A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies

"A primary object...should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing...than...communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country."
--George Washington

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Prepared by the NCSS Task Force on Ethnic Studies Curriculum Guidelines

Adopted by NCSS Board of Directors, 1976, revised 1991  read more »

A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically… Intelligence plus character–that is the goal of true education.
~Martin Luther King Jr.

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Rationale

A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies

This position statement was prepared by the Technology Select Subcommittee, approved by the NCSS board of directors in 2006.

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A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies

Prepared by the Religion in the Schools Committee and Approved by the NCSS Board of Directors, 1984.
Revised by the Curriculum Committee and Approved by the NCSS Board of Directors, 1998.

National Council for the Social Studies, in its Curriculum Standards for Social Studies, declares that:  read more »

A Report of the Task Force on Social Studies in the Middle School
Approved by NCSS Board of Directors, January 1991

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A Report from NCSS Task Force on Early Childhood/Elementary Social Studies

Approved by NCSS Board of Directors, June 1988

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A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies
Prepared by the NCSS Citizenship Select Subcommittee
Approved by the NCSS Board of Directors, May 2000, Confirmed 2007

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Rationale

A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies
Prepared by Professional Ethics Committee
Approved by NCSS Board of Directors, 1990, 2003

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A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies (Revised)

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