Lessons & Resources

New York State Resource Guide for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution

MLB Scandals: From the Black Sox to Modern Pitch-Rigging Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 26, No. 1, Winter-Spring, 2026.

Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 26, No. 1, Winter-Spring, 2026.

How Rightwing Money Tries to Shape the Teaching of American History Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 26 No. 1 Winter-Spring, 2026.

History of European Antisemitism Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 26, Winter-Spring, 2026.

Jewish Americans: Identity, History, and Experience Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 26, No. 1, Winter-Spring, 2026.

The 25th Amendment Activity by Hank Bitten, NJCSS Executive Director

What did Sojourner Truth really say at the Woman’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio on May 28, 1851? Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2025.

African American & Labor History Timeline Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2025.

History of America’s Immigration: The Background to Today’s Border and Asylum Crises Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2025.

Teaching about the Indigenous Population of North America Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2025.

Understanding the History of Worldwide Genocide Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2025.

Assessment Practices in Democratic Classrooms Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2025

Curriculum on “The Arab-Israeli Conflict” Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2025.

Fairness Counts: Integrating Math and Social Studies in the Elementary Classroom Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2025.

Personal Stories about the Impact of Climate Change Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2025.

Three Social Studies Lessons Using Baseball as an Introduction to History Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2025.

Tulsa Massacre was Erased from History Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2025.

Underground Railroad Sites in New York’s Southern Tier Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2025.

Tragedy on the Erie Canal: The Harrowing Saga of William and Catherine Harris Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2025.

Governed by Despots: John Swanson Jacobs Chronicles Enslavement and Resistance by Alan Singer Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2025

Partial List of Banned Words by the U.S. Federal Government

Presidents and Labor Strikes by Hank Bitten, NJCSS Executive Director

What You Need to Know about Plagiarism Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter-Spring, 2025.

Israel, Russia, and International Law Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter-Spring, 2025.

Enhancing Student Learning with AI-Powered Image Features Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter-Spring, 2025.

Museums in New York and New Jersey Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter-Spring, 2025.

Using Stories in History and Social Studies Courses Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter-Spring, 2025.

Teaching the APâ African American Studies Course by Ismaini Hinson Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2025.

Using Rivers as a Contextual Bridge to Connect K-8 Students to Their Communities

Interdisciplinary Teaching and Teacher Education by Dr. Jiwon Kim and Dr. Sandra Zak

Addressing Israel, Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Islamophobia, and Antisemitism in the High School Curriculum Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2024

The First World War and New York City by Jaap Harskamp Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No.2, Summer-Fall 2024

History, Now and Then: Teaching Historiography with the American History
Textbook Project at Ramapo College of NJ
Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2024

Teaching with Documents: Did George Washington Burn New York City? Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2024

Intentional Use of AI in the Social Studies Classrooms for Multilingual
Learners
Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2024

The Exploitation of Enslaved Women During The 18th Century Colonial America A model historical research paper by an eighth grade student at Montclair Kimberley Academy in Montclair, NJ.

Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Association Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

Teaching with Documents: Wallace’s Defense of Segregation Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

Erie Canal Learning Hub Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

New Jersey Women Who Belong in the Curriculum Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

Promoting Student Discussion Using Prompts and the Rule of THREE Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

United States Foreign Policy History and Resource Guide Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

Teaching “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” by Frederick Douglass: A Two-Part Student Led Lesson Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

“Just a Few Thousand”—the Moral Questions Facing New Teachers Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

Two Sides of the Same Coin: An Observance of the Strategies Utilized in the Women’s Suffrage Movement in 20th Century America Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

Death Transformed: How the Black Death Impacted the Dying in the 14th Century Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

The Social Cost of Deindustrialization: Postwar Trenton, New Jersey Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

New Jersey’s Slavery Past: Howe House in Montclair, NJ Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

History of America’s Immigration: The Background to Today’s Border and Asylum Crises Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2024

Teaching with Documents: The 1892 Lynching of an African American Man in New York State Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

The Usage of Film in Teaching History through the Lens of the Civil Rights Movement Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

British Exacerbation of the Great Hunger 1845-1852 Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

Lesson Based on the Movie Glory Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

The Revolt that Changed Everything: The Haitian Revolution’s Immediate Effect on the United States Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

Disciplinary Literacy, Trade Books, and Culturally Responsive Teaching in Middle Grades Social Studies Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

The Failures of the Recovery from the Great Recession Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

Bartolomé de Las Casas: Defender of the Indians Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

The Edible Primary Source: Food as a Medium to Teach History Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

Chaim Goldberg: Sharing History Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023.

Missing in Action: Africans in History Textbooks Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

Teaching New York History: Sources for Teachers Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2023

New York History: “A White Man Imprisoned 17 Years for Helping Enslaved People Escape to Freedom” Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

Pre-World War II Antisemitism in America Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

The Use of Social Framework as an Analysis of a Historical Event Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

The Schlieffen Plan in World War I Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

Digital History of Slavery and Runaways in New York: History Student Project Creates Digital History Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

The Forgotten Lessons: The Teaching of Northern Slavery Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

New Jersey History: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Discusses the “American Dream,” Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, February 5, 1965 Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

Local Connections: WPA Artists Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

Ukrainian Homodor Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

Thinking and Teaching the Implications of Federalist Paper #10 Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

New York History: Colored School No. 4 Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

The Hanoi Train Station: Perspectives and Empathy in Social Studies Education Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2023

Teaching Asian American History Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2022

New Jersey Local History: Stephen Smith House and Underground Railroad at Cape May Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2022

Slavery in New Jersey: Teaching Hard History Through Primary Sources

New York Survived the 1832 Cholera Epidemic Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2022.

Boosting Reading Skills through Social Studies at the Elementary Level Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2022

Soldiers of Peace in Wartime: A Lesson from World War I Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2022

Buried in the Brooklyn: Using Cemeteries to Teach Local History Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No.1, Winter-Spring 2022

Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day? Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Origin and Meaning of Critical Race Theory Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Should Chief Daniel Nimham Be Honored or Erased? Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Local History: Albany High School Students Weigh Philip Schuyler’s Legacy Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Using Court Cases to Teach Social Studies and History Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Using Literature to Teach about Race in America Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Rights, Redistribution, and Recognition”:Newark and its Place in the Civil Rights Movement Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

A Different Pace of Change: Debunking the Myth of “The Roaring Twenties” Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Orange Haze: Decade of Defoliation Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Observations of an Honors History Course Post-Pandemic Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Sentenced to Death by Silence: The United States Government’s Slow Response to the AIDS Epidemic Permitted by Decades of Homophobia Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Same Bigotry, Different Name: Race Suicide, the Birth Dearth, and Women’s Rights Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Midwifery and Abortion in the Modern Curriculum Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2022

Preserving our Democracy: The Now Inescapable Mandate for Teaching Media Literacy in Elementary Social Studies Education Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2021

Teaching with New Technology in a “New” Era Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2021

New Law? New Curriculum? What Do I Do? Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 2, Sumer-Fall, 2021

Debate over the 15th Amendment Divides Abolitionists Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer-Fall, 2021

Learning and Teaching about Service Learning: A Model Project about Freedom Seekers Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2021

Poverty and Child Labor in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era New York City Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Black Lives that Mattered Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Teaching Controversial Issues: Teachers’ Freedom of Speech in the Classroom

Learning Through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy: How We Can Teach the Power of Television and Media Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Lyddie the Mill Girl – An Interdisciplinary 7th Grade Unit Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1 Winter-Spring 2021

Historic New York: Hudson Valley History Lessons Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Castle Garden: An Early Gateway to the United States Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Enemies in Their Own Homes Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Neither Here Nor There, So Where Shall I Go? Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

The American Flapper Through Media Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

The 1918 Influenza in San Francisco: A Case Study for Today Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, no. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

The Teachable Idols of the Sixties: Their March Towards Civil Equality Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No.1, Winter-Spring 2021

The Power of Propaganda: Using Disney’s Wartime Films in the Classroom Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Historic New York: Underground Railroad Stations Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Constitutional Textualism, Undocumented Immigrants, and the Fourteenth Amendment Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Summer 2021

Black and White: War and Race in the United States Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2021

Censorship and the First Amendment: Should We Shield Citizens from Unpopular Ideas, or Is ‘Sunshine the Best Disinfectant’? by Richard F. Flaim & Harry Furman Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1 Winter-Spring 2021

Using John Lewis’ March Graphic Novel Trilogy in Middle School Teaching Social Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1, Winter-Fall 2017

Do Not Spit at Random: Public Health Lesson for Elementary School Teaching Social Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2020

Integrating Climate History into the Global History Curriculum Teaching Social Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2020

4th Grade NYS and Slavery Inquiry: How did New Yorkers challenge slavery? Teaching Social Studies, Vol.20, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2020

New York’s African Americans Demand Freedom Teaching Social Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2020

Imperialism Social Studies Curriculum Inquiry Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2020

The Beginnings of the Religion in America Class at Pascack Hills/Valley Regional District Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2020

The Truth about Holocaust and Stalinist Repression Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2020

Axis of Evil or the Great Satan? Untangling the U.S./Iranian Relationship Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2020

Geographical Context and Prior Knowledge Inference Activity – Companion Document to American Imperialism and Indigenous Nations by Janie Hubbard Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2020

“Us” and “Them:” Using the Inquiry Design Model to Explore the Nanking Massacre Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2020

The Identity Crisis of U.S. Democracy and its Imperialistic Annexation of the Philippines Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2020

Does Democracy Work? An Inquiry into American Democracy Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2020

Expanding Democracy / Jacksonian Democracy / White Men’s Democracy Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2020

Missing Persons in History Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2020

Broken Promises in the Middle East from the Institute for Curriculum Services Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2020

From Lesson to Assessment: What are the First Amendment Rights of Assembly and Petition? Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 1 Winter-Spring 2020

Due Process on Campus Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2020

Why did some New Yorker’s show support for slavery? 4th Grade NYS and Slavery Inquiry Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2020

New York State’s Mohawk Code Talkers Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2020

Teaching Impeachment and the 2020 Election Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20: No. 1, Winter-Spring 2020

Debate and Inquiry-Based Instruction on Presidential Impeachment Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 20: No. 1, Winter-Spring 2020

Evaluating the New Global History and Geography Regents  Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2019

Student Takeover at Cornell University (1969)  Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2019

“We Are All Bound Up Together” (May 1, 1866)   Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2019

4th Grade NYS and Slavery Inquiry  Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No.2, Summer-Fall 2019

Global History Mini-Unit on the Dangers of Climate Change   Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2019

Historians Debate: Was the Electoral College Designed to Protect Slavery?   Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2019

Albany’s Underground Railroad Walking Tour   Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2019

Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework  Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2019

Teaching the Young Lords Party: The Civil Rights Movement in New York City   Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2019

The Battle of Gettysburg    Short story from a student in 4th grade 

Using Malala’s Story to Develop Student Agency Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2019

One-to-One Layered Curriculum: Differentiation in the 21st Century Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No.2, Summer-Fall 2019

Teaching about Race and Racism with Springsteen Songs   Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No.2, Summer-Fall 2019 

Developing a FAIR School Homework Policy
Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2019

Economic Law or Political Policy?   Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2019

Teaching the Movie “All Quiet on the Western Front” Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2019

Teaching about Slavery in the Fifth Grade
Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2019

Activism in New York
Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2019

Teaching about Immigration
Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2019

Revealing Hidden Figures in Social Studies: Using Trade Books to Teach Women’s Contributions throughout History
Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2019

Writing More Women into United States History
Teaching Social Studies: Vol. 19, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2019