Social Education articles from May 2005

Social Education archives from May 2005

Editor's Notebook.(Editorial)
May 1, 2005... In this issue of SOCIAL EDUCATION, the last of the school year, we traditionally focus on imaginative ways of teaching social studies through literature, the arts, film and the mass media. The issue is full of interesting topics, lesson plans,...

Balancing act: first and sixth amendment rights in high-profile cases.(Looking at the Law)
May 1, 2005... WE OFTEN HEAR that democracy is hot a spectator sport. This is certainly true of trial by jury, a cornerstone of our democracy, which depends on the willingness of Americans from all walks of life to devote themselves to the difficult work of...

Reel to real: teaching the twentieth century with classic Hollywood films.
May 1, 2005... MAKING STUDENTS' LEARNING experiences as direct and real as possible has always been challenging for educators. Ancient wars and forgotten statesmen often hold little excitement for students. Innovative teachers often use artifacts and primary...

Take your students on virtual field trips: exploring museums of the arts and humanities on the internet.(websites)
May 1, 2005... NEARLY 10 YEARS AGO, when I was working with the ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, we published a book titled The Online Classroom by Eileen Cotton. It quickly became one of the most popular books published by the...

Book talks: generating interest in good reading.
May 1, 2005... ELEMENTARY TEACHERS TODAY are under enormous pressure to teach children to read better. If we, as teachers, want social studies to have an important place in elementary schools, we need the vision and the imagination to see social studies as...

The Carter G. Woodson Book Awards.
May 1, 2005... National Council for the Social Studies has sponsored the Carter G. Woodson Book Awards for more than 30 years. The idea evolved out of the Committee on Racism and Social Justice in 1973 and has since grown into a nationally recognized...

Notable Social Studies trade books for young people 2005.
May 1, 2005... ABOUT THE LIST AND CRITERIA FOR SELECTION The books that appear in this annotated book list were evaluated and selected by a Book Review Committee appointed by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and assembled in cooperation with...

Perspective matters: social identity and the teaching and learning of national history.
May 1, 2005... STATE AND NATIONAL social studies standards have laid out what young people need to know about history, government, and other social studies subjects, but they do not provide information on what young people actually know and believe about a...

The revolution in Kyrgyzstan: a social studies educator's eyewitness account.
May 1, 2005... This is a story about the unfolding of the recent revolution in Kyrgyzstan told by an insider who was an unlikely "captive" of the events in the capital, Bishkek. Over a seven-day period this past March, protest demonstrations paralyzed the...

The dropping of atomic bombs on Japan.
May 1, 2005... IN MAY OF 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies, but Imperial Japan had yet to be defeated. By July, a U.S. presidential commission organized by President Harry S. Truman recommended dropping an atomic bomb on Japan to force a surrender....

The art and science of diplomacy: a World War I activity.
May 1, 2005... In A Study of History, Arnold Toynbee asserts that all civilizations rise and fall according to how they respond to challenges. (1) The political, economic and military balance of power between nations shifts over time, and the fate of...

Close up on a genocide: Rwanda, 1994.(Movie Review)
May 1, 2005... Close Up on a Genocide: Rwanda, 1994 WITH HIS LATEST FILM, Sometimes in April, Raoul Peck delves deeply into the history and turmoil of Africa by tackling an important recent period--the 1994 genocide in Rwanda that culminated in the death...

The best political cartoons of the year, 2005.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... The Best Political Cartoons of the Year, 2005 FOR EDUCATORS WHO VALUE teaching American history at the higher levels of Bloom's taxonomy, political cartoons inject challenge and delight into a diet of standards-based topics. This selection...

Resolutions passed: the 48th NCSS house of delegates.(National Council for the Social Studies)
May 1, 2005... These resolutions, presented by delegates from NCSS affiliates, were passed at the annual House of Delegates (HOD) Assembly, November 19-21, 2004, in Baltimore, Maryland. 04-01 Teaching American History Grant Funding Supported by...

Gay parents do exist: letting the rabbit out of the hat.
May 1, 2005... The television show Postcards From Buster and its accompanying free lesson plans are used by social studies and language arts teachers in elementary and middle schools across the country. (1) In this animated half-hour show, Buster Baxter, a...

Radio days in the classroom.
May 1, 2005... WHAT SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECT challenges students with interdisciplinary learning, engages their various abilities and learning styles, offers them the opportunity for collaborative work-and encourages them to speak in strange voices? The answer...

Design a Book: a quest in ancient Egypt.
May 1, 2005... THE CLICKING OLD FILM PROJECTOR ALMOST LULLS YOU TO SLEEP. Mr. Cooper, your social studies teacher, has decided, for some odd reason, to show an old educational film made in the 1950s. The topic is ancient Egypt. Suddenly, your best friend,...

Bandwidth problems ca. 1912: the need for federal regulation.
May 1, 2005... In the United States the use of wireless radio initially was unregulated-anyone could operate a radio transmitter anywhere, at any time, on any wavelength. And most utilized the longwave signals that traveled so well across land and sea....