SocialStudies News

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Mar 8, 2006"No other animal is as altruistic as humans are," writes Lauran Neergaard of The Associated Press. "We donate to charity, recycle ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Mar 7, 2006"One of every five calories in the American diet is liquid," reports The Boston Globe. "The nation's single biggest 'food' is soda.". ...

Six local students going to state social studies competition
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA -
Mar 2, 2006Six Columbus students will compete in the State Social Studies Fair March 18 after winning events at the regional fair involving students from 54 counties. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Mar 6, 2006Astronomy on Earth could be impossible in 40 years because of pollution from aircraft exhaust trails and climate change, according to a British expert. ...

Students sample cuisine and history
Mar 14, 2006 ... ... “Teaching social studies, to me, is an excuse to eat new food,” said Christine Hatcher, who teaches seventh-grade social studies at St. ...

Will Teachers' First Amendment Rights Be a Casualty of the War on ...
Mar 14, 2006 ... So far, this year has been tumultuous for Jay Bennish, who teaches social studies at a public school in Aurora, Colorado. On February ...

Jury awards $396,000 to fired social studies teacher
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL -
Feb 25, 2006A fired social studies teacher on Friday won a $396,000 federal court jury verdict against the Palm Beach County School District in a case that spotlighted a ...

Grants will boost social studies
Philadelphia Daily News, PA -
Feb 23, 2006... higher education, business and civic communities yesterday announced $325,000 in grants to boost the Philadelphia School District's social-studies curriculum. ...

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 ...

New social studies curriculum adopted
Pioneer Press Online, IL -
Feb 16, 2006Citing a need to meet state standards, Elementary School District 15 is changing its social studies curriculum for the first time in more than 10 years. ...

Students, educators tout need for more diversity
Mar 14, 2006 ... ... from parents and educators, now include more social history, rather than just an outline of military events, said Dennis Beadles, social studies supervisor for ...

Schools FYI
Mar 14, 2006 ... ... Post Middle School in Arlington will host its 28th annual social studies fair Friday and Saturday in the gym, 1220 E. Fifth St. ...

Social studies moves to back of the class
Fayetteville Online, Fayetteville NC -
Feb 21, 2006By Miriam Haskell. A national movement to improve math and reading skills among children has put social studies lessons at risk. ...

Hyde Park names Haviland Middle principal
Mar 14, 2006 ... ... Matt Latvis taught social studies at Haviland for seven years — after graduating from Marist College in Poughkeepsie and earning a master's degree in Russian ...

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. ...

Bear Creek students win at Social Studies Fair
The Citizen.com, GE -
Feb 20, 2006Congratulations to the Bear Creek Middle School students whose projects won at the Fulton County Social Studies Fair. The winners included: ...

AMERICA IS RIFE WITH MORALLY DUBIOUS AWARDS
Mar 14, 2006 ... ... Change.". Bard College notoriously maintains a chair in social studies named for Alger Hiss, the communist spy, traitor and perjurer. ...

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 ...

US Confirms Bakshi's Account
Mar 14, 2006 ... ... Bakshi, a senior in Leverett House, was conducting research for a joint social studies and visual and environmental studies thesis on political propaganda. ...

Native American Storyteller to Give Presentations
Mar 14, 2006 ... ... Department of Art and Native American Peoples Alliance, all at UB; the Educational Opportunity Program, the History and Social Studies Education, International ...

Family values, Hollywood style
Mar 14, 2006 ... ... But to the rescue comes daughter Carly’s (Zena Grey) PETA enthusiast social studies teacher, who Bad Busy Dad just happens to be prosecuting for supposedly ...

Speaker: Russia a challenge
Mar 14, 2006 ... ... BACKGROUND: Fluent in Russian; undergraduate degree in social studies from Harvard; Ph.D. in political science from University of California, Berkeley; first ...

Electricity sidestepped in SA election campaign
Mar 14, 2006 ... ... infrastructure. Economics Professor John Spoehr, who lectures in Social Studies at Adelaide University, sees things differently. ...

Bread and Circuses
Mar 14, 2006 ... ... have to sell. Hannah ES Wright ’06 is a social studies concentrator in Lowell House. Her column appears on alternate Tuesdays.

More Indian students enrol in UK varsities
Mar 14, 2006 ... ... cent. Business and administration remains the most popular group of subjects, followed by social studies and art and design. There ...

5:55 am | Ex-teacher faces sex charges
Mar 14, 2006 ... Michael Ray McDonald, 38, of 1201 Abbey Lane, Concord, taught science and social studies to eighth-graders at Mount Pleasant Middle School until he resigned Feb ...

Vice president speaks at Republican fundraiser in De Pere
Mar 14, 2006 ... ... Kathy Jensen, a Green Bay political science and social studies teacher who attended the luncheon, said the media have not told the whole story about Iraq. ...