SocialStudies News

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 20, 2005Almost half of marriage proposals occur between November and February -- with December the most likely time to get engaged, according to Wedding Channel.com. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 18, 2005Tigers disappeared from Bali in the 1940s, from Afghanistan in the 1970s and from Java in the 1980s, reports The Independent on Sunday. ...

Daniel selected top social studies educator
The Citizen.com, GE -
Dec 13, 2005The Council for the Social Studies has named Jan Daniel of Fayette County High Outstanding Social Studies Educator of the Year. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 16, 2005British scientists believe they can explain why so many families descend into bickering and belligerence over the festive dinner table. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 15, 2005This is the busy season for shoplifting, reports The Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette. "There's a certain level of chaos that occurs ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 14, 2005Historians say the newsletter grew out of a need to keep in touch with folks back home, especially around the holidays, as families began migrating west ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Dec 21, 2005 ... , "firm" was the buzzword for marketers of sleep-friendly mattresses and pillows, reports The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. ...

Linda Bennett named Editor of NCSS Social Studies and the Young ...
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) -
Dec 7, 2005... D., has been selected to be the next editor of Social Studies and the Young Learner (SSYL), the official National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Journal ...

Efforts on to float globalisation policy forum
Dec 21, 2005 ... ... for a decent work,'' he said speaking on ''Achieving social objectives in a globalised economy'' at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies here today. ...

Korea Foundation to reinforce support for Korean social studies in ...
Korea.net, South Korea -
Dec 12, 20059 that his foundation will reinforce support for Korean social studies in US universities, departing from the past practice of laying emphasis on the ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 13, 2005"Once, it was enough just to unwrap a bar of chocolate and eat it. Now you must understand it," reports The Washington Post. "Note ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 7, 2005"There are 1.4 billion cows worldwide, each producing 500 litres of methane a day and accounting for 14 per cent of all emissions of the gas," reports The ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 8, 2005"Believe it or not, there's a whole pride of cat mystery writers out there," says Abigail Tucker of The Baltimore Sun. "Some resurrect ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 9, 2005Dutch authorities are playing loud and annoying Christmas carols in public areas to keep teenage gangs off the streets, reports Ananova News. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 11, 2005In Britain, office Christmas party hijinks have forced Canon to toughen up its photocopiers. This month, the company announced it ...

Cumby Elementary brings home UIL wins
Dec 21, 2005 ... ... sixth. Gifford also took fifth place in social studies with James Evans winning second place. Karli Emmons won sixth in spelling. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 2, 2005"We humans have a variety of ways of perceiving ourselves as smarter, more skilled, and more appealing than we are in reality," says Discover magazine. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Nov 22, 2005The thing to remember about refrigerators is that they should be kept at 40 degrees F (4 C), says Michael Doyle, a food microbiologist and director of the ...

Toward a Better Understanding of Islam in Korea
Dec 21, 2005 ... ... Association of the Middle East Studies points out that the phrase ˇ°Muslims believe in Allahˇ± in Korean middle and high school social studies and history ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Nov 30, 2005About 90 million girls are being excluded from primary schools around the world, for reasons that include stereotypes defining the female place as being in the ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Nov 20, 2005By MICHAEL KESTERTON. This month, the humble cardboard box was inducted into the US National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, NY "I ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 5, 2005Middle-aged adults who binge drink may face a heightened risk of dementia later in life, a Finnish study shows. Over all, people ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Nov 24, 2005Allan Reiss and his colleagues at Stanford University are using a brain-scanning technique in combination with Bizarro and Far Side cartoons to see if men and ...

Six Cabell County schools named as exemplary
Dec 21, 2005 ... ... That means that 80 percent of all students score at proficiency in math, reading, language arts, science and social studies; and 30 percent score above mastery ...

Valley to offer honors diploma
Dec 21, 2005 ... ... an honors diploma, students would take the most rigorous courses each year in four core areas - English, math, science and social studies - including eight ...