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De/Constructing the Private Sphere: An Inquiry into the History of Housework

By Alexandra Thrall

In this article, the author offers teaching resources and insights from a two-week unit taught with in an eighth grade U.S. history class that deconstructed the boundaries between public and private by investigating the evolution of American household labor and tools.

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Running with the Bulls: Tanya Schmidt on Living a Life of Inquiry in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

By MaryBeth Yerdon, Kathy Swan, John Lee, S.G. Grant

After almost 20 years of service to her district in Oshkosh, Tanya Schmidt began working to revamp her school district’s K-5 social studies curriculum and, three years ago, she became the Oshkosh Area School District’s Social Studies Curriculum coordinator. C3 Teachers sat down with Tanya to talk about the state of education in Wisconsin, the Inquiry Design Model (IDM) as best cross-curricular practice, and what it means to live a life of inquiry.

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Member Spotlight: Sarah Segal

Sarah Segal is a middle school teacher in Hood River, Oregon, specializing in history and social studies, language arts, and art. She has been a classroom teacher for more than 20 years, is a former president of the Oregon Council for the Social Studies (OCSS) and current member of the NCSS Book Award Committee.