SocialStudies News

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Feb 1, 2006"Your face really is your fortune," write Roger Dobson and Lois Rogers in The Sunday Times of London. "If you are married, of a ...

Teachers hail introduction of practical exam. in Social Studies
Hindu, India -
Jan 29, 2006TIRUCHI: Teachers hail introduction of practical component in Social Studies for Standard X public examinations this year by the Central Board for Secondary ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 30, 2006The right to travel when and where we please will be severely eroded over the next 50 years as the shortage of cheap oil and environmental concerns force us to ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 29, 2006By MICHAEL KESTERTON. Recently, an 84-year-old German man turned himself in to police. Helmut Bleibtreu had planted a firecracker ...

Local student gets state social studies award
The Grand Rapids Press, MI -
Jan 29, 2006... The 16-year-old senior at Black River Public School will be honored Tuesday during the Michigan Council for the Social Studies annual meeting in Grand Rapids ...

Md. plans new social studies curriculum
Baltimore Sun, United States -
Jan 25, 2006Maryland's state school board is preparing to overhaul social studies curriculum, but a draft proposal is raising eyebrows among some as much for what it ...

McDougal Littell Sponsors Secondary Social Studies Teacher of the ...
Business Wire (press release), CA -
Jan 25, 2006... 2006--McDougal Littell, a division of Houghton Mifflin Company, announced today a renewed commitment to the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) to ...

Indiana University education experts to help strengthen Afghan ...
Feb 02, 2006 ... BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A consortium which includes Indiana University's Center for Social Studies and International Education has received a $38 million grant to ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 26, 2006"If you're in a relationship, beware of the month of January," writes Kate Shatzkin in The Baltimore Sun. "Along with unwanted pounds ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 27, 2006Today is the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Mozart. His stream of masterpieces, writes Joshua Kosman in the San Francisco Chronicle, was ...

Law drops state history lessons, won’t change OU
Feb 02, 2006 ... The College of Education will still require social studies education majors to take Oklahoma history despite a change in Oklahoma high school history ...

Social Studies Changing in Md. Schools
Washington Post, United States -
Jan 24, 2006... Those are among the provisions in a draft social studies curriculum submitted here Tuesday to the Maryland State Board of Education. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Feb 02, 2006 ... n's chief laughter instructor, reports USA Today. The certified laughter ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 23, 2006"The company fitness centre, dandy perk that it is, can be a minefield of awkward situations, inelegant faux pas and professional claustrophobia," writes ...

Des Moines West school updates
Feb 02, 2006 ... ... In social studies, they will learn about the United States becoming a nation and forming a government. They will visit the Capitol. ...

Parish students converge on fair grounds for annual Social Studies ...
Leesville Daily Leader, LA -
Jan 24, 2006More than 102 students participated in the Vernon Parish Social Studies Fair in the Junior and Senior High Divisions on Friday at the Vernon Parish Fair Grounds ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 18, 2006In the movie King Kong, the gorilla falls for the starlet Ann Darrow, protecting her from harm and stroking her hair as she sleeps. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 19, 2006"It has been shown that the single best predictor of job performance tends to be general intelligence -- that's fairly widely accepted these days," says Colin ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 25, 2006"Exotic perfumes and colognes have long played a central role in romance, but new research suggests that none may be as powerful as the scent of a woman herself ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 24, 2006"During the last 50 years, living conditions have improved for a majority of the planet's population: People live longer, are better nourished and wealthier ...

Learning social studies
Agoura Hills Acorn, CA -
Jan 19, 2006BILL SPARKES/Acorn Newspapers TENDER MOMENT—Kayla Berg, 19, and Greg Mills, 19, of Agoura, share some time together between classes at Moorpark College. ...

Scholar of the Week
Feb 02, 2006 ... ... things in addition to being a class officer and you see any sort of lagging in grades at all, she's able to balance it very well," Social Studies teacher Matt ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 5, 2006Women are four times more likely to suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD) than men, and the onset of the condition typically occurs after age 20 ...

A word here, a word there: It’sa book (and a good one)
Feb 02, 2006 ... ... Katherine McRoberts, social studies teacher and speech coach, and Sheila Cummings, English/Spanish teacher, are both reading the first book, “Harry Potter ...

SCHOOLS: Board rejects teachers' class size grievance
Feb 02, 2006 ... ... “Naturally, we’re disappointed with the results of that vote,” said Patrick Higgins, a Ridgefield High School social studies teacher and president of the ...

Students give history a hard look
The Journal News.com, NY -
Feb 1, 2006... But the seventh-graders in Peter Barsanti's social studies class know there's more to the story: The man in the 18th-century political cartoon is King George ...