Social Education articles from April 2001

Social Education archives from April 2001

Editor's Notebook.
April 1, 2001... THE RISE AND FALL of Internet companies remind us that, although technology often captures the imagination, its practical applications can fall far short of the fond dreams of its most ardent enthusiasts. Not long ago, there was a bandwagon of...

HISTORY MATTERS: THE U.S. SURVEY COURSE ON THE WEB.
April 1, 2001... TYPE "ABRAHAM LINCOLN" INTO AN INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE and you will receive anywhere from 300,000 to 1,000,000 "hits." You will find yourself scrolling down lists of websites for the Abraham Lincoln University School of Law, Abraham Lincoln...

A Teacher's Guide to the HOLOCAUST: An Online Resource.
April 1, 2001... IN 1994, Florida became the first state to enact a law requiring instruction in the history of the Holocaust.(1) Among those who championed the law was Steven Spielberg, the director of Schindler's List. The law requires that all public schools...

WEBQUEST: Using Internet Resources for Cooperative Inquiry.
April 1, 2001... AS THE SPEED, reliability, and availability of the Internet improve, teachers are beginning to reap the advantages of this vast repository of information for social studies teaching and learning. Risinger and Braun have argued that the growth...

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS: Implementing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in K-12 Schools.
April 1, 2001... THE FIRST International Conference on GIS in Education, held in July 2000, underscored the current renaissance in geography education and a more far-reaching reality about American education as well. The commitment to produce...

Enhancing Social Science Education through Tele-Collaborative Teaching and Learning.
April 1, 2001... "The quantum world has demolished the concept of the unconnected individual."(1) Today's global economy is the impetus for educational communities worldwide to establish wider access to learning. However, it is counterproductive for educational...

Casting a Wider "Net": Web Tools for Social Studies Teachers.
April 1, 2001... FOR FIVE YEARS, I've been writing in this column about using the Internet as an instructional resource in K-12 social studies education. Most of the columns have been built on the theme featured in a particular issue of Social Education and, as...

Charts and Graphs in Japanese Elementary School Social Studies Textbooks.
April 1, 2001... WHEN ORGANIZING and presenting their research, social scientists often rely on graphs and charts. The media, too, typically capsulize important information using these visual tools. For this reason, the ability to interpret charts and graphs is...

A CRITIQUE OF THE NCSS CURRICULUM STANDARDS.(National Council for the Social Studies)
April 1, 2001... IN THE EARLY 1990s, National Council for the Social Studies took on the awesome, if questionable, task of designing curriculum standards for the social studies to give direction to improved practice in our nation's schools. This task was...

Results of the Census of 2000.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... The U.S. Census Bureau has released some of the major results of the census of 2000, and a steady stream of more detailed statistics will come from the Bureau this spring and summer. Teachers and other members of the public can check the Census...

Keys Ranch: Where Time Stood Still.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In the high desert of California, flesh-colored boulders rise up out of the stark landscape and embrace a small valley where Keys Ranch stands. Strangely shaped trees cast long shadows on the sides of the simple wooden ranch structures. Animal...

Getting Started.
April 1, 2001... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Why might this mural have been created? In what region of the country might it be located? Photograph Analysis Worksheet Step 1 Examine the photograph for 10 seconds. How would you describe the...