PRINTER'S NO. 4208
No. 385 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY SAURMAN, COWELL, FOX, EVANS, SCHULER, DAVIES,
DALEY, HAGARTY, TIGUE, J. H. CLARK AND COLAFELLA,
OCTOBER 2, 1990
ADOPTED, OCTOBER 2, 1990
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring the week of October 7 through 13, 1990, as "Social
2 Studies Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Chapter 5 of the State Board of Education
4 regulations indicates that a quality education shall help every
5 student learn the history of the United States, understand its
6 systems of government and economics, and acquire the values and
7 attitudes necessary for responsible citizenship; and
8 WHEREAS, Social studies curriculum includes such broad topics
9 as anthropology, economics, geography, history, political
10 science, psychology, sociology, American culture, world cultures
11 and history and government of the United States and
12 Pennsylvania; and
13 WHEREAS, A comprehensive study of the social sciences will
14 enable students to develop a broad understanding and
15 appreciation of human nature and the institutions which serve as
16 the foundations for governing men and women of different
17 nations; therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
2 importance of social studies in the curriculum of all students
3 in this Commonwealth; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare and
5 commemorate the week of October 7 through 13, 1990, as "Social
6 Studies Week" in Pennsylvania.
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