In recent years, critics of the social studies have complained that instead of studying history, elementary and high school students take other social science courses, sex and health education, or driver training. Seeking to explain the origin of that supposed shift, many authors concentrate on the period from 1892 to 1937, arguing that it was during that time that historians split from educators over how to teach elementary and secondary students about the nature of social life. Although many historians claim that historians and social studies educators began to go in different directions during World War I and finally split apart during the Great Depression, that was not what happened. Social studies educators and historians had more similar aims and methods than such an argument allows. What is fascinating is that the debate between historians and social studies educators continues, despite the similarity of their views.