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. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Feb 13, 2006"It is difficult to compare national data on international trade, but Unesco has made a brave attempt in its report: International Flows of Selected Cultural ...

Judging history
Feb 17, 2006 ... ... teachers, it's a really nice way for them to reconnect with former students and see how they have grown and developed," said Social Studies Director Michael ...

Teacher refutes claim that kids were told to pray
Feb 17, 2006 ... ... pray to Allah. Houp's son, who is being home-schooled in social studies, did not participate in the field trip. "This little child ...

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 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 ...

Admissions to MA
Feb 17, 2006 ... Pune, February 16: THE Tata Institute of Social Studies (TISS) has invited applications for admission to its new post graduate degree in MA in Education ...

Political Correctness run amuck in public education
Feb 17, 2006 ... ... In the spring of 2001, I (Howie) was a Social Studies teacher at a! middle school, which was walking distance from where I grew up. ...

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 17, 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 ...

Festival one small step as venues band together
Feb 17, 2006 ... public ...

Towards a Coherent Divestment Policy
Feb 17, 2006 ... ... Benjamin B. Collins ’06 is a social studies concentrator in Eliot House. Both are members of the divestment wing of the Harvard Darfur Action Group.

Education emphasis runs in his family
Feb 17, 2006 ... ... In 2000, Terrell was selected for an international exchange program, whereby he went to Tsuruoka, Japan, teaching English and social studies for three years. ...

Friendlier, shorter exam papers for CBSE students
Delhi Newsline, India -
Feb 15, 2006... Class X students can expect these changes in their Maths, Social Studies and Science question papers while their Class XII counterparts will encounter ...

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 ...

Thomas Wins State Honor from VFW
Feb 17, 2006 ... Kim Thomas, Social Studies Department chair at Mountain View School, has not only garnered respect from students and staff, she's also received statewide ...