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The Search for a Unified Social Studies Curriculum: Does History Really Repeat Itself?

Diane Kinder is an assistant professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, Northern Illinois University. She received her PhD from the University of Oregon.

William Bursuck

William Bursuck is an associate professor of special education in the Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. Address: Diane Kinder, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115–2854.

A bulwark of democracy is an informed electorate. Recently, disturbing evidence has been presented indicating that young Americans lack the knowledge of democratic principles and history required by our democracy. One explanation for this complex problem concerns the nature of the social studies instruction that our children are receiving. In this article, common practices in social studies instruction are described and critiqued, and an alternative, more conceptually based model of history instruction that is of potential benefit to students with learning disabilities is proposed.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 24, No. 5, 270-275 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/002221949102400503


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