Document Type
Article
Abstract
A critical part of social studies instruction is involving students in making sense of social issues in the past and present to help inform their decisions in the future. Through engaged inquiry students can tackle relevant topics associated with race, class, culture, gender, language, and nationality and explore how these challenging issues mitigate people’s experiences. Moreover, these issues reflect similar tensions that students encounter in their everyday lives. Although these social issues have historical and contemporary relevance, they often are marginalized in state standards and textbooks.
Recommended Citation
Samuels, Gregory and Berson, Michael
(2012)
"Uncovering Marginalized Topics Using WebQuests: From Atlanta to the Zoot Suit Riots,"
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies: Vol. 73:
No.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/the_councilor/vol73/iss2/5
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