The Relationship Between Socio-Economic Status and Attitudes Toward Selected Historical Problems

This thesis concerns itself with an examination of
the relationship between social class background and the
study of history.
Chapter One includes an §varview of previous research
done in this area and the effects of different social
class backgrounds on students' educational development.
It was hypothesized that in as much as the social class
an individual emerges from can greatly influence his
general attitudes, educational achievement , and political
ideas, it therefore should influence how a student views
historical problems.
A survey was administered to all 180 second year
history students at Broward Junior College to determine
their socio-economic status and their attitudes on ten
selected historical problems. A modified Warner method
was used and the results correlated.
There appears to be a relationship between social
class and historical attitudes but it is not clear what
this relationship is. Only on questions concerning
communism was any pattern apparent. Further research
would be necessary to determine the exact relationship.