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- Title
GOD'S COUNTRY.
- Authors
Williams, J. Kelton
- Abstract
The article explores how U.S. Supreme Court decisions related to the issue of religion in public education have played a role in the revisions adopted in Texas to the state's curriculum for social studies and history education from 1961 through 1998. It argues that Supreme Court decisions in cases such as Engel v. Vitale and Abington v. Schempp altered the ways in which educators had to write curriculum for social studies in order to meet federal laws separating religion and schools. Other topics include an overview of religion in public education in Texas and the U.S. before 1962, a discussion of the pluralism in the teaching of social studies, and a description of controversy surrounding the 2010 revisions for social studies adopted by the Texas State Board of Education.
- Subjects
TEXAS; UNITED States; SOCIAL sciences education; CURRICULUM; RELIGION in the public schools; CURRICULUM planning; PUBLIC education; ENGEL v. Vitale; ABINGTON School District v. Schempp; PLURALISM; TEXAS. Board of Education; UNITED States. Supreme Court
- Publication
American Educational History Journal, 2010, Vol 37, Issue 1/2, p437
- ISSN
1535-0584
- Publication type
Article