The Social Studies Wars: What Should We Teach the Children?

by Ronald W. Evans

The history of social studies is a story of dramatic turf wars among competing political camps. In this volume, Ronald Evans describes and interprets this history and the continuing battles over the purposes, content, methods, and theoretical foundations of the social studies curriculum. This fascinating

Genres: Education

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Dani · Rating 4 out of 5]

A history of the field of social studies in the US using the framework of battles and wars between interest groups to describe the projection of social studies. Interesting history, kind of slow at times.