In episode 219, Dan and Michael chat with Linda Doornbos, Annie McMahon Whitlock, and Maggie Demarse about their new TRSE article titled, “Diving into elementary social studies instruction: What teachers report is happening”

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Books, Articles and Other Amazing Resources

1. Doornbos, L., Whitlock, A. M., Halvorsen, A, Lo, J. C., & Demarse, M. (2025). Diving into elementary social studies instruction: What teachers report is happening. Theory & Research in Social Education, 53(2), 296-323.
2. Interactive Infographic information from TRSE (data from article put into this infographic)
3. Episode 64: Elementary Social Studies with Anne-Lise Halvorsen
4. Episode 94: Keywords in the Social Studies with Dan Krutka, Annie Whitlock, & Mark Helmsing
5. Episode 147: Flint Water Crisis with Annie Whitlock
6. Tyner, A., & Kabourek, S. (2021). How social studies improves elementary literacy. Social Education, 85(1), 32–39.
7. Houser, N. O. (1995). Social studies on the back burner: Views from the field. Theory & Research in Social Education, 23(2), 147-168.
8. Lintner, T. (2006). Social studies (still) on the back burner: Perceptions and practices of K-5 social studies instruction. The Journal of Social Studies Research, 30(1), 3-8.
9. Fitchett, P. G., & Heafner, T. L. (2010). A national perspective on the effects of high-stakes testing and standardization on elementary social studies marginalization. Theory & Research in Social Education, 38(1), 114-130.
10. Garrow, D. J. (1986). Bearing the cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the southern Christian leadership conference. William Morrow & Company.
11. Whitlock, A. M., & Brugar, K. A. (2019). Teaching elementary social studies during snack time and other unstructured spaces. The Journal of Social Studies Research, 43(3), 229-239.

Biographies

Linda Doornbos is an Associate Professor at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. She develops practices where students critically engage with material that inspires them to wonder about the world and their place in it; exposes them to multiple perspectives of power, privilege, and identity; helps them connect the past to the present; and instills a desire to act and facilitate change. Before coming to Oakland, she was a classroom teacher for 28 years at multiple grade levels and contexts.

Annie McMahon Whitlock is an Associate Professor of History/Social Studies at Grand Valley State University where she teaches elementary social studies methods for future Kindergarten through 3rd grade teachers. She is the Past-President of the Michigan Council for the Social Studies and a past member of the National Council for the Social Studies Board of Directors. Dr. Whitlock has published over 25 research articles centered on teaching elementary social studies through civic engagement, place-based inquiry, and curriculum integration. She is also the author of Place-Based Social Studies Education: Learning from Flint, Michigan and Inquiry by the Book: Teaching Historical Fiction with the Inquiry Design Model.

Maggie Demarse is a fifth year doctoral candidate at Michigan State University studying Civic Science Education. In addition to her research endeavors, she has taught methods courses in elementary social studies, science, and literacy at Michigan State and UW-Madison. Before pursuing her doctorate degree she was an elementary and middle school literacy and science teacher for six years in Dayton, Ohio.