History of Social Studies By Bobbob123456789$$ 1801 Six history books have been published Period: 1801 to 1860 Between the years of 1801 and 1860 there have been 351 established history textbooks 1820 The foundations of "Social Studies" was adopted 1827 Massachusetts required towns to learn about history in secondary schools 1860 Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Virginia passed laws to make sure that history was being taught in schools 1892 Madison Conference on the teaching of history, government, and economics 1893 The book "How to Study and Teach History" was published 1897 William Mace "Method in History" 1909 Founding of the History Teacher's Magazine 1914 Organization of the National Council of Geography Teachers 1915 Community Civics, Bulletin 23 of the Bureau of Education