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Grammar School, 1635
The Puritans established grammar schools following the European model but with one caveat that religious learning must be at the epicenter of it all. Therefore, in the early colonies of American, all learning came from religious learning. The people kept their faith and Bible close (Curriculum Development: A Guide to Practice, 10) -
Franklin and Jefferson Endorsement, 1749
As education was making a move away from solely being educational, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson become proponents for people learning about history, geography, and government with the sole purpose of developing better citizens. http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el_197601_cogan.pdf -
Historians Leading the Charge, 1884
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National Education Association, 1916
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Promotion of Social Studies, 1920s
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Publishers introduce textbooks and materials in support of social studies, 1922-1930
Harold Rugg publishes his
“scientifically-based” social
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National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) 1921.
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) when it was formed in 1921. -
Controversies 1960s
designed to stimulate the learner's curiosity, promote scientific literacy, and help children learn to think like social scientists. at the center of a backlash from the "Back to Basics Movement." Central to the MACOS controversy was its focus on inquiry and discovery rather than content. t the curriculum promoted cultural relativism, and that it was a threat to democracy
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Curricula in the eclectic nature of social studies are judged as ineffective.
A Nation at Risk report (1983) calls
on policymakers to return to essential
content with accountability.
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Congress Back At It, Again, 2003
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