Implementation of national geography standards in the social studies

Discusses use of Geography for Life (GESP 1994), the federal guidelines for curriculum for K-12 students, in six US states; 7 articles. Contents: Round two: standards writing and implementation in the social studies, by David J. Rutherford and Richard G. Boehm; Illinois school reform and the social sciences: 1985 to the present, by Norman C. Bettis; Uneasy symbiosis: Nebraska's implementation of national standards in geography, by Charles R. Gildersleeve; The implementation of the national geography standards in Colorado: to everything there is a season, by Marianne Kenney; Geographic education in Louisiana, by Anthony J. Lewis; The Virginia standards of learning: where is 'Geography for Life'? by Robert W. Morill; 'Geography for life' and standards-based education in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by David A. Howarth and Keith R. Mountain.