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Thompson  \nUniversity of Alberta  \nReturn to Articles  \nAbstract  \nBeginning in the early 20th century, the role of citizenship as an organizing concept has been significant in the teaching of social studies. The central aim of the social studies was the production of \"good citizens,\" and the main focus of the Alberta social studies curriculum has ultimately become developing\"responsible\" citizenship. While citizenship has always been the raison d'être of social studies, identity has also played an important role in the formation of young citizens. The author's aim in this article is to explore how and in what ways multiple perspectives can be read in the context of the Alberta Junior  \nHigh social studies curriculum. After examining the evolving concepts of  \ncitizenship and identity from the 1970s to the 1990s, she undertakes a  \npostcolonial reading of the forthcoming Alberta social studies curriculum.  \nIntroduction  \nBeginning in the early 20th century, the role of citizenship as an organizing concept has been significant in the teaching of social studies. The central aim of the social studies was the production of \"good citizens\", and the main focus of the Alberta social studies curriculum has ultimately become developing \"responsible\" citizenship. While citizenship has always been the raison d'être of social studies, identity has also played an important role in the formation of young citizens. For example, the consultation draft of the Alberta social studies curriculum (2002, p. 1) states that it \"will meet the needs and reflect the nature of 21st century learners, and it will have at its heart the concepts of citizenship and identity in the Canadian context.\"As a teacher and a Francophone, I have learned that identity is not easy to define, not easy to represent, and not easy to even trace. While the social and cultural location of learners and teachers is complex, it is difficult to represent such complexity given Canada's \"evolving realities.\" Nevertheless, if the Alberta Social Studies Program of Studies is to make a valuable contribution to \"a Canadian spirit,\" it will need to explore the complex, cultural construct of  \nidentity. My aim in this article is to explore how and in what ways multiple perspectives can be read in the context of the Alberta Junior High social studies curriculum. Particularly, my interest is to examine the evolving concepts of citizenship and identity from the 1970s to the 1990s. Furthermore, I undertake a postcolonial reading of the revised Alberta social studies curriculum. In doing so, I revisit social studies education within the framework of a plural society. It is my hope to provide social studies educators with a deeper understanding of the complexity of identity in the Alberta social studies curriculum, both past and present.  \nCreating a sense of national identity  \nAlthough the concept of identity is at the core of the new Alberta social studies curriculum, it has also been a central question in citizenship education. Because identity has historically been associated with the nation, national identity has become a problematic concept in the globalized world environment. In the 19th century, the nation became the focus of people's loyalty and the modernist idea of national character created a unique sense of identity critical to the survival of the state (Richardson, 2002) . The production of \"good citizens\", therefore, became the domain of the civic nation. On the one hand, \"the nation as political construct and consensual contract between the governed and the governors…remained a fairly abstract concept\", while on the other, it romanticized nationalism for its people (Richardson, 2002, p. 53) . 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