James Harvey Robinson, the New History, and the 1916 Social Studies Report

Abstract

THE CHALLENGES FACING SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION are considerable indeed. No other secondary school subject must respond so directly to the political, economic, social, and technological revolutions that have transformed the world in recent decades. Theories, ideologies, and concepts that once made the world intelligible are no longer sufficient, and as a result they call for significant reform of the social studies curriculum.