Document Type
Article
Abstract
Social studies education during the 1960s experienced an educational renaissance known as the new social studies movement. Over 50 projects were funded by the National Science Foundation or private corporations to interject a student-centered curriculum into K-12 classrooms during this period. Nearly 60 years later, can student-centered decision-making activities be used in an era of high-stakes testing and planned curriculum? This article attempts to rekindle students' interest in decision-making and discussion by exploring elements in Moral Reasoning: The Value of Life from the Harvard Social Studies Project (HSSP). The activity called "Hitler Must Be Killed" helped students bring the content of World War II alive as they confronted the moral dilemma of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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Byford, Jeffrey; Shilling, Presley; and Milam, Alisha
(2026)
"Hitler Must Be Killed: A WWII Case Study,"
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies: Vol. 89:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/the_councilor/vol89/iss1/4
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