SocialStudies News

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 21, 2005"Canadian Blood Services recently launched its winter campaign, Brighten a Life," says a press release. "As part of this campaign ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 20, 2005"With assault rifles hung over their shoulders, black paramilitary uniforms and body armour strapped around their chests, Roberto Paleo and his 17 officers are ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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 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
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 ...

Middle schoolers to test drive software
Dec 24, 2005 ... ... In each of the three middle school grade levels, students in their social studies classes will read and review class material in three different formats ...

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 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 -
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
Dec 24, 2005 ... , "firm" was the buzzword for marketers of sleep-friendly mattresses and pillows, reports The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Principal Removed for Mishandling Cases of Alleged Cheating on ...
New York Sun, NY -
Dec 23, 2005... Sheepshead Bay last August after a teacher complained the school leaders brushed off his complaints that students cheated on a state social studies exam last ...

Principal hopes to reduce class sizes
Middletown Press, CT -
Dec 23, 2005... Some teachers, especially in Spanish and Social Studies, had multiple classes near 30, a number the MFT claims defies the spirit of its contract, which sets ...

Board says yes to new courses
Pioneer Press Online, IL -
Dec 22, 2005... Board President Robert Silverman also briefly mourned the passing of the venerable Family Living course from the district's social studies offerings, a change ...

Social Studies teacher earns Georgia honor
Gwinnett Daily Post, GA -
Nov 26, 2005... Her commitment to education and her eighth-grade students earned her the distinction of Georgia Social Studies Teacher of the Year. ...

Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Announces 543 ...
U.S. Newswire (press release), DC -
Dec 21, 2005... and Education in Costa Rica, Columbia University in New York, the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii, the Institute for Social Studies in The Hague ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Nov 28, 2005By MICHAEL KESTERTON. In a 2004 survey, more than one in five Americans said they were worried the holidays will harm their health. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Nov 25, 2005"In trendy homes across America, the venerable Christmas tree will no longer point heavenward with a proud star perched on top," says The Dallas Morning News. ...