Dr. Charles Elfer

Ph D, Social Studies Education, University of Georgia, 2011

MA, Anthropology, University of Georgia, 2005

BA, Anthropology, University of Southern Mississippi, 2001

Scholar of the Year, College of Arts and Sciences, Clayton State University, Award, 2019

Amanda Cavin, Charles Elfer, Scott Roberts, I-Gardening: Integrated Activities for Teaching in the Common Core Era, Social Studies and the Young Learner – March 2014

Charles J Elfer, Scott L. Roberts, Brian Fahey, “THEY’RE NOT JUST FOR FRIDAYS ANYMORE”: HISTORICAL INQUIRY, MEDIA LITERACY, AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS , Teaching History: A Journal of Methods – Fall 2017

Charles Elfer, Nature Study and Progressive Era Geography Education: Pre- Incarnations of Place-Based Educational Theory and Practice, Information Age Publishing – 2023

Scott Roberts, Charles Elfer, Hollywood or History: An Inquiry-Based Approach for Using Film to Teach World History 2021

Scott Roberts, Charles Elfer, Hollywood or History? An Inquiry-Based Strategy for Using Film to Teach U.S. History, Information Age – January 2018

Charles J Elfer, Adam Tate, Teaching with Primary Sources - Summer Academy at Clayton State U., Library of Congress - Teaching with Primary Sources Program, Federal, 20000, Funded –  Fall 2015 to December 2018

Charles Elfer, Place-based Historical Inquiries: Exploring the Possibilities for Innovative Practice in the Standards-based Social Studies Classroom, Teaching with Primary Sources, Library of Congress, Federal, 13600, Funded –  January 1 2012 to January 1 2013

Scott Roberts, Charles Elfer, Hollywood of History? An inquiry-based strategy to teach about the Leo Frank Case, Georgia Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting, Georgia Council for the Social Studies –  October 2018

Scott Roberts, Charles Elfer, Aubrey Southall, Session #765: Using Film to Teach U.S. History at the Secondary Level, Annual Meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, National Council for the Social Studies –  November 2017

Charles Elfer, Place-based Historical Inquiries: Exploring the Possibilities for Innovative Practice in the Social Studies, TPS Eastern Region Confererence: TPS at the Heart of the Common Core, Library of Congress at Wayneburg University –  June 19 2013

Charles Elfer, Scott Roberts, Amanda Cavin, From Tomatoes to Town Halls: Exploring the Potential for Long-Term Projects, Technology, and Local Study, Annual Meeting of the Georgia Council for the Social Studies, Georgia Council for the Social Studies –  October 17 2013

Scott Roberts, Charles Elfer, How do we remember the Alamo: Using the Hollywood or History strategy to examine the mythology behind the Battle of the Alamo, NCHE Annual Conference, National Council for History Education –  April 2018

College, Smith Award, Committee Chair –  December 2023 to Present

University, Teacher of the Year Committee, Committee Member –  January 2017 to Present

Member, Board of Trustees - Georgia Council for the Social Studies, National –  October 2017 to Present

Editor, Journal Editor, National Council for History Education, National –  Fall 2018 to Present

Reviewer, Journal Article, Society for the Study of Curriculum History, National –  Fall 2012 to Present

Board of Advisors of a Company, Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, National –  2023 to Present

Officer, Secretary, Fayette County Board of Education - School Council, Local –  Fall 2018 to Spring 2019

Committee Member, Fayette County Board of Education - Title I Parent Representative, Local –  Fall 2018 to Spring 2019