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Committee of 10 Report
In the late 1800's the question of the purpose of the American high school was divided between two main philosophies. Traditional educators saw high school as a college preparatory institution. This divided students into academic versus terminal students, often based on economic, social, and ethnic backgrounds. Others believed the high school should serve more as a people's school, offering a range of practical courses. The National Education Association addressed this issue by appointing a Comm -
The Committee on Social Studies Report
No work in social studies has been consistently referred to over the past 75 years as much as has "The Social Studies in Secondary Education," Bulletin No. 28 (1916) of the U.S. Bureau of Education.(Nelson, 1988)The NEA report adopted the term ‘social studies’ and identified this multi-disciplinary field as the means of transmitting civic education(Heater, 2003)It recommended citizenship education from grades 3 to 12 including: community civics, national civics, American history and American gov -
Rugg Text Books
Copied From, Where Did Social Studies Go Wrong (p. 126)
The full flowering of this “progressive” view of the social studies curriculum occurred in the 1930s with the success of HaroldcRugg’s junior high school textbook series, Man and His ChangingcSociety. It sold 1,317,960 books and 2,867,000 workbooks betweenc1929 and 1939 (Winters, 1967). Rugg’s goal was to rid social studiescof disciplinary compartments. -
Counts: "Dare the School Build a New Social Order?"
George S. Counts approached to curriculum-making was child-centered. This approach argued for a curriculum that accounted for the individual child's participation in social experiences. In-school experiences should be similiar to those experiences derived out of school. From an analysis of these exeriences, the social life of the child and the society could be improved. -
Hunt and Metcalf define the social studies
Hunt and Metcalf encourage reflective inquiry in the Social Studies. -
Civics Education
Building Rationales for Citizenship Education is published; written by Shaver. -
A Nation at Risk
Response to concerns regarding the quality and quantity of the history taught in American classroom. The Bradley Commission on History in Schools was formed in 1987 in response to concerns regarding the quality and quantity of the history taught in American classrooms. The group was comprised of 16 of the most respected members of the history profession, including former presidents of each of the major professional organizations in history and a number of award-winning history teachers. -
Teaching Social Studies that Matters
Publication of Teaching Social Studies That Matters by Stephen Thornton. -
Historical Thinking
Barton and Levstik, Wineburg, and Bain promote the use of historical thinking in the social studies. -
The Social Studies Wars
Publication of the Social Studies Wars by Ron Evans
