Supporting Civics Education with Student Activism: Citizens for a Democratic Society, by Pablo A. Muriel and Alan J. Singer Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Educated for Freedom: The Incredible Story of Two Fugitive Schoolboys Who Grew Up to Change a Nation by Anna Mae Duane Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War by Jonathan Daniel Wells Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Authentic Assessment in Social Studies: A Guide to Keeping it Real, by David Sherrin Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1 Winter-Spring 2021

Where We Started by Arthur Dobrin Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

All Children Are All Our Children, by Doug Selwyn Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

American Dialogue: The Founders and Us by Joseph J. Ellis Reviewed by James J. Carpenter Teaching Social Studies: Vol 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

The City, by Deborah Stevenson Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect, by Robert Sampson Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Caste and the Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson Reviewed by Hank Bitten Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Ike’s Biggest Decisions by Susan Eisenhower Reviewed by Hank Bitten Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 by Dr. Stephen Kotkin, Princeton University Reviewed by Hank Bitten with applications to European and World History. Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Bryan Stevenson: On Equality & Social Justice, Reviewed by Hank Bitten Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore Reviewed by Georgienna Bobbie Robinson

I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 Reviewed by Hank Bitten

I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 Reviewed by Hank Bitten

The Songs of America by Jon Meacham Reviewed by Hank Bitten Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2020

Confronting White Nationalism in Schools Reviewed by Nora Flanagan, Jessica Acee, and Lindsay Schubiner Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2020

Teaching a People’s History of Abolition and the Civil War  Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2019

The Soul of America by Jon Meacham
Reviewed by Hank Bitten
Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2019

A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen  Reviewed by Jenna Rutsky
Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2019