Standards and Position Statements

NCSS Curriculum Standards for Social Studies Update-Draft Available for Comment

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The NCSS Curriculum Review Task Force has posted a draft of the revisions to the NCSS Curriculum Standards for comment. This document represent the most recent efforts of the task force, and is a work in progress. The task force asks for input from the NCSS membership and other social studies professionals as it continues its work. read more »

Social Studies in the Era of No Child Left Behind

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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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Curriculum Guidelines for Multicultural Education

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Position Statements

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Current Position Statements of National Council for the Social Studies

Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies-Foreword

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Curriculum Standards Table of Contents

![][1] Executive Summary
![][1] Foreword
![][1] Preface
![][1] Introduction
![][1] Thematic Strands read more »

Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies--Executive Summary

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Curriculum Standards Table of Contents

![][1] Executive Summary
![][1] Foreword
![][1] Preface
![][1] Introduction
![][1] Thematic Strands read more »

Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies

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NCSS Curriculum Standards for Social Studies Revision read more »

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

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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

Technology Position Statement and Guidelines

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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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Study About Religions in the Social Studies Curriculum

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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 »