Standards
State Social Studies and History Standards
The National History Education Clearing House has made available a database of state social studies and history standards, searchable by state and grade.
http://teachinghistory.org/teaching-materials/state-standards
Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies-Foreword
Curriculum Standards Table of Contents
![][1] Executive Summary
![][1] Foreword
![][1] Preface
![][1] Introduction
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A Vision of Powerful Teaching and Learning in the Social Studies: Building Social Understanding and Civic Efficacy
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.
Rationale
NCATE Social Studies Program Review
NCATE (National Council for Accrediation of Teacher Education) is a non-profit, non-governmental
organization, founded in 1954. More than 30 national associations representing the education profession at large make up the council.NCSS National Standards for Social Studies Teachers
Download NCSS National Standard for Social Studies Teachers (pdf)
Information on NCATE Social Studies Program Standards
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