Recent Social Studies Headlines:
CountryReports.org Indicated as a Social Studies Resource
PR Web (press release), WA -
Mar 16, 2006The magazine Social Education published by the National Council of Social Studies mentions CountryReports.org as a resource for teaching international issues ...
SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Mar 10, 2006A school in India is reportedly teaching its students to use both their hands to write on different subjects simultaneously. All ...
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 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.". ...
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 face crucial testing next week
Mar 17, 2006 ... ... The test, covering mathematics, science, social studies and English/language arts, will be administered Monday through Friday at high schools. ...
Dr. Erwin Bradley, Former Union Professor
Mar 17, 2006 ... ... retiring from Union, he held the position of Head of the History and Political Science Departments and Chairman of the Union College Division of Social Studies ...
From Ahrens to Yazbek, Future of Broadway Will Be Sung at New-York ...
Mar 17, 2006 ... ... American Musicals Project (AMP) is billed as "a Social Studies and English Language Arts curriculum program developed in collaboration between the New-York ...
Educators Shed Light on Northern Slavery
Mar 17, 2006 ... ... Singer and Mary Carter, a retired middle school social studies teacher, were in Oyster Bay recently to speak to the kids _ part of a quest to develop a public ...
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. ...
It is time to rouse & strengthen Azeri-Turkish lobby - Akkan Suver
Mar 17, 2006 ... It is time to rouse and strengthen Azerbaijani-Turkish lobby, Trend reports quoting Akkan Suver, the head of the Marmara Strategic and Social Studies Group, as ...
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. ...
Boy gets visit from Wis. first lady
Mar 17, 2006 ... Alexander Yang knows his social studies. On Thursday, the eighth-grade Urban Middle School student was rewarded for his knowledge ...
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. ...
Donahue named 1 of 3 top teachers
Ashland City Times, TN -
Mar 15, 2006... giving (Vacation Bible School) lessons on my front porch before I could read,” said A. Cheryl Donahue, a Sycamore Middle School social studies teacher and ...
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: ...
U of M historian contributes essay to “History Now” issue on ...
Mar 17, 2006 ... ... Barbara Winslow, associate professor, School of Education and women’s studies program, and program coordinator, adolescence social studies, Brooklyn College.
Cleveland News Briefs
Mar 17, 2006 ... ... They are Sandy Axner, third grade at Boulevard Elementary; Marian Kopp, language arts and social studies at Monticello Middle School; Stephanie Myers, third ...
MEAP scores show gains in every category
Mar 17, 2006 ... ... She said the earliest learners must master strong writing skills and techniques. In social studies, students in the fifth grade in 2004-05 scored 39 percent. ...
Milan MEAP results mirror state averages
Milan News-Leader, MI -
Mar 15, 2006... "We're very pleased with our social studies scores and science scores," he said. "We have to look at writing.". Almost 85 percent ...
Lesson: teach, don't preach
Mar 17, 2006 ... ... Roger Gray, UniServ director for the Chesterfield Education Association and a former social-studies instructor, laments that development. ...