SocialStudies News

RHS academic team puts enjoys 'social' studies
Palladium-Item, IN -
Mar 21, 2006Top right: Amy Kelly, left, Spencer Gray, Stefan Roha and Charles Patterson study social studies together after school at Richmond High School on March 14. ...

Social Studies
Gay City News -
Mar 16, 2006BY CHRISTOPHER BYRNE. If you’ve heard about the new musical “Grey Gardens,” you may very well have heard it described as “camp ...

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 ...

Historical figure come alive for kids
Mar 24, 2006 ... ... Students at Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted School made their history lessons explode out of the classroom last night at their annual Social Studies Fair. ...

New technology, information beyond the textbook help engage ...
Mar 24, 2006 ... With hands flying in the air, fifth-graders in Marsha Storbakken's social studies class at Fair Oaks Middle School volunteer to try to keep the latter upon the ...

I-95 ramps likely dropped
Mar 24, 2006 ... ... Anthony Jennings, a social studies teacher at Booker T., asked a more practical question: ``Why do we need another southbound ramp onto I-95 in downtown Miami ...

Peru Candidate Humala Rails Against Wealth as Stocks Sag 2.6%
Mar 24, 2006 ... ... Ollanta Humala earned a master's degree in social studies from Lima's Catholic University and failed to finish a doctorate in military studies that he began at ...

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. ...

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 ...

Teachers try to explain Iraq war
Mar 24, 2006 ... ... why it's happening, why the United States is involved," said Peggy Altoff, president-elect of the National Council for the Social Studies, a membership ...

Pocket Printer Handles Email
Discovery Channel -
Mar 22, 2006... whom hesitate to access the Internet because they don't know how to use a computer, according to survey by the country's Center for Social Studies and Policies ...

School Department anticipating busy retirement season
Medford Transcript, MA -
Mar 22, 2006... He said many employees, including Athletic Director Ron Zampell and Director of Social Studies Dr. Cal Carpenter, have already informed him they will be ...

School bill passes first test
Mar 24, 2006 ... ... They also want middle school students to pass three years of math, science, social studies and English courses before moving on to high school, and to focus ...

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. ...

Slavery in the North new topic in classes
Mar 24, 2006 ... ... Singer and Mary Carter, a retired middle school social studies teacher, were in Oyster Bay to speak to the kids - part of a quest to develop a public school ...

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. ...

La. students wrap up standardized testing today
Mar 24, 2006 ... ... High school students must pass those two subjects, plus science or social studies, to graduate. ... They finish with social studies today. ...

Resource center gives youths a look at other cultures
Mar 24, 2006 ... ... from Ireland. Lewis and Clark, the Amish, such too are part of the center's broad focus on diversity and social studies. Their radar ...

Teachers get a hands-on experience
Mar 24, 2006 ... ... school teachers traveled all the way to the crocodile-infested wetlands of Brazil last month to teach their students lessons in science and social studies. ...