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Historical Thinking Skills: A Second Opinion
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Maxwell, Mike – Social Education, 2019
After a quarter-century with historical thinking skills at the forefront of the history-teaching agenda, the news from history education is not good. In 2012, for example, the American Historical Association (AHA) observed, "the systematic teaching of history had all but ended in elementary schools across the country." In late 2018, the…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Knowledge Level
Re-Establishing Social Studies as a Core Subject: An Interview with Susan Griffin
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Griffin, Susan – Social Education, 2014
NCSS Executive Director Susan Griffin was chair of the Task Force of Professional Organizations that worked with the Social Studies Assessment, Curriculum, and Instruction Collaborative (SSACI) of the Council of Chief State School Officers to initiate and guide the development of the "College, Career and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Core Curriculum, Interviews, Opinions
The C3 Framework: One Year Later - an Interview with Kathy Swan
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Social Education, 2014
On September 17, 2013 (Constitution Day), the C3 Framework was released under the title "The College, Career and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards: Guidance for Enhancing the Rigor of K-12 Civics, Economics, Geography, and History." The C3 Project Director and lead writer was NCSS member Kathy Swan, who is…
Descriptors: Interviews, Social Studies, State Standards, Guidance Programs