Each NCSS theme highlights important ideas that help students understand people, societies, and the world. Click on a theme below to explore picture books carefully connected to that theme and designed to support social studies learning. Click here to learn more about each NCSS Theme.

NCSS Theme 1: Culture
NCSS Theme 2: Time, Continuity and Change
NCSS Them 3: People, Places and Enviroments
NCSS Theme 4: Individual Development and Identity
NCSS Theme 5: Individuals, Groups and Institutions
NCSS Theme 6: Power, Authority and Governance
NCSS Theme 7: Production, Distribution, and Consumption
NCSS Theme 8: Science, Technology, and Society
NCSS Theme 9: Global Connections
NCSS Theme 10: Civic Ideals and Practices