National Council for the Social Studies.

Founded in 1921, the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) was created to support educators by promoting social studies in education. NCSS includes geography, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, psychology, religion, and law, from the elementary to university level, in its scope. In service of the field, NCSS publishes curricula, organizes conventions and training, supports legislation promoting social science education, and conducts research. The organization's first president, Albert Edward McKinley (1870-1936), served as publisher and managing editor of the publication Historical Outlook, which by 1937, evolved into the NCSS official journal Social Education. Other prominent presidents have included social studies theorist and author Edgar Bruce Wesley (1891-1980). The organization launched its first annual meeting in 1935 and established official headquarters in Washington, D. C., in 1940.

From the description of National Council for the Social Studies, Records, 1920-1976 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 703233686

Founded in 1921, the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) was created to support educators by promoting social studies in education. NCSS includes geography, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, psychology, religion, and law, from the elementary to university level, in its scope. In service of the field, NCSS publishes curricula, organizes conventions and training, supports legislation promoting social science education, and conducts research. The organization’s first president, Albert Edward McKinley (1870-1936), served as publisher and managing editor of the publication Historical Outlook, which by 1937, evolved into the NCSS official journal Social Education . Other prominent presidents have included social studies theorist and author Edgar Bruce Wesley (1891-1980). The organization launched its first annual meeting in 1935 and established official headquarters in Washington, D. C., in 1940.

Source:

National Council for the Social Studies. " About National Council for the Social Studies ." National Council for the Social Studies. Accessed February 3, 2011.

Wronski, Stanley P. "Edgar Bruce Wesley (1891-1980): His Contributions to the Past, Present and Future of the Social Studies." Journal of Thought 17, 3 (1982): 55-67.

From the guide to the National Council for the Social Studies, Records 2007-213; 2008-270; 2011-246., 1920-1976, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) was founding in 1921 to support educators from elementary school through university in teaching social sciences and humanities, including history, geography, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, psychology, religion, law, and some mathematics and natural sciences. It has grown to include members in all 50 U.S. states and 69 other countries and includes a network of over 110 affiliated state and regional groups.

As part of his doctoral dissertation work, Paul Binford of Indiana University won from the Briscoe Center one of four 2008–2009 William A. and Madeline Welder Smith Research Travel Awards to research the NCSS Records, focusing on the period from 1968 to 1978. He examined the changes in NCSS due to the social movements of the 1960s and 1970s and the organization's subsequent retrenchment due to "conservative trends." To gain insight into the shifts in NCSS, Binford studied documents generated by and for the NCSS Board of Directors that demonstrated the changes wrought during this ten-year period. He also conducted interviews with several past presidents and other prominent individuals.

Sources:

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Briscoe Center Announces Four Smith Research Travel Awards. Press release, http://www.cah.utexas.edu/news /press_release.php?press=press_smith_recipients_2008, February 25, 2009 (accessed May 13, 2010).

National Council for the Social Studies. About National Council for the Social Studies. National Council for the Social Studies, http://www.socialstudies.org/about (accessed May 13, 2010).

From the guide to the National Council for the Social Studies Oral History Transcripts 2010-129., 2009, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) was founding in 1921 to support educators from elementary school through university in teaching social sciences and humanities, including history, geography, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, psychology, religion, law, and some mathematics and natural sciences.

It has grown to include members in all 50 U.S. states and 69 other countries and includes a network of over 110 affiliated state and regional groups.

As part of his doctoral dissertation work, Paul Binford of Indiana University won from the Briscoe Center one of four 2008-2009 William A. and Madeline Welder Smith Research Travel Awards to research the NCSS Records, focusing on the period from 1968 to 1978.

He examined the changes in NCSS due to the social movements of the 1960s and 1970s and the organization's subsequent retrenchment due to "conservative trends." To gain insight into the shifts in NCSS, Binford studied documents generated by and for the NCSS Board of Directors that demonstrated the changes wrought during this ten-year period. He also conducted interviews with several past presidents and other prominent individuals.

From the description of National Council for the Social Studies Oral History Transcripts, 2009 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 643551312