Social Studies for a Better World A Guide for Secondary Educators

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Learn how to create a secondary social studies curriculum that goes beyond memorizing dates and helps students envision and build a better world! In this follow-up to the bestselling book for elementary teachers the authors show secondary teachers how their students can be empowered to find solutions to complex issues through social studies. Hall Swalwell and Rodríguez unpack the problems that characterize the 6-12 social studies curriculum: normalization idealization heroification gamification dramatization and equalization. They show how anti-oppressive social studies is needed-especially during this time of authoritarian ideation book bans and the divide between people and communities-an…