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Home » Resources » Standards & Position Statements

Position Statements


Current Position Statements of National Council for the Social Studies

  • A Vision of Powerful Teaching and Learning in the Social Studies: Building Social Understanding and Civic Efficacy
  • Academic Freedom and the Social Studies Teacher
  • Creating Effective Citizens
  • Curriculum Guidelines for Multicultural Education
  • Curriculum Guidelines for Multicultural Education
  • Curriculum Guidelines for Social Studies Teaching and Learning
  • Fostering Civic Virtue: Character Education in the Social Studies
  • Intelligent Design
  • Media Literacy
  • NCSS Guidelines and Principles for Student Government
  • NCSS on the Development of State Social Studies Standards
  • NCSS Position Statement on Media Literacy
  • NCSS Principles for Corporate Involvement in the Schools
  • Powerful and Purposeful Teaching and Learning in Elementary School Social Studies
  • 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 for Early Childhood and Elementary School Children: Preparing for the 21st Century
  • 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
  • What are Global and International Education?

Standards and Position Statements

  • Curriculum Standards
  • NCSS Position Statements
  • State Standards
  • Teacher Standards
copyright National Council for the Social Studies