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Finding Who and Where We Are: Can American History Tell Us?
Gagnon, Paul – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1985
Argues that history is worth studying because it alone can begin to help us find who we are and what choices we may have before us. Discusses the particular significance of history within self-governing, democratic societies. Asserts that American students must be familiar with history of other cultures and periods before Columbus. (KH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Political Attitudes
A Look at the New California Framework: Turning Point for Social Studies Reform?
Gagnon, Paul – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1988
Reviews the California History-Social Science Framework, the new state curriculum guide for the teaching of elementary and secondary social studies. Emphasizes the Framework's focus on history and geography, and citizenship education. (FMW)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Curriculum