This association shall be known as the Nebraska State Council for the Social Studies, Inc. The term "social studies" is used to include history, economics, political science, geography, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and all modifications or combinations of subjects whose content and aim is predominantly social and which are organized for the purpose of instruction.

The Nebraska State Council for the Social Studies, Inc is designed as the official Nebraska affiliate of the National Council for the Social Studies The Nebraska State Council for the Social Studies, Inc. supersedes and replaces the organization formerly named the Cornhusker Council for the Social Studies.


The purpose of this Council shall be: 

A. To assume leadership in Nebraska 

i. In improving the teaching of the social studies.

ii. In promoting the professional growth of social studies teachers.

iii. In promoting and encouraging research and other activities, designed to improve the social studies program in the schools and colleges of the state.

iv. In contributing to the direction, implementation, and evaluation of state social studies standards

B. To cooperate with all agencies in the state including state and local education associations in improving the teaching of the social studies.

C. To serve the interests of the National Council for the Social Studies in Nebraska.