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- ISBN 9781032710556
- Weight: 540g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 26 May 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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—and how it can help us build connections for making a better world.
Whether you’re a middle or high school teacher, methods student or instructor, or curriculum coordinator, you’ll benefit from the examples, resources, and strategies in each chapter. With this book’s powerful ideas, you will be able to transform your classroom into a space that truly nurtures critical and transformative social studies teaching and learning.
Delandrea Hall (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education in the Department of Teacher Education and Administration at the University of North Texas. She previously spent eleven years as a high school social studies teacher, primarily teaching Economics, in the Dallas area.
Katy Swalwell (she/her) is the founder of Past Present Future Consulting & Media, the co-founder of Past Present Future Publishing, and the co-host of the Our Dirty Laundry history podcast. Before developing social studies curriculum and facilitating professional development as a full-time consultant, Katy was a tenured professor of education and a secondary social studies classroom teacher.
Noreen Naseem Rodríguez (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Elementary Education and Educational Justice in the Department of Teacher Education and core faculty in the Asian Pacific American Studies and Muslim Studies Programs at Michigan State University. Before becoming a teacher educator, Noreen was a bilingual elementary teacher in Austin, Texas for nine years.
