The agenda for the Social Science Education Consortium conference at Woods Hole (Massachusetts) was designed to continue a tradition of examining scholarship relative to the social sciences in K-12 education. The content focus for this volume, is political science, economics, and sociology. Following a "Foreword" (Matthew T. Downey; Joseph P. Stoltman), there are eight articles: (1) "A Dream Deferred: Shall We Reinvent the 'New Social Studies'" (Peter B. Dow); (2) "Politics Is Not a Dirty Word: Helping Students to Appreciate Democracy" (John R. Hibbing); (3) "Trends in Political Science as They Relate to Pre-College Curriculum and Teaching" (Richard G. Niemi); (4) "Fresh Ideas from Economics" (Donald R. Wentworth; Norris Peterson); (5) "Economics Instruction in U.S. High Schools: 1980-2000" (William B. Walstad); (6) "Beyond Content: Deep-Structure Objectives for Sociology and Social Science Curricula" (Keith A. Roberts); (7) "Professional Associations and Educational Advocacy: The Behavioral Sciences in U.S. Schools" (Ruth O. Selig); and (8) "Bridging the Gap: Political Science, Economics, Behavioral Sciences in K-12 Education" (Sharryl Davis). (BT)