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Preferred term
middle school social studies curriculum
Definition
- Thomas Jefferson suggested that the American education system should prepare students to become knowledgeable U.S. citizens who could actively participate in a democratic form of government. Toward a similar end, the National Council for the Social Studies suggests that students participate in an integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence, drawing upon such disciplines as anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology, as well as appropriate content from the humanities, mathematics, and natural sciences. [Source: Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent; Middle School, Social Studies Curriculum]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/middle_school_social_studies_curriculum
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