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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Southern California Social Science Association Records
Creator:
Southern California Social Science Association
Identifier/Call Number: URB.SCSSA
Extent:
1.25 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1935-1979
Date (bulk): 1950-1970
Abstract: The Southern California Social Science
Association (SCSSA) membership consists of elementary, middle and high school social science
educators who teach subjects such as anthropology, economics, geography, history,
philosophy, and sociology. The major activity of SCSSA has been to organize annual
conferences and one-day workshops to acquaint teachers with the latest trends in social
science theory, and to provide new methods and formats for teaching their various subject
fields.
Language of Material:
English
Formed in 1911, the Southern California Social Science Association (SCSSA) disseminates
information about the teaching of social science classes to advance popular education, and
to provide an effective professional network among social studies teachers. Membership in
SCSSA consists of elementary, middle and high school social science educators who teach such
subjects as anthropology, economics, geography, history, philosophy and sociology.
The major activity of SCSSA members has been to organize annual conferences and one-day
workshops to acquaint teachers with the latest trends in social science theory, and to
provide new methods and formats for teaching their various subject fields. The group also
published a newsletter at frequent intervals.
SCSSA has also worked closely with the California Council for the Social Studies (CCSS),
the statewide umbrella agency which coordinates the efforts of local associations. Formed in
1962, its Executive Board is comprised of presidents and committee chairpersons of the local
groups. In addition to scheduling an annual statewide conference, CCSS works with the
California Department of Education to enhance the professional standing of social science
teachers. One of the Council's primary functions is to lobby for legislation that would
provide more effective educational standards in the state.
The
Southern California Social Science Association Records
documents the functions of the SCSSA through board meeting minutes, budget and
financial records, by-laws, conference agendas, and newsletters. The collection dates from
1935, with the bulk of material covering the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The documents
illustrate the SCSSA's primary activities, including organizing state and local conferences
and workshops, and disseminating information to its membership through newsletters. The
collection also contains records of the California Council for the Social Studies including
board meeting notes, conference planning materials, statements, newsletters, conference
books, curriculum guidelines and standards, membership statistics, newsletters, and a 1935
description of a classroom. The collection is divided into three series:
Southern California Social Science Association (1925, 1936-1976),
California Council for the Social Studies Administration (1961-1976),
and
National Council for the Social Studies (1935,
1962-1973).
Series I,
Southern California Social Science Association,
contains the administrative records of SCSSA, including agendas, banquet plans, board
meeting minutes, budgets, by-laws, calendars, conference material, financial reports,
newsletters and treasurer's reports. The files are arranged in alphabetical order by record
type.
Series II,
California Council for the Social Studies
Administration,
consists of documents from the CCSS, including announcements, board
meeting notes, conference material, fundamental beliefs statement, newsletters and the
annual conference journal
Social Science Notes. The files are
arranged alphabetically.
Series III,
National Council for the Social Studies, contains
material from the NCSS, including conference books, curriculum guidelines and standards,
directories, membership statistics, newsletters and a presidential address. The series also
contains the publication
Rugg Course in the Classroom. The
files are arranged alphabetically.
Series I: Southern California Social Science Association, 1925, 1936-1976
Series II: California Council for the Social Studies Administration, 1961-1976
Series III: National Council for the Social Studies, 1935, 1962-1973
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The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
1989
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Dr. Raymond McHugh and Robert Blew, 07/01/1981
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