The Social Studies: Gateway to Citizen Voice, Vision, and Vitality.

McFarland, Mary A.

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Social Studies: Gateway to Citizen Voice, Vision, and Vitality.

McFarland, Mary A.

Social Education, v54 n2 p100-03,106 Feb 1990

Based on the 1989 presidential address to the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the article discusses the role that social studies education plays in developing citizenship skills. States that society cannot leave to chance the promotion of citizenship in successive generations. Calls for the NCSS members to unite their efforts to teach the citizens of tomorrow. (GG)

Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Civics, Community Involvement, Community Relations, Community Responsibility, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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