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Through culturally responsive practices, children learn rules and how fairness, safety, and order are supported, explore community people and places, and practice critical thinking to solve community problems. 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In PreK-grade 3 classrooms, children learn about rules—at home, in school, and in the community. They explore not only what the rules are, but also how rules promote ideals such as fairness, safety, and order. Through classroom activities and culturally responsive practices (Dora & Fraser, 2009), young children learn about and begin to accept cultures that are different from their own. Children find out about people and places that make up our communities, nation and world.  \nChildren learn about problems and issues in our communities and begin to see that they, too, can think critically and creatively to find solutions and solve problems. As they learn that they can have a voice in our society, they learn how to form opinions, find reasons to support their opinions, and listen to perspectives that may differ from their own. Young children also begin to understand the differences between past, present and future as they start to explore the past—whether it be through past events,  \nfamous individuals from the past, or looking at how technology has changed over time (National Council for Social  \nStudies, 2009) . This is done through social studies.  \nWhile the need for social studies in the primary grades is clear, the amount of time dedicated to social studies has clearly diminished over the past two decades (National Council for Social Studies, 2009; Heafner & Groce, 2007) . Educators have found innovative ways to incorporate social studies into the  \ncurriculum by integrating social studies content through  \nliteracy and other subject areas. Teaching children to access social studies content through informational texts supports not only important social studies learning but also the development of key literacy skills and strategies (Brozo & Calo, 2006) .  \nAnother way that educators infuse social studies learning into children’s everyday lives is by promoting family engagement to support children’s understanding of key social studies concepts. In this article we present activities to promote quality social studies learning and knowledge while building essential early literacy skills. Not only do the activities in this article extend children’s learning beyond the classroom, but they also promote purposefully partnering with families to enhance children’s learning and development across learning domains. Along with promoting social studies competence and active literacy learning, intentional family engagement yields strong social-emotional benefits by supporting strong, reciprocal family partnerships with the school and positive caregiver/child relationships (Halgunseth, 2009;  \nU. S. Department of Health and Social Services & U. S. Department of Education, 2016) .  \n10 Dimensions • Volume 48/Number 2  \nEducators promote family engagement through social studies  \nEngaging Families to Support Social Studies Learning  \nExploring the World Around Us: Geography  \nThe C3 (College, Career, and Civic Life) Framework states,“Geographic inquiry helps people understand and appreciate their own place in the world, and fosters curiosity about Earth’s wide diversity of environments and cultures”(National Council of Social Studies, 2013) . Young children are naturally curious about the world around them.  \nHelping children explore their own culture, as well as other cultures, can build appreciation for the diversity of communities, our nation and the world. To explore their own culture, educators such as second grade educator, Ms. Kanz, asks families to engage in a conversation about their own family histories. 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