Today we experience an entirely different social and cultural aspect in the age of knowledge and information. Development, growth, competition, efficiency, speed, etc. are considered to be the core values which most people pursue nowadays. On the other hand, we are also encountering situations of uncertainty, danger, loss of trust, fear, etc. These situations have led us to take an interest in pursuing happiness education in Social Studies. In this paper, we deal with the obstacles of implementing happiness in the field of Social Studies Education. We try to examine the problems confronted in the field of Social Studies Education in terms of curriculum, teaching-learning methods, and teacher-student relationships. Furthermore, we investigate why a new design for Social Studies Education is needed in the age of knowledge and information, and we also try to show why happiness should be should be one of the core values in Social Studies Education. Finally, through these efforts, we try to investigate the possibilities of implementing happiness in Social Studies Education in the areas of the critical ability by Inquiry Learning, the knowledge reconstruction ability by Cooperative Learning, and emotional ability by Dialogue Learning. In sum, we propose a preparatory research plan for a new curriculum in Social Studies Education which encourages discussions on happiness in classroom lessons.