Research, Citation, & Class Guides: Social Studies Education Resources: Get Started / Get Help

Use the journals and professional publications below to locate quality lesson plans and strategies, as well as research.

(MLL) Middle Level Learning (from NCSS)
Most current issues are not available.
Use the Search and FILTERS for Middle Level
Request specific articles that are for "Members Only" by using InterLibrary Loan (ILLiad) https://wisconsin.hosts.atlas-sys.com/illiad/gzt/

Social Studies
Use FIND IT button to request articles to be sent to your email.
Teaching History: A Journal of Methods (from Ball State U.)
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Education Week (limited free access via EdWeek.org)
Resource for national K-12 education news and information, for teachers to principals to district leaders across the country. (UW-W does not subscribe. Access limited number of articles.)
Education Week (access via Education Research Complete EBSCOHost)
There is a three-week delay as compared to the EdWeek.org online version, however, there are no restrictions as to the number of articles accessed.
Rethinking Schools
Professional magazine (Not peer reviewed).
No subscription necessary for HTML articles.
Teaching Tolerance (Learning for Justice)
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Professional magazine (Not peer reviewed).

Use a database to search multiple journals and magazines simultaneously. Use combinations such as those pictured below:

"high school*" OR "middle school*" OR "secondary education"

AND

"lesson plan*" OR "activity programs" OR "units of study"

ERIC (via EBSCOhost) The world's largest source of education information. More than 950,000 abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice, some linking out to full text.

Search Starter: ERIC, Education Research Complete, and Academic Search
This search has been started for you as a model. Add your specific social studies topic to an open search box.

Social Studies Education Resources