EDITED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. The Social Studies in Secondary Education, Report by a Committee of the National Education Asssociation - - II. Social studies for years VII, VIII, and IX B. Geography and History in Grades VII and VIII III. Social Studies for years X, XI, XII, . 1. General Statement of Principles 2. Detailed Discussion of Principles C. Problems of American Democracy Historical Geography in College Classes An Occasional Museum, by M. M. Fishback Reports from the Historical Field - -' Notes ; Pacific Coast Branch; Northwestern Association; Oklahoma Association; New York History Teachers; Training for Public Periodical Literature, edited by Dr. G. B. Richards - List of History Teachers' Associations Volume VIII. PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY, 1917. $2.00 a year. 20 cents a copy. The Social Studies in Secondary Education The greater part of this number of the Magazine Frank P. Goodwin, Woodward High School, Cincinis given up to the text of the Report of the Com nati, O. mittee on Social Studies of the Commission on the W. J. Hamilton, Superintendent of Schools, Two Reorganization of Secondary Education of the Rivers, Wis. National Education Association. This report was is Blanche C. Hazard, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. sued late in November, 1916, by the United States S. B. Howe, High School, Newark, N. J. Bureau of Education as Bulletin No. 28, 1916, and Clarence D. Kingsley, State High School Inspector, copies can be obtained either from the bureau or by Boston, Mass. sending ten cents to the Superintendent of Documents, J. Herbert Low, Manual Training High School, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Brooklyn, N. Y. No excuse is necessary for devoting so much space William H. Mace, Syracuse University, Syracuse, to this report. It is printed here not alone to save New York. our readers the trouble of securing a copy from Wash William T. Morrey, Bushwick High School, Brookington, but more particularly to make sure that the lyn, N. Y. text of the report be placed at the earliest possible John Pettibone, High School, New Milford, Conn. date in the hands of the four thousand readers of the James Harvey Robinson, Columbia University, New MAGAZINE. The subscribers to the MAGAZINE consti York. tute by far the most alert and most progressive body of history teachers in the country. It is important William A. Wheatley, Superintendent of Schools, Midthat they have an early opportunity to study the re dletown, Conn. port and give expression to their views of the ad In the Preface the committee states that it “issues vantages and disadvantages of the proposed plan. It is not thought desirable in this issue to make any this report with the conviction that the secondary editorial comment or criticism of the report. school teachers of social studies have a remarkable All of the report is here printed except the Pre- opportunity to improve the citizenship of the land. face, and Part IV which deals with standards by This conviction is based upon the fact that the milwhich to test methods, with the preparation of teachers lion and a third secondary school pupils constitute and with the availability of textbooks and other ma probably the largest and most impressionable group terials. in the country that can be directed to a serious and The actual editorial work on the report has been systematic effort, through both study and practice, to completed under the direction of Arthur William acquire the social spirit. If the two and a half milDunn, special agent in Civic Education of the Bureau lion pupils of the seventh and eighth grades are inof Education, who has acted as secretary of the com cluded in the secondary group according to the sixmittee. The members of the committee are as follows: and-six plan, the opportunity will be very greatly in creased. Thomas Jesse Jones, Chairman, United States Bureau “ The committee interprets this opportunity as a reof Education, Arthur William Dunn, Secretary, United States sponsibility which can be realized only by the deBureau of Education. velopment in the pupil of a constructive attitude in W. A. Aery, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. the consideration of all social conditions. In facing J. Lynn Barnard, School of Pedagogy, Philadelphia. the increasing complexity of society, it is most importGeorge C. Bechtel, Principal, Northwestern High ant that the youth of the land be steadied by an unSchool, Detroit, Mich. wavering faith in humanity and by an appreciation of F. L. Boynton, Principal, High School, Deerfield, the institutions which have contributed to the advanceMass. ment of civilization." E. C. Branson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. The MAGAZINE will gladly print in forthcoming Henry R. Burch, West Philadelphia High School, numbers brief statements of the opinions of teachers Philadelphia. upon the committee's report. If you think this reMass. port shows excellencies or dangerous tendencies, will Jessie C. Evans, William Penn High School for Girls, you not freely use the columns of this paper to present Philadelphia. your views to your fellow-teachers ? |