NCSS Ten Themes


The National Council for Social Studies has articulated Ten Themes to organize your work in the discipline. We find that thinking about Social Studies from this frame facilitates designing lessons around Essential Questions which in turn facilitates student learning. Click on a theme to be taken to a new page that has links to literacy resources that you can use in your classroom.

 

We will organize our research findings by these ten themes in our class Diigo group as well as here. See Diigo activity below!

 

 

Theme

Number of Books

Currently Referenced

Culture

 

Time_Continuity_and_Change

2

People_Places_and_Environments

4

Individual_Development_and_Identity

2

Individuals_Groups_and_Instititutions

3

Power_Authority_and_Governance

6

Production_Distribution_and_Consumption

 

Science_Technology_and_Society

 

Global_Connections

 

Civic_Ideals_and_Practices

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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