SocialStudies News

SOCIAL STUDIES
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Dec 28, 2005Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bezos is building a rocket-ship complex in suburban Seattle, reports The Seattle Times. His company, Blue ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 26, 2005"Recent studies on leadership in cows . . . suggest that intelligence, inquisitiveness, confidence, experience and good social skills ...

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Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 27, 2005One surprising trend for 2006, says The Trend Research Institute, is that people are looking back in time for inspiration. It's ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 23, 2005It is bad luck to take mistletoe down; it should only be replaced the following Christmas. Holly is used as a protection against witches and thunder. ...

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Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 26, 2005"Any repeat dieter knows it's not lack of knowledge but lack of willpower that keeps most of us from achieving our weight-loss goals," writes Shawn Rhea in The ...

Board says yes to new high school courses
Dec 30, 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
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 ...

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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 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 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 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 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 ...

A year of triumph and tragedy
Dec 30, 2005 ... ... H. Frank Carey High School Social Studies Department Chairwoman Theresa Capra resigned amid allegations she elevated grades on Global History Regents exams and ...

Schools face challenges, achieve successes
Dec 30, 2005 ... ... category of the Georgia High School Graduation Test, improving in each of the four test categories: English and language arts, math, social studies and science ...

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 30, 2005 ... , "firm" was the buzzword for marketers of sleep-friendly mattresses and pillows, reports The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. ...

Tests yield hope
Dec 30, 2005 ... ... Overall, social studies scores improved by an average of 10.34 points, science marks jumped an average of 18.67 points and math results saw a 17.5 point ...

Linda Bennett named Editor of NCSS Social Studies and the Young ...
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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 ...

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 -
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 -
Dec 1, 2005Miami police announced this week that they will stage random shows of force at hotels, banks and other public places to keep terrorists guessing and remind the ...

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 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 ...