Social Education articles from May 2006

Social Education archives from May 2006

Editor's notebook.
May 1, 2006... In this issue, Social Education concludes the school year by highlighting the use of literature in the social studies classroom. The arts of thoughtful reading and good writing are important skills that help students master social studies...

Searching for Addie: the story behind a famous photograph.(Cover story)
May 1, 2006... I first saw the picture of Addie in the summer of 2002 at the Bennington Museum in Bennington, Vermont. In the photo, she leans on her spinning frame, staring out at the camera, dressed in a filthy, spotted smock. Her one pocket is stuffed...

Caught between invisibility and stereotyping: teaching the novel Shabanu.
May 1, 2006... "Research & Practice," established early in 2007, features educational research that is directly relevant to the work of classroom teachers. Here, I invited Margaret Crocco to consider the dilemmas of selecting world literature for use in...

Creative writing in the social studies classroom: promoting literacy and content learning.
May 1, 2006... When asked in a recent Gallup Poll survey to describe how they felt about school, most middle- and high-school students said they felt "bored." (1) If we consider students' average day, this response is hardly surprising. All too often,...

Carter G. Woodson Book Awards 2005.(Jim Thorpe's Bright Path)(Alec's Primer)(The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights)(The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine)(The Civil Rights Act of 1964)(Alvin Alley: Celebrating African-American Culture in Dance)(Book review)(Children's review)
May 1, 2006... For more than 30 years, the National Council for the Social Studies has honored children's books that depict ethnicity and race in United States history with the Carter G. Woodson Book Awards. Originating with NCSS's Committee on Racism and...

Special women in my life: strategies for writing women into the Social Studies curriculum.(Elementary Education)
May 1, 2006... Women have always been a part of history, but our society has not always recognized their contributions. (1) History textbooks, for example, largely portray women as passive bystanders in the world's events, with fewer than n percent of...

Women on U.S. postage stamps.(Handout)(Table)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Name: Susan B. Anthony Years when stamps were issued: 1936, 1955 Contribution: Civil rights leader who spent more than 50 years fighting for women's legal equality. Name: Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell Year when stamps...

Teaching what we should be teaching using the internet.(Website list)
May 1, 2006... Retirement is paradoxical. I don't miss seemingly endless meetings, but I do miss meeting with the students I advised and setting up relevant and interesting professional development courses for teachers. I miss talking with my colleagues on a...

The tales of the dogs: integrating geography and technology.
May 1, 2006... As elementary social science methods instructors, we observed a need in our student population for instructional methods that would engage students in the content, process, and values of geography instruction. (1) Thus, our initial purpose was...

Bioethics and the stem cell research debate.
May 1, 2006... Since its birth in the 1970s, bioethics--the study of ethical issues in science and medicine--has grown to become a significant academic and service-oriented discipline with its own research centers, conferences, journals, and degree programs....

The tenth commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide.
May 1, 2006... In 1991, following the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the former Yugoslavia began to disintegrate. The country degenerated into conflict between the three major groups--Serbs, Muslims, and Croatians--that had lived in...

Resolutions passed.(The 49th NCSS House of Delegates)(National Council for the Social Studies )
May 1, 2006... These resolutions, presented by delegates from NCSS affiliates, were passed at the annual House of Delegates (HOD) Assembly, November 17-20, 2005, in Kansas City, Missouri. 05-01 Outreach to Non-Public Schools Supported by California,...

Notable social studies trade books for young people.
May 1, 2006... About the List and Criteria for Selection The books that appear in this annotated list were evaluated and selected by a Book Review Committee appointed by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and assembled in cooperation with the...