DEVELOPMENT OF

SOCIAL STUDIES IN
UNITED STATE OF
AMERICA (USA)
 History among the Social
Studies
• History was long regarded as the prinsipal school subject in the field of
human relationships. Increased attention to geography, the gradual
separation of civics from history, and the introduction of sociology and
economics into school programs made it necessary to think in terms of a
group of social sudies instead of the single subject of history. The rise of
the of the field of the social studies has caused some uneasiness as to its
significance and as to its effect upon the study of history. This discussion is
designed to clarify the term and restate the relationship of history to the
social studies.
 American studies

• Or american civilization is an interdisciplinary

field of scholarship that examines American
history,society and culture. It traditionally
incorporates the study of history, literature, and
critical theory, but also welcomes reasearch
methods from a variety of other disciplines.
• Scholarship in American studies has most often concerned the
United States. In the past decades, however, it has also sought to
study other nations and territories in the americas, as well as
American interactions with countries accross the globe. Subjects
studied within the field are varied,but often examine the histories of
american communities,ideologies, or cultural productions. Examples
might include topics in American social movements, literature,
media, tourism, folklore, and intellectual history.
• Fields studying specific American ethnicor
racial groups are considered to be both
independent of and included within the
broader American studies decipline. This
includes African american studies, Latin
american studies, Asian american studies,
American Indian studies, and others.
 ORIGIN OF SOCIAL STUDIES

• In the United States education system, social

studies is the integrated study of multiple fields of
social science and the humanities, including
history, geography and political science. The term
was first coined by American educators around
the turn of the twentieth century as a catch- all for
these subjects, as well as others which did not fit
into the traditional models of lower education in
the United States, such as philosophy and
psychology.
• In 1912, the Bureau of Education was task by the
Secretary of the Interior Franklin knight Lane
with completely restructuring the American
education system for the twentieth century. In
response, the Bureau of Education, together with
the National Education Association, created the
commission was made up of 16 committees ( a
17th was established two years later, in 1916),
each one tasked with the reform of specific aspect
of the American Education System.
• In 1916, the work done by the Committee on Social
Studies culminated in the publication and release of
page bulletin published and distributed by the Bureau
of Education is believed to be first written work
dedicated entirely to the subject.

• In the years after its release, the bulletin recieved

criticism from the educators on its vagueness,
especially in regards to the definition of Social
Studies itself. Critics often point to section 1 of the
report, which vaguely defines Social Studies.
 DEVELOPMENT
• Social programs in the united states welfare subsidies
designed to meet needs of the american population.
Federal and state welfare programs include cash
assistance, healthcare medical provisions,food
assistance, housing subsidies, energy and utilities
subsidies, education and childcare assistance, and
subsidies and assistance for other basic services.
Private provisions from employers, either mandated
by policy or voluntary, also provide similar social
welfare benefits.
• The programs vary in eligibility requirements and
are provided by various organizations on a
federal, state, local and private level. They help to
provide food, shelter, education, healthcare and
money to U.S. Citizens through:
• Primary and Secondary education
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
• Pensions
• Health insurance
• Social Security system
• Medicare
• State children’s health insurance program
THE STATUS OF HISTORY WITHIN
THE SOCIAL STUDIES

▪ There is widespread notion that history, is

being squeezed out of the curriculum in both
schools and the colleges the assumed cause for
this assumed calamity is the mere existence of
the field of the social studies, some educators
and historians have argued that the addition of
new subjects to the curriculum necessarily
lessened the time devoted to history.
• Whatever maybe the status of European history,
American history has made steady gains. It has
gained in time allotment and in absolute and relative
enrollment, and it has become a generally required
subject in the both elementary and the high schools.
One may question the accuracy and adequacy of the
history learned by this indirect method, but no one
can deny that large elements of modern and
contemporary history are involved the study of this
topics.
 RECOMMENDED POLICY

• There is no exclusive road to the achievement of a particular

understanding; there is no exclusive method for the
acquisition of a particular skill. Various materials can be
utilized in the development of a desired insight. The
committee nevertheless believes that there are compelling
reasons why it should endorse the study of history and why it
should undertake to indicate at least the minimum content of
history, the argument is not based upon any loyalty to history
for its own sake its all about the assumption that it serves the
needs of individual and society.
Thank You!