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ERIC Number: EJ237561
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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The Political Context of the Social Studies: Creating a Constituency for Municipal Reform.
Lybarger, Michael
Theory and Research in Social Education, v8 n3 p1-27 Fall 1980
Places the recommendations in the 1916 reports of the Committee on the Social Studies within the context of progressive reform--particularly, reformation of city governments through efforts of the National Municipal League. Information is presented on federal and state reforms between 1913 and 1920, civic education, political aims of civic education, and criteria of social studies curricula in 1916. (DB)
Descriptors: City Government, Educational History, Municipalities, Political Influences, Social Action, Social Studies, Urban Areas
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Committee on the Social Studies; National Municipal League