SocialStudies News

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 17, 2006By MICHAEL KESTERTON. "Only now are researchers beginning to understand why we yawn, when we yawn and why we yawn back," writes Dawn ...

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 16, 2006On this date in 1942, the Duke of Connaught died. He was Governor-General of Canada in 1911-16. Also on Jan. 16, 1957, the Earl of Athlone died. ...

Southfield second-graders combine science, social studies with ...
Shreveport Times, LA -
Jan 15, 2006Abdal Ibrahim, 7, illuminates his project, a McDonald’s replica, recently at Southfield School in Shreveport. Ibrahim and other ...

Needham superintendent candidates
Jan 22, 2006 ... ... Best high school subject: Social studies and English. ... I turned it around, though.". Favorite teacher: His seventh-grade social studies teacher. ...

Planned course on diversity draws parent group criticism
Jan 22, 2006 ... ... All schools in New Jersey, therefore, must have black history incorporated into the social studies curriculum in grades K-12, according to Director of ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 12, 2006"Chimpanzees, which are believed to be humans' closest ancestral relative, grow at a steady rate," writes Amanda Onion of ABC 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 13, 2006"As late as the 19th century, old shoes were left on the roofs of houses for good luck," writes Judie Schwartz in The Rocky Mountain (Colo.) News. ...

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 -
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 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 -
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 ...

"Rigorous" education: By whose standard?
Jan 22, 2006 ... ... high schools and encouraged students to take a "rigorous course of study," defined as including four years of English; 3-½ years of social studies; two years ...

Twenty years later, a time to check in on ‘Christa’s Kids’
Jan 22, 2006 ... ... McAuliffe went on to become a social studies teacher at Concord High School, and that’s where she was when NASA chose her to become the nation’s first ...

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 ...

KIPP says it has recipe for educational success
Jan 22, 2006 ... ... “We spend four hours a day on literacy here,” O’Connor said. The rest of the 91Ú2 hour day is spent on math, social studies, science and the arts. ...

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 -
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 ...