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The School And Society: Secondary School Social Studies Education From 1945-1970, Kevin John Owens
The School And Society: Secondary School Social Studies Education From 1945-1970, Kevin John Owens
Honors Papers
This thesis explores the ways in which changes to citizenship are tied to changes in the secondary school social studies curriculum from 1945 through 1970. During this time, social and political changes forced alterations to the meaning of citizenship. Schools must inherently educate for the future, and are a good measure of what a society views as the values and skills most necessary for the future. As a central inculcator of common values, the social studies class reflected these changes more so than any other school subject.