Social Studies in the Senior High School

State of Kansas, Department of Education. Course of Study for High Schools: Supplement to Part IV: History and Social Science, International Relations (rev. ed.). (Topeka, 1933, 32 pp.)

Washington, D. C. Public Schools. Course of Study in History, Geography, and Other Social Studies for the Senior and Junior High Schools, pp. 102–104. (School Document No. 1, 1936. Government Printing Office: Washington, D. C., 1936, 104 pp.)

Gell Kenneth E. “What the Rochester schools are doing about, internationalism.” Journal of Educational Sociology, 9: March, 1936, 397–407. Other articles in this issue, which is sub-titled “Education and Nationalism,” describe similar activities in the schools of Ithaca. N. Y., New Rochelle, N. Y., Minneapolis, and other cities.

Wilson Howard E. “International relations and the school curriculum.” Harvard Teachers Record, 4: April, 1934, 73–80.

For useful suggestions, see Strouse F. H. “How to develop social understandings, attitudes, and ideals in a class in economics.” Eastern Commercial Teachers Association, Eighth Yearbook, 1935, pp. 94–99.

An important treatment, broad in scope, is presented in Maurice T. Price. “Our amateurishness in promoting international goodwill.” The Social Studies, 26: October, November, 1935, 361–370, 446–454.

Examples of the lack of facts and erroneous impressions are found in Hauck Arthur A. , Some Educational Factors Affecting the Relations between Canada and the United Stales. (Privately printed Easton, Pa., 1932, 100 pp.)

Eckert Ruth E. , and Mills Henry C. “International attitudes and related academic and social factors.” Journal of Educational Sociology, 9: November, 1935, 142–153.

For such an attempt, with a detailed outline, see Fineher E. B. , “The United States in world affairs.” The Social Studies, 27: March, 1936, 177–185.

See “Headline Books” published by Foreign Policy Association. They, as well as Survey Graphic and other magazines, utilize the visual portrayal of data.

For an excellent presentation of many types of data, see Odum Howard W. . Southern Regions of the United States, especially Part I. (University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, 1936, 664 pp.)

For an intelligent series of procedures, see Fincher E. B. , op. cit., pp. 184–185.

Copies may be obtained from the Educational Secretary, League of Nations Association, 8 West 40 Street, New York City.

Dowling Evaline “The history and activities of the World Friendship Committee of the Los Angeles City Schools.” Social Studies Leaflet (Southern California Social Science Association), June, 1935, pp. 10–11. (Address; Miss Cecilia Irvine, University High School, West Los Angeles, Cal.)

See Ware Edith E. (Editor). The Study of International Relations in the United States: A Survey for 1936, Chapter VII, “Extra-Curricular Activities Promoting the Study of International Relations.” (Columbia University Press: New York, 1936)

Mrs. Harrison Thomas, Educational Secretary. “Report on the Ninth Annual High School Examination on the League of Nations Held March 29, 1935, under the Auspices of the Educational Committee, New York, 1935.” Pp. x, mimeo. Numerous excerpts of communications received from teachers filed in this Report are illuminating as to the values derived by pupils through study for the contest.

For contests on the Pact of Paris, see “Sixth Annual Report of Work on International Relations.” High Points, 17: October, 1935, 63–64 (New York City)

For a list of organizations and their activities, see Pierce Bessie L. . Citizen's Organizations and the Civic Training of Youth, especially Chapters XVI-XVII. (American Historical Association Commission on the Social Studies Report, Part 3. Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 1933. 428 pp.)

See Ware Edith E. (Editor). Op. cit. Chapters on “Adult Education in International Relations,” and “Adult Education for Peace within Religious Organizations.”