Degree Year
2013
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
Advisor(s)
Shelley Lee
Pablo Mitchell
Keywords
Education, Educational history, Social studies, Secondary school, Citizenship, Curriculum, Cold War, Civil Rights Movement
Abstract
This thesis explores the ways in which changes to citizenship are tied to changes in the secondary school social studies curriculum from 1945 through 1970. During this time, social and political changes forced alterations to the meaning of citizenship. Schools must inherently educate for the future, and are a good measure of what a society views as the values and skills most necessary for the future. As a central inculcator of common values, the social studies class reflected these changes more so than any other school subject.
Repository Citation
Owens, Kevin John, "The School and Society: Secondary School Social Studies Education from 1945-1970" (2013). Honors Papers. 338.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/338
