Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
Availability
Open Access Thesis
Keywords
Communism--Study and teaching;
Abstract
Following World War Two, the United States and the Soviet Union became the chief rivals for world leadership. Because of this, communism replaced fascism as the totalitarian ideology of most concern to Americans. This new situation brought with it a series of problems for the public schools: Should secondary schools teach about communism? How should this topic be approached? What materials should be provided for use by high school students?
For a time, public hysteria prevented the logical resolution of these problems. George B. Bruntz describes this period in the following way:
There was a time when the mere mention of the term communism in a classroom made the teacher suspect. Using the word, except as a term of derision and hate, was sufficient grounds to have the teacher harassed by patriotic groups and, in some instances, dismissed from his position.
Gradually, the public attitude toward teaching about communism changed. During the late 1950s, more and more interest began to develop in a detailed treatment of this topic. In April of 1958, the official magazine of the National Council for the Social Studies Social Education, devoted an entire issue to this topic. This same year, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction collaborated with the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress to produce an annotated bibliography of materials on communism for use in the secondary schools.
Year of Submission
1963
Degree Name
Specialist in Education
Department
Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies
Department
Department of Education and Psychology
First Advisor
Clifford L. Bishop
Date Original
1963
Object Description
1 PDF file (120 pages)
Copyright
©1963 Richard Raymond Olmsted
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Olmsted, Richard Raymond, "The Development of a Handbook for Use in the Selection of Materials on Communism for Secondary Social Studies Classes" (1963). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1578.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1578
Comments
If you are the rightful copyright holder of this thesis and wish to have it removed from the Open Access Collection, please submit a request to scholarworks@uni.edu and include clear identification of the work, preferably with URL.