C3 Teachers aims to empower teachers as they wrestle with the big ideas and instructional implications of the C3 Framework. Teachers play a critical role in helping students learn academic content using the C3 Inquiry Arc, which outlines the social studies habits of mind, disciplinary tools and conceptual content that students need to become ready for college and career, and most importantly, civic life. As social studies students map their own disciplinary inquiries, C3 Teachers embark on a pedagogical investigation examining and experimenting with their own practice as they support students’ question, learn, apply, analyze, collaborate, express, and act in authentic social studies experiences. C3teachers.org is a place to learn more about that process and to share your experiences with other social studies teachers.
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The C3 Teacher initiative was founded by John Lee (North Carolina State University), Kathy Swan (University of Kentucky), and SG Grant (Binghamton University). Kathy, SG, and John lead C3 Framework project and know first hand the critical role teachers play in the implementation and realization of the C3 goals and aspirations. Collectively, their work extends beyond the C3 Framework in helping educators to tackle the challenges of teaching social studies in the 21st Century. They look forward to learning from C3 Teachers and the ways in which they lead the effort!
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C3 Teachers Leadership
Kathy Swan
My name is Kathy Swan and I am a social studies professor at the University of Kentucky. Over my career, I have been committed to the practice of inquiry as a centerpiece of good social studies. Collaboration has always been central to my work and I have had the opportunity to work alongside great colleagues, students, and organizations over the years. Below, I outline some of the collaborative projects that illustrate my efforts in furthering the inquiry revolution, including the development of the C3 Framework (2013), C3 Teachers (2013), the Inquiry Design Model (2014), and Making Inquiry Possible (2021).
John Lee
John Lee is Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and a Professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences in the College of Education at North Carolina State University. He was an author of the College, Career and Civic Life Framework for Standards in Social Studies (http://socialstudies.org/c3) and is a founder and co-director of the C3 Teachers project (http://c3teachers.org). He has authored or co-authored several books books including, Inquiry-based Practice in Social Studies Education: Understanding the Inquiry Design Model; Teaching Social Studies: A Methods Book for Methods Teachers; Teaching the C3 Framework; Visualizing Elementary Social Studies Methods; and Research on Technology in Social Studies; and Guiding Learning with Technology.
S.G. Grant
SG Grant has been a professor of Social Studies Education at Binghamton University since 2008. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Maine and his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He has worked as a high school social studies teacher in the state of Maine and as consultant in the Maine Department of Education and as a professor at the University at Buffalo.
Alicia McCollum
Alicia is our Managing Editor
Alicia has previously taught middle and secondary social studies. She is currently a PhD student in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Kentucky with a research focus on inquiry-based teaching practices in teacher education programs.
Ryan Lewis
Ryan is our Content Creation Lead
Ryan is a current social studies teacher and department chair at Woodford County High School in Versailles, KY. He earned his Ed.D at the University of Kentucky where he focused on inquiry based learning and argumentation in the social studies classroom.
Helena Sands
Helena Sands is our Social Media Specialist
Helena previously taught secondary level government and US history. She is currently a PhD student in Curriculum & Instruction with a research focus on culturally responsive teaching practices in social studies.
Kelli Lemaster
Kelli Lemaster is our Social Media Specialist
Kelli has previously taught secondary level World Civilizations, AP Psychology, and U.S. History. She is currently a PhD student in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Kentucky with a research focus on teaching practices in the Appalachian region and curriculum focused on Appalachia.
