Inland Empire Council for Social Studies Videos
Teaching About Religion in Public Schools: How and Why
Damon Huss, Director of Publications for the Constitutional Rights Foundation, and Dr. Margaret ‘Peg’ Hill, Co-director of the California 3 R’s Project, explain how religion is often a cultural part of various ethnic communities.
Use Local Events to Engage Students in History
Long time social studies presenter and award winning master teacher Jeni Boulanger shows how she connects local history to current events and issues. The Westminster, California, school segregation case is a typical example of connecting past to present.
Engage Students Using Historical Journalism While Also teaching Media Literacy
Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Ramos, a teaching consultant at the Reagan Library and an adjunct for teacher education at Claremont Graduate University, has students grapple with ‘essential questions’ as they explore historical journalism source material. A public swimming pool segregation case reached the US Supreme Court in 1943…and other cases followed.
