A history of elementary social studies: romance and reality

Introduction : challenges for elementary social studies

Before social studies : nineteenth-century history and geography education

Social studies is born : the early twentieth century

"Neither fish nor fowl" : social studies in the interwar years

"Romance or reality" : Paul Robert Hanna and the expanding communities approach

"A revolution is needed" : social studies in the hot and cold war eras

Social studies at risk : the eras of educational excellence and accountability

Conclusion : opportunities for twenty-first-century elementary social studies.