People, Places, Checkmates: Teaching Social Studies with ChessImplement the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) curriculum standards in your classroom with People, Places, Checkmates: Teaching Social Studies with Chess. In this unique volume, 15 lesson plans teach culture, history, geography, and citizenship through the history of chess and its relationship to art, civics, culture, economics, geography, government, and technology. Each 40-minute lesson plan includes an NCSS theme, materials and sources, procedure, and evaluation.