Contents Foreword Anne-Lise Halvorsen ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Moving Past the Failure of the Enlightenment Education Project Christopher H. Clark and Cathryn van Kessel 1 PART I: HOW DID IT COME TO THIS? EXPLAINING THE DECLINE OF DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION AND LOOKING TO THE FUTURE 1. The Historical and Contemporary Marginalization of Social Studies in U.S. Education: Implications for Democracy 15 Tina L. Heafner and Paul G. Fitchett 2. Micro-Resistances Against Autocracy: Reconceptualizing the Panopticon to Give Back Power to the People 32 Erin C.
Adams 3. Democratic Education and Social Studies Teachers in Unions, Professional Organizations, and Political Movements 46 Christopher C. Martell 4. Teaching for (and Not Just About) Prosocial Political Disobedience 60 Cathryn van Kessel and Rebeka Plots 5. Let Us Become the Radicals They Accuse Us of Being: Naming Power and Thwarting Neutrality in the Ruins of Liberal Democracy 70 Mardi Schmeichel and Alexander Cuenca PART II: WHAT TO DO WITH THE TIME THAT IS GIVEN TO US? WAYS OF TEACHING DEMOCRACY NOW 6. Teaching for Democracy Under Political Threats 87 Judith L. Pace and Wayne Journell 7. Orientations to Authority--Democracy in the Mind 99 H.
James Garrett 8. Countering Patriarchal Authoritarianism Through Feminist Pedagogy: "F*ck the Patriarchy" as Democratic Resistance 109 Rebecca C. Geller and Amelia H. Wheeler 9. The Gift of dis/Abled Knowledge: Thinking With Creativity, Joy, and Care 123 Sandra K. Vanderbilt 10. For the Future: Uprooting Settler Colonialism and the Teaching of "Democracy" in the Midst of Heartbreak and Hope 134 Sarah B. Shear 11.
Lifting, Climbing, and Building: Toward a Black Feminist Conceptualization of Citizenship 145 Kristen E. Duncan and Ryan Oto 12. Teaching Democracy at the Intersection of Economics, Ideology, and Future Thinking 155 Debbie Sonu 13. Keeping Queer and Trans Identities (Un)Erased 166 J. B. Mayo Jr. 14. Teaching Who to Trust: Preparing Students to Make Decisions About Credible Digital Sources 176 Elizabeth Reynolds and Sarah McGrew 15.
Teaching Democracy in the Age of Gen AI: Advancing Civic Literacy and Agency in Social Studies Education 187 Tina L. Heafner and Daniel Maxwell Epilogue Christopher H. Clark and Cathryn van Kessel 206 Endnotes 211 Index 213 About the Editors and Contributors 223.