SocialStudies News

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 11, 2006A steady climb in the number of telecommuters and "minipreneurs" (those with side jobs) has led to more couples sharing home office space. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 9, 2006This is the Year of African Languages, which seeks to promote the use of mother tongues, says BBC News On-line, but the continent's indigenous languages are ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 10, 2006"When the first alarm clock with a snooze button made its debut in 1956," writes William Weir in The Hartford (Conn.) Courant, "General Electric-Telechron ...

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 ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 6, 2006"Sometimes we program ourselves for the Monday blahs," says Dr. Wanda Bethea a psychologist in Melbourne, Fla. "And we do the same ...

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

State honors best first-year teachers
Jan 12, 2006 ... ... supportive.". • Sarah Lehman, 25, social studies, US history and minority experience in America teacher at Valley Center High School. ...

National Endowment For The Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jan 12, 2006 ... ... The five-unit, multimedia curriculum (www.neajazzintheschools.org) is available free to high-school social studies, US history, and music teachers, to help ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 2, 2006"For legitimate physical reasons, some women find themselves shivering while their male partners cast withering looks," writes Natalie Pompilio in The ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Dec 30, 2005"The Hollywood hero races his convertible down the boulevard for a date he can't miss. It might be with a lover or a terrorist or ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 1, 2006"On Jan. 29 we bid farewell to the dynamic, fast-talking Rooster and welcome the Year of the Dog," says the Australian women's magazine Good Medicine. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
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 -
Jan 4, 2006Regular players at his Friday night, low-stakes poker games tell him that learning poker has helped them negotiate raises and sell houses at inflated prices ...

Tougher graduation rules studied
Jan 12, 2006 ... ... The new mandated core curriculum would be: Four years of English, four years of math, three years of science, three years of social studies, two credits of ...

Geography wiz puts himself on the map
Jan 12, 2006 ... ... "It pretty much covers anything you would get in a social studies class," he said. ... "But, I like social studies more than language arts and math.". ...

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. ...

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 ...

Full Emiratisation of female teachers likely in seven years
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates -
Jan 11, 2006... The MoE was in the need of teachers for Arabic Language, Islamic Studies, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and National Studies. ...

Des Moines West school updates
Jan 12, 2006 ... ... Dorff and Cole Maharry. • Fifth-graders are finishing their unit in social studies of America Becoming a Nation. Hy-Vee and Beisser ...

Rich Biondi
Jan 12, 2006 ... ... in the spring of '89, was named head coach of the boys' indoor team in '93, the outdoor squad in '94, and started teaching social studies in Branford's Horizon ...

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 ...

LE alumni tell students how to navigate college waters
Jan 12, 2006 ... During social studies classes, LE High School alumni visited students to answer questions about college and give information on what students can expect from ...

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 ...

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 18, 2005Tigers disappeared from Bali in the 1940s, from Afghanistan in the 1970s and from Java in the 1980s, reports The Independent on Sunday. ...