The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 dramatically changed many aspects of American society, and the ramifications of that horrific event are still impacting the domestic and foreign policies of the United States. Yet, fifteen years after 9/11-an event that was predicted to change the scope of public education in the United States-we find that the social studies curriculum remains virtually the same as before the attacks. For a discipline charged with developing informed citizens prepared to enter a global economy, such curricular stagnation makes little sense. This book, which contains chapters from many leading scholars within the field of social studies education, both assesses the ways in which the social studies curriculum has failed to live up to the promises of progressive citizenship education made in the wake of the attacks and offers practical advice for teachers who wish to encourage a critical understanding of the post-9/11 global society in which their students live.
Table of Contents Foreword Margaret Smith Crocco Preface Michael J. Berson and Ilene R. Berson Acknowledgments Introduction: September 11, 2001: The Day that Changed the World . . . But Not the Curriculum Wayne Journell Chapter 1: International Conflict and National Destiny: World War I and History Teaching Keith C. Barton Chapter 2: 9/11 and the War on Terror in American Secondary Curriculum Fifteen Years Later Jeremy Stoddard and Diana Hess Chapter 3: Including 9/11 in the Elementary Grades: State Standards, Digital Resources, and Children's Books Elizabeth Bellows Chapter 4: How Patriotism Matters in U.S. Social Studies Classrooms Fifteen Years After 9/11 Mark T. Kissling Chapter 5: National Identity and Citizenship in a Pluralistic Society: Educators' Messages Following 9/11 and Charlie Hebdo Lisa Gilbert Chapter 6: The Courage of Hopelessness: Creative Disruption of Everyday Life in the Classroom E. Wayne Ross Chapter 7: Civil Liberties, Media Literacy, and Civic Education in the Post-9/11 Era: Helping Students Think Conceptually in Order to Act Civically Stephen S. Masyada and Elizabeth Yeager Washington Chapter 8: Role-Playing and Role-Dropping: Political Simulations as Portals to Pluralism in a Contentious Era Jane C. Lo and Walter C. Parker Chapter 9: The Psychology of Controversial Issues Discussions: Challenges and Opportunities in a Polarized, Post-9/11 Society Christopher H. Clark and Patricia G. Avery Afterword Ron Evans About the Contributors
