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NCSS Position Statements

Currently available position statements:

Academic Freedom and the Social Studies Teacher

Creating Effective Citizens

Curriculum Guidelines (for social studies teaching and learning)

Curriculum Guidelines for Multicultural Education

Fostering Civic Virtue: Character Education in the Social Studies

Intelligent Design

Interdisciplinary Learning, Pre-K-Grade 4

NCSS Guidelines and Principles for Student Government

NCSS Principles for Corporate Involvement in the Schools

Position Statement on Sexism

Preparing Citizens for a Global Community

Revised Code of Ethics for the Social Studies Profession

Service-Learning: An Essential Component of Citizenship Education

Social Studies Materials in the Free Marketplace of Ideas

Social Studies for Early Childhood and Elementary School Children:

Preparing for the 21st Century

Social Studies for Young Children

Social Studies in the Era of No Child Left Behind

Social Studies in the Middle School

Study About Religions in the Social Studies Curriculum

Technology Position Statement and Guidelines

A Vision of Powerful Teaching and Learning in the Social Studies: Building Social Understanding and Civic Efficacy

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