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Connect European Imperialism to Your Students’ Lives via the Quinceanera and Cinco de Mayo
Author’s mother, Addy Yolanda López de Moguel, quinceañera, 1961, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Activities to Get Students to Do the Reading in Social Studies
Students not doing the reading assigned for homework seems to be an eternal challenge for every teacher.
Help Students Explore How Puritanism Shaped the U.S. Government
I have wondered, especially this past year, why many Americans dislike their government because they think it intrudes on their freedom, and why many Mexicans and Latin Americans mistrust their governments because they think they are corrupt and abuse their power.
Give Students A Fresh Perspective on Government: How Catholicism Shaped Latin American Regimes
This article covers the influence of Catholicism in shaping the form and philosophy of government in Latin America, affecting how Latino students and their families think and feel about government.
How Hispanic Students Can See More of Themselves in the Current Social Studies Curriculum
It’s not a stretch to say that Hispanic/Latino students have an ancestral background in the subjects we teach.
This Is How We Can Teach the True African American Experience
History/social studies teachers know they have to cover, at some point, Africa in world history courses and the African American experience in U.
How to Build Civic Engagement in Students Using Classroom Rules
Democracy begins in the classroom.