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Fenwick, Tara; Parsons, Jim – 1995
This paper renews the case for social action as a necessary and exciting part of the social studies curriculum and suggests that the social study of public issues should have a central place within this vision. The document focuses more on practical ideas that social studies teachers who have chosen to work in the area of social action, or those…
Descriptors: Activism, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries