Social Education articles from May 2001

Social Education archives from May 2001

Environmental Education in Myanmar.
May 1, 2001... As I was reading the most recent edition of Social Education, I noticed the use of the phrase, "Myanmar (formerly Burma)" both in the Editor's Notebook and the subject article. In fact, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) did...

NCSS Moving to Silver Spring, Maryland.(National Council for the Social Studies)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) will move its national office to Silver Spring, Maryland in July. NCSS has signed a 10-year lease for 5,492 square feet of new office space on the fifth floor of the recently renovated Summit...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
May 1, 2001... At the request of Ms. Carole Yeaman, Social Education wishes to correct the following statements in an article by Karen Lea Riley, Elizabeth K. Wilson and Terry Fogy that appeared in the October 2000 issue of Social Education describing her...

Editor's Notebook.
May 1, 2001... SOCIAL EDUCATION 65(4), pg. 197 [C] 2001 National Council for the Social Studies THIS ISSUE of Social Education offers many suggestions for creative teaching. It covers both contemporary and historical topics, and includes suggestions for...

"ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE": Poetry and Politics in the Time of Stalin.
May 1, 2001... Into the distance go the mounds of people's heads. I am growing smaller here--no one notices me any more, but in caressing books and children's games I will rise from the dead to say the sun is shining. ...

"MAKING A DIFFERENCE ... ONE VILLAGE AT A TIME": THE PEACE CORPS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
May 1, 2001... The Peace Corps Partnership Program (PCPP) is a wonderful tool for exposing your students to another region of the world and helping them realize their own potential for making a difference. This is accomplished through entering a partnership...

Carter G. Woodson BOOK AWARDS.
May 1, 2001... 2000 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Winners and Honor Books National Council for the Social Studies is pleased to celebrate the 2000 Carter G. Woodson Book Awards. In this, the twenty-sixth year of the Awards, one winner and two honor books...

Princess Ka`iulani: Hope of a Nation, Heart of a People.(Review)
May 1, 2001... 2000 CARTER G. WOODSON AWARD BOOK: SECONDARY Princess Ka`iulani: Hope of a Nation, Heart of a People by Sharon Linnea. Grand Rapids, MI: Erdmans Books for Young Readers Imagine growing up a princess in an island paradise. In this book,...

Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers.(Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... 2000 CARTER G. WOODSON HONOR BOOKS: SECONDARY Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers, by Patricia C. McKissack & Frederick L. McKissack. New York: Scholastic Press. Secondary students often become familiar with only...

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: the African American Struggle Against Discrimination - 1865-1954.(Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... 2000 CARTER G. WOODSON HONOR BOOKS: SECONDARY The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: the African American Struggle Against Discrimination -- 1865-1954 by Richard Wormser. New York: Franklin Watts. This book should find a place in every library....

Through My Eyes.(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... 2000 CARTER G. WOODSON AWARD BOOK: ELEMENTARY Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges. Articles and interviews compiled and edited by Margo Lundei. New York: Scholastic Press. "I now know that experience comes to us for a purpose, and if we follow...

Magic Windows/Ventanas magicas.(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... 2000 CARTER G. WOODSON HONOR BOOKS: ELEMENTARY Magic Windows/Ventanas magicas by Carmen Lomas Garza. As told to Harriet Rohmer. Edited by David Schecter. Spanish translation by Francisco X. Harcon. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book...

Children of the Tlingit.(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... 2000 CARTER G. WOODSON HONOR BOOKS: ELEMENTARY Children of the Tlingit by Frank Staub. Photos by the author. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books. The contemporary life of the Tlingit, an indigenous people of southeastern Alaska, has been...

Graphic Representations as Tools for Decision Making.
May 1, 2001... EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING is so integral to the social studies that the NCSS Standards place it within their definition of the field: "The primary purpose of social studies is to help young people develop the ability to make informed and...

Teaching Middle School Social Studies: Who is at Risk?
May 1, 2001... THE LABEL "AT-RISK" remains problematic, particularly when it is applied to children from social groups that have been traditionally marginalized in society. We recognize that labeling children as at risk of not doing well academically because...

Building a Community Our Classroom: THE STORY OF BAT TOWN, U.S.A.
May 1, 2001... "I'VE GOT A PROBLEM," said one of my students with a thoughtful frown, "and I'd like to call a city council meeting about it. I'm not getting enough help from my business partner, and I need some advice" "Fine," I told him, acting in my...

Building Bridges: MIAMI "AMBASSADORS" VISIT RUSSIA.(high school student exchange)
May 1, 2001... IN SOME WAYS, the different parts of the world have never been as connected as they are now. On the Internet, you can view foreign newspapers, government policy statements, and educational websites, and exchange messages with people in a...

SERVICE-LEARNING: An Essential Component of Citizenship Education.
May 1, 2001... A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies Prepared by the NCSS Citizenship Select Subcommittee Approved by the NCSS Board of Directors, May 2000 Rationale The mission of the social studies profession, since its...

FOR MORTAL STAKES: SOLUTIONS FOR SCHOOLS AND SOCIETY.(Review)
May 1, 2001... FOR MORTAL STAKES: SOLUTIONS FOR SCHOOLS AND SOCIETY Paul F. Cummins and Anna K. Cummins New York: Peter Lang, 1998. 212pp. [$24.95] HERE IS A BOOK that every American concerned with the state of public schooling should read. In it, the...

National Council for the Social Studies 44TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
May 1, 2001... November 17-18, 2000 * San Antonio, Texas Session 1 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2000 Call to Order Susan Adler, President: I'm Susan Adler and I'm President of National Council for the Social Studies. I want to welcome you to the 44th...

Putting Conflict in the Curriculum.(conflict management)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... One may conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, yet he is the best of conquerors who conquerors himself. --The Teaching of Buddha After violence flared in a California school, Secretary of Education Rod Paige said that...

Influential Defender.
May 1, 2001... The Lookout Point of January/February 2001 featured Tedd Levy's query, "Who Influences Social Studies?" and his answer, a list of ten people and a brief description of their work and organizations. I would like to mention another influential...

Tracking a Hurricane: A Mappinq Exercise in Real Time.
May 1, 2001... Weather phenomena such as hurricanes receive a great deal of media coverage. Newspapers, TV weather reports, and the Internet all provide information about hurricane warnings, landfalls, and the aftermath. By following these media reports over...

What's in a Name? A Whirlwind Tour of the World!(naming storms)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Take a ride around file world, not in a weather balloon, but through the various names given to tropical storms with spinning winds. In the North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea, these storms are called hurricanes, after the Spanish huracan, meaning...

A MIGHTY STORM: Galveston, Texas, 1900.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... On September 8, 1900, a hurricane struck the island of Galveston off the coast of Texas. More than 5,000 people were killed, mostly by drowning, and most of the port city of Galveston was destroyed.(1) The U.S. National Weather Service, which...

One Step at a Time: A LANDMINE REMOVAL INITIATIVE.
May 1, 2001... They cost as little as three dollars apiece, about the price of a student's lunch at the school cafeteria. They can appear in various shapes and sizes, some as seemingly innocuous as a hand-sized toy butterfly. Yet they have one purpose: to...

Young Man Survives Hurricane!(Alexander Hamilton)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... On August 31, 1772, a great hurricane struck the island of St. Croix, which is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea. A fifteen-year-old man lived to describe the storm. He wrote down his observations and thoughts in a letter, which he...

Biography.(Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
May 1, 2001... ALICE WALKER: FREEDOM WRITER (Lerner Biographies series). Caroline Lazo. Illustrated with photographs. Lerner. 112pp. Library ISBN 0-8225-4960-3, $25.26. (M) This is an expertly written account of the life of novelist Alice Walker. Quotations...

Contemporary Concerns.(Bibliography)
May 1, 2001... DANCING WHEELS. Patricia McMahon. Illustrated with photographs by John Godt. Houghton Mifflin. 48 pp. Trade ISBN 0-395-88889-1, $16.00; Library ISBN 99-087715. (I) Lively photos encourage readers to come along as dancers Jenny and Devin prepare...

Environment, Energy and Ecology.(Bibliography)
May 1, 2001... BLIZZARD! THE STORM THAT CHANGED AMERICA. Jim Murphy. Illustrated with photographs and prints. Scholastic Press. 160pp. Trade ISBN 0-590-673-09-2, $18.95. (I, M) The Great Blizzard of 1888 wreaked havoc from Virginia to Maine. This volume...

Folk Tales, Myths and Legends.(Bibliography)
May 1, 2001... AESOP'S FABLES. Retold by Jerry Pinkney. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. SeaStar. 96pp. Trade ISBN 1-58717-000-0, $19.95. (I) Classic tales complemented by handsome illustrations make this a volume for any library. This engaging retelling of...

Geography, People and Places.(Bibliography)
May 1, 2001... AFRICA IS NOT A COUNTRY. Margy Burns Knight and Mark Melnicove. Illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien. Millbrook. 40pp. Library ISBN 0-7613-4266-8, $24.90. (I) Passing a day with children in various African countries introduces the reader to the...

History, Life and Culture in the Americas.(Bibliography)
May 1, 2001... ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!: THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ADVERTISING (People's History series). Christina Mierau. Illustrated with photographs and prints. Lerner. 96 pp. Library ISBN 0-8225-1742-6, $22.60. (M) Even before there was a United States,...

Reference.(Bibliography)
May 1, 2001... AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY: A STUDENT COMPANION (Oxford Student Companions to American History series). Glenna Matthews. Oxford University. 368 pp. Library ISBN 0-19-511317-9, $45.00. (M) This volume includes entries on major events, documents,...

Social Interactions and Relationships.(Bibliography)
May 1, 2001... THE BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS. Michael J. Rosen. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 96 pp. Trade ISBN 0-374-30838-1, $15.00. (I) Determining whether a Jewish boy and his dog should attend a St. Francis festival is the subject of this delightful story. As...

World History and Culture.(Bibliography)
May 1, 2001... ALEXANDER THE GREAT: THE LEGEND OF A WARRIOR KING (DK Discoveries series). Peter Chrisp. Illustrated by Peter Dennis and with photographs. DK Publishing. 48 pp. Trade ISBN 0-7894-6166-8, $14.95. (I, M) The life story of Alexander and his...