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APPENDIX A: STATUTES
REQUIRING THE TEACHING OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORY
Many people believe that
New Hampshire history is required in fourth grade. Actually, by law, the
teaching of New Hampshire history and government is to begin in all public
and private schools in the state by not later than the beginning of the
eighth grade, continuing into high
school. The following paragraphs
are direct quotations from the New Hampshire statutes:
Part Ed 308 Minimum Standards
for Elementary Schools
Final Rules: April 8,
1987
Statutory Authority:
RSA 186:5, 186:8, 189:25, 194:23-d
(n) Social Studies
The social studies program
shall include the understanding of democratic beliefs; the study of geography,
including lands and peoples (international studies); the development of
the skills of decision making, data gathering, and critical thinking; opportunities
to
practice citizenship in
the school and community; as well as instruction in history and government
as defined in RSA 189:11 - Social studies education shall develop the knowledge,
skills, and attitudes necessary for effective participation in the life
of the community, the nation, and the world.
New Hampshire Education
Laws
189:1 I Instruction
in National and State History and Government.
In all public and private
schools in the state there shall be given regular courses of instruction
in the history, government and constitutions of the United States and New
Hampshire, including the organization and operation of New Hampshire municipal,
county and state government and of the federal government. Such instruction
shall begin not later than the opening of the eighth grade and shall continue
in high school as an identifiable component of a year's course in the history
and government of the United States and New Hampshire. |