In a world that is becoming increasingly connected, producing knowledgeable, capable, and globally minded students is critical. The study of social sciences has been on the decline. This has manifested in many ways from the devastating events that we see on the news to the poor scores on yearly surveys that ask basic facts about our country and the world at large. What can we do as educators? We are not proposing that we have all the answers, but we are suggesting that we can can start somewhere. Thank you for choosing to start here with us.