Historicizing and

Intellectualizing the
Knowledge of Social
Studies
(History)

Tobi Akinseye
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Committee of
Aztec Calmecac NCSS C3 Framework
Seven
A school for the sons The National Council The College, Career,
Goals for secondary
of Aztec nobility for the Social Studies and Civic Life
education were clarified
Framework

425 BCE 1486 1776 1899 1916 1921 1969 2013 2016

“Social
Herodotus Edward Gibbon Studies” Black History LGBTQ+ History
The Father of History The first "modern The Committee on Black history being Six states require
historian" Social Studies taught in school the teaching of
Report LGBTQ history.

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 425 BCE

Herodotus published his magnum

opus, "The Histories," a lengthy
account of the Greco-Persian Wars.
(The word "historie" in Greek means
"inquiry.") No writer before Herodotus
had conducted such a systematic,
in-depth study of the past or attempted
to explain the cause-and-effect of its
events. Which is why Herodotus is Fragment from Histories

known as the father of history.

 1486

The Calmecac was a school for the

sons of Aztec nobles. They learned
literacy, history, religious rituals, and
military arts at school.

This, along with the Inca and Mayan

schools, were the first examples of history
being taught in the Americas.

Aztec Calmecac from Florentine Codex

 1776

Historian Edward Gibbon is best known for

writing The History of the Decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire (1776–88). The book is
well-known for its objectivity and extensive
use of primary sources. This methodology
served as a model for subsequent historians.
As a result, Gibbon is regarded as the first
modern historian.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman

Empire
 1899
The National Education Association (NEA)
appoints a Committee of Seven to
investigate high school curriculum issues
and make recommendations on teaching
methods and standards. The Committee
of Seven proposed that history, civil
government, and political economy should
be taught in all public high schools. They
also emphasized teaching modern history.
Committee of Seven
 1916

The National Education Association's

Committee on Social Studies issued a report in
1916 that formally introduced social studies into
the school curriculum. It established the term
"social studies" and recognized the value of
history and the social sciences in civic
education. The report of the subcommittees
outlined content for social studies that has
The Committee on Social Studies
remained remarkably consistent to the present. Report
 1921

Founded in 1921, National

Council for the Social Studies
is the largest professional
association in the country
devoted solely to social studies
education. NCSS engages and
supports educators in

Albert E. McKinley, First The first NCSS constitution described

strengthening and advocating
President of NCSS (1921) in The Historical Outlook (1923)
social studies.
 1969
California proposed a law that Black history
should be taught in schools, despite the fact
that there was no formal curriculum in place.
Black educators and the Black United Students
of Kent State University proposed Black
History Month in February 1969.

Teaching black history paved the way for other

minority groups' histories to be taught. It broadened
the scope of American history as a discipline. People
were debating who's history should be taught in
schools. Newspaper cutting on the first Black History
Month celebration in 1976 honouring the founder
of Negro History Week Carter Woodson

C3 Framework by Dr. Kathy Swan
(project director and lead writer of the
C3 framework)
2013
The College, Career, and Civic Life
(C3) Framework for Social Studies
State Standards was conceptualized by
individual state leaders in social studies
education. The goal was to provide
guidance to states and local school
districts on how to improve the rigor of
K-12 civics, economics, geography, and
history education.
 2016
The 2016 History-Social Science
Framework (HSS) identifies LGBT
history and social studies topics that
should be taught at various grade
levels. Today six states teach
LGBTQ+ history: California,
Colorado, Oregon, New Jersey,
Rhode Island, and Washington

Pushback grows as states require

LGBTQ history
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