Professional Social Studies Organizations
Social studies educators teach students the content knowledge, intellectual skills, and civic values necessary for fulfilling the duties of citizenship in a participatory democracy. The mission of National Council for the Social Studies is to provide leadership, service, and support for all social studies educators.
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The free online version of is a comprehensive resource of anthropology departments that includes faculty areas of expertise, contact information, application deadlines, tuition information, etc. This could be a great resource for teachers to help students find colleges/universities or find a local professor with expertise that align with their curriculum.
The free online version of is a comprehensive resource of anthropology departments that includes faculty areas of expertise, contact information, application deadlines, tuition information, etc. This could be a great resource for teachers to help students find colleges/universities or find a local professor with expertise that align with their curriculum.
enter for Civic Education
The Center for Civic Education promotes an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy. The Center’s curriculum is taught in schools in every congressional district of the United States and in more than 80 other nations. Annual participation by students is more than 4.5 million.
The Center for Civic Education promotes an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy. The Center’s curriculum is taught in schools in every congressional district of the United States and in more than 80 other nations. Annual participation by students is more than 4.5 million.
Econ Illinois, formerly known as the Illinois Council on Economic Education, was founded in 1951 to help K-12 schools integrate the teaching of economics and personal finance across the curriculum at all grade levels.
The mission of the FTE is to introduce young individuals, selected for their leadership potential, to an economic way of thinking about national and international issues, and to promote excellence in economic education by helping teachers of economics become more effective educators.
A key component of APSA's mission is to support political science education and the professional development of its practitioners. Teaching is a vital component of our discipline. In numerous ways, the Association seeks to generate a greater understanding of cutting-edge approaches, techniques, and methodologies that can be effectively applied in the political science classroom.
The mission of TOPSS is to promote introductory and advanced high school psychology, meet curricular needs of secondary school teachers, and provide opportunities for high school students to be recognized and rewarded for their academic excellence.
As the national organization for sociologists, the American Sociological Association, through its Executive Office, is well positioned to provide a unique set of services to its members and to promote the vitality, visibility, and diversity of the discipline. Working at the national and international levels, the Association aims to articulate policy and implement programs likely to have the broadest possible impact for sociology now and in the future.