National Standards

Books

Bednarz, S. and others. (1994). Geography for life: National geography standards. Washington, D. C.: Geography Education Standards Project.

Center for Civic Education. (1994). National standards for civics and government. Calabasas, California: Center for Civic Education.

Crabtree, C., & others. (1994). National standards for history for grades 5-12: Exploring the American experience. Los Angeles: National Center for History in the Schools.

Crabtree, C., & others. (1994). National standards for history for grades k-4: Expanding children's world in time and space. Los Angeles: National Center for History in the Schools.

Baker, W. & others. (1990). Science for all Americans. New York: Oxford University Press.

Hardwick, S., & Holtgrieve, D. (1996). Geography for educators: Standards, themes, and concepts. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Lindquist, T. (1997). Ways that work: Putting social studies standards into practice. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann.

Meszaros, B., and others. (1997) Voluntary national content standards in economics. New York: National Council on Economic Education.

Munroe, S., & Smith, T. (1998). State geography standards: An appraisal of geography standards in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Washington, D. C.: The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

Romberg, T., & others. (1989). Curriculum and evaluation standards for school mathematics. Reston, Virginia: The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.

Rutherford, F. (1993). Benchmarks for science literacy. New York: American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Saxe. D. (1998). State history standards: An appraisal of history standards in 37 states and the District of Columbia. Washington, D. C.: Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

Schneider, D., & others. (1994). Expectations of excellence: Curriculum standards for social studies. Washington, D. C.: National Council for the Social Studies.

Journal Articles

Social Studies and the Young Learner. 8 (1), 4-8.

Alter, G. (1995). Variations on "the themes": Designing symphonies for social studies. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 8 (1), 2-3.

Alter, G. (1997). Toward a diverse, caring community: A curriculum plan using the social studies standards. Social Studies and the Young Learner. (Pull-out), 10 (1), 1-5.

Appleby, J. (1995). Controversy over the national history standards. Magazine of History. 9 (3), .

Bancroft, C. (1995). Using the ten NCSS thematic strands/standards in the k-12 social studies classroom. The Iowa Council for the Social Studies Journal. 8 (1), 9-12.

Brophy, J., & Alleman, J. (1993). Elementary social studies should be driven by major social education goals. Social Education. 57 (1), 27-32.

Cohen, R. (1996). Moving beyond name games: The conservative attack on the U. S. History standards. Social Education. 60 (1), 49-54.

Field, S. & Hoge, J. (1995). Using media resources to implement the new NCSS curriculum standards. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 8 (1), 26-29, 32.

Freese, J. (1997). Using the national geography standards to integrate children's social studies.

Grant, S. (1995). Nightmares and possibilities: A perspective on standard-setting. Social Education. 59 (7), 443-445.

Jervis, K., &McDonald, J. (1996). Standards: The philosophical monster in the classroom. Phi Delta Kappan. 77 (8), 563-569.

Handley, L., & Adler, S. (1994). Standards in social studies. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 6 (3), 17-19, 22.

Hantula, J. (1995). Trends in global education. The Iowa Council for the Social Studies Journal. 8 (1), 25-30.

Hartoonian, H., & Laughlin, M. (1995). Social studies standards: A pathway to professional development. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 8 (1), 30-32.

Hittleman, C., & Hittleman, D. (1997). Bringing grandparents into social studies: A unit of study. Social Studies and the Young Learner. (Pull-out), 10 (2), 1-4.

Johnson, C. & Rector, J. (1997). The internet ten: Using the internet to meet social studies curriculum standards. Social Education. 61 (3), 167-169.

Jones, A. (1995). Our stake in the history standards. Magazine of History. 9 (3), .

Kehler, A. (1998). Capturing the "economic imagination": A treasury of children's books to meet content standards. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 11 (2), 26-29.

Keller, C. (1995). The national history standards. The Iowa Council for the Social Studies Journal. 8 (1), 31-37.

Krey, D. (1995). Operationalizing the thematic strands of social studies for young learners. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 8 (1), 12-15.

Labbo, L., Field, S., & Brook, D. Safari sojourns: Exploring South Africa with the new geography standards. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 8 (2), 8-12.

Meszaros, B. (1997). Economic standards: A guide for curriculum planners. Social Education. 61 (6), 324-327.

Mitchell-Powell, B. (1995). Standards and practices: Children's literature and curricula reform for the twenty-first century. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 8 (1), 19-21.

Nash, G. (1995). Creating history standards in United States and world history. Magazine of History. 9 (3), .

National Council for the Social Studies. (1996). Point of view: The history standards. Social Education. 60 (1), 44-48.

Nickell, P. (1995). Thematically organized social studies: A solution to the primary education dilemma. Social Studies and the Young Learner. (Pull-out feature), 8 (1), 1-8.

Porter, P. (1995). Applying the standards: Continuity and change. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 8 (1), 22-25.

Pyne, J., & Sesso, G. (1995). Federal Indian policy in the gilded age. Magazine of History. 9 (3), .

Pyne, J., & Sesso, G. (1995). The Declaration of Independence: To what extent did it have meaning for African Americans. Magazine of History. 9 (3), .

Pyne, J., & Sesso, G. (1995). Woodrow Wilson and the U.S. ratification of the treaty of Versailles. Magazine of History. 9 (3), .

Rothman, R. (1996). Linking standards and instruction -- HELPS is on the way. Educational Leadership. 53 (8), 44-46.

Saxe, D. (1996). The national history standards: Time for common sense. Social Education. 60 (1), 44-48.

Shepardson, D., & Jackson, V. (1997). Developing alternative assessments using the benchmarks. Science and Children. 35 (2), 34-40.

Social Studies and the Young Learner. 10 (2), 22-24.

Svengalis, C. (1995). Beyond the new standards in social studies. The Iowa Council for the Social Studies Journal. 8 (1), 1-7.

Thurn, L. (1995). Geography, a life long journey. The Iowa Council for the Social Studies Journal. 8 (1), 19-23.

Wade, R. (1995). Civic ideals into practice: Democracy in the elementary school. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 8 (1), 16-18.

Wheeler, J. (1995). The national standards for civics and government. The Iowa Council for the Social Studies Journal. 8 (1), 13-18.

White, C. (1992). Social studies standards that effectively integrate technology. Social Education. 56 (1), 14-16.

Wunder, S. (1995). Addressing the curriculum standards for social studies with children's literature. Social Studies and the Young Learner. 8 (2), 4-7.

Resources compiled by Dr. Loretta Kuse
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