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Articles & Media Explaining the Value of Social Studies

  • Why Study History, By Peter N. Stearns
  • Wall Street Journal – The Education Our Economy Needs by Norm Augustine
  • Scholars Put Civics in Same Category as Literacy by Jaclyn Zubrzycki

Articles & Media Explaining the Importance of Social Studies to Literacy and Reading

  • Why Social Studies-Understanding the Importance of Social Studies in the Common Core Era by Scott McComb
  • Students can’t Google everything-Why knowledge matters-D.Willingham
  • History and Social Studies – At the Core of the Common Core by Mark Stout
  • School Systems Caught in a Lose-Lose Situation by Scott McComb
  • Learning to Read and Write by Focusing on Evidence , Perspective and Interpretation by Chancey Monte-Sano
  • Teaching Disciplinary Literacy by Timothy and Cynthia Shanahan
  • Video – Teaching Content is Teaching Reading

Evidence and Reports  

  • The Critical Need for a Renewed Focus on Social Studies FDR
  • MD Social Studies Task Force Report.2010
  • Social Studies Under Siege-Examining Elementary Social Studies Marginalization
  • Maryland Civic Health Index Report
  • NHD Report – The Value of the National History Day Experience
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