Call for Submissions | Teaching for/about Social Justice

Event Details

End: January 31, 2023
Contact: jane.dabel@csulb.edu
More Info: https://www.societyforhistoryeducation.org/

The History Teacher seeks submissions for a special issue that examine the challenges and successes of teaching history for and about issues of social justice and democratic citizenship at all levels. Relevant submissions might address the following:

 

  • - How can K-12 teachers address controversial topics?

    - What methods and materials have instructors used to incorporate culturally responsive pedagogy and disciplinary thinking?

    - How have instructors made history relevant to students’ identities and lived experiences?

    - What kinds of inquiry-based strategies have instructors used to foster ideals of democratic citizenship? 

    - How have K-16 instructors provided students with skills to take effective action within personal, social, and political contexts?

    - What methods and materials have instructors used to incorporate histories of race, gender & sexuality, class, and disabilities to make classrooms more inclusive in teaching both national and world histories?

    - What teaching methods have instructors used to support and promote historical thinking in underserved communities?

    - How have educational systems historically reproduced social inequalities? To what extent have educational systems historically inspired efforts to address social issues?

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  • Prospective authors may direct inquiries to Jane Dabel (jane.dabel@csulb.edu). This issue will be published with funding from the AHA’s Grants to Sustain and Advance the Work of Historical Organizations Program.