These days it is hard not to notice that there is an election going on. Whether glancing at a newspaper, flipping on the TV, or just walking down the street, we see ads and information nearly everywhere. In 2012, my research team's study involving hundreds of adolescents found that the mass media's increased attention to politics can contribute to…

The College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards calls upon social studies teachers to enhance the rigor of civics, economics, geography, history and the other social studies disciplines while building the critical thinking, problem solving, and participatory skills of students to help them become actively…

Describes a survey measuring 27 publishers' ratings of types of social studies instructional materials, topics, orientations, and factors important to textbook selection. Findings show retrenchment of traditional curriculum and instruction, some growth toward psychology, sociology, and economics, and domination by hardcover text. (CK)