SocialStudies News

My social studies report? Gov. Jeb Bush
Osceola News-Gazette, FL -
Feb 11, 2006By Deanna Sheffield News-Gazette Staff Writer. Alison Birks didn’t want to turn in just any social studies report. Instead the ...

Houston students in regional social studies fair
Macon Telegraph, GA -
Feb 11, 2006By Jake Jacobs. Ten students from Houston County will compete in the Southwest Regional Social Studies Fair today at Albany State University in Albany. ...

Friendlier, shorter exam papers for CBSE students
Feb 16, 2006 ... ... Class X students can expect these changes in their Maths, Social Studies and Science question papers while their Class XII counterparts will encounter ...

Social studies success
Northville Record, MI -
Feb 2, 2006Great things are happening with the Hillside Middle and Meads Mill middle schools' social studies departments. Learning about apartheid ...

Desert Vista High teacher puts social conscience in social studies
Arizona Republic, AZ -
Feb 6, 2006Community service, she says, is an essential part of social studies and she wants students to understand their moral obligation to help those in need. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Feb 7, 2006Blue light makes people alert at night, according to a small US study. When 16 volunteers were exposed to short-wavelength light ...

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 ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Feb 3, 2006"Relieved of the glacial weight from the last ice age, northeastern North America is slowly springing up and, researchers now find, moving south, by about a ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Feb 2, 2006"The CIA World Factbook ranks the United States 48th in life expectancy [77.6 years in 2003] around the globe," says The Kansas City Star. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Feb 6, 2006More Canadians are interested in the Canadian Football League than the National Football League, according to a nationwide survey by sociologist Reginald Bibby ...

Tests show how Fairfield students have progressed
Feb 16, 2006 ... ... Kelly said the results in all the tested subjects, such as reading, language, mathematics, social studies and science were below the target. ...

SC gets federal approval for education standards, testing
Feb 16, 2006 ... ... "Many of the elements later showed up in No Child Left Behind. We were able to focus on improving our test and adding measures in science in social studies.". ...

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 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 16, 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 ...

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 ...

Westfield teacher named Social Studies Teacher of the Year
TimesCommunity.com, VA -
Jan 19, 2006Cynthia Szwajkowski, a government and history teacher at Westfield High School, is one of three teachers named Social Studies Teacher of the Year by the ...

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 ...

Hands-on history for home-schoolers
Feb 16, 2006 ... ... tour. Trained museum educators teach the classes and programs address standards of learning for history/social studies. Preschool ...

McGill states his case
Feb 16, 2006 ... ... parents, teachers, local communities, fellow School Board members and administrators by supporting the fundamentals of math, English, social studies and science ...

The Crimson Editorial Board is pleased to announce its Spring 2006 ...
Feb 16, 2006 ... ... is a social studies concentrator in Lowell House and former associate editorial chair. ... is a social studies concentrator in Eliot House. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bulletin Board
Feb 16, 2006 ... ... This free one-on-one homework help is offered to students and parents with help in English, math, science, history, social studies and more. ...