SOCIAL STUDIES

We believe that Social Studies Education provides both the framework for the other humanities and that art, literature, philosphy, and religion are best studied as they develop over time and in the context of society and its evolution; provides a wide range of models and alternatives for choice in a complex world.

We believe that Social Studies Education:

• reaches beyond the acquisition of useful information
• develops judgment and perspective in students when it focuses upon borad, significant themes and questions rather than short-lived memorization of facts without context
• reflects the multicultural dimension of our society and our connections with a global world order