Social Education articles from May 2007

Social Education archives from May 2007

Editor's notebook.(Editorial)
May 1, 2007... Capturing the imagination of students is the key to engaging them in the study of their subjects. One of the best ways of doing so is to introduce them to excellent and captivating literature. In this closing issue of the school year, as is our...

Stories from Afar: using Children's and Young Adult Literature to teach about Latin America.
May 1, 2007... "A soul is like a deep longing in you that you can never fill up, but you try. That is why there are stirring poems and brave heroes who die for what is right." --Minerva, In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez An evocative...

Bringing Latin America to life with films in the classroom.
May 1, 2007... Mark Twain often observed that we, Americans, are not too aware of other cultures. A war critic, he reserved some of his best barbs for American ignorance of foreign languages and cultures and the imperial endeavors of his day. Upon returning...

The flowering of identity: tracing the history of Cuba through the visual arts.
May 1, 2007... Teaching history through the visual arts is one way of bringing the past into the present. In Cuba, the visual arts and architecture have reflected the country's "flowering of identity" through time, as a multi-ethnic population has grown to...

Teaching modern Latin America in the social science curriculum: an interdisciplinary approach.
May 1, 2007... One of the most frequent challenges faced by those who teach Latin America at any level is how to provide a sense of the diversity of the region. The risks range from simplifying and reducing the multiplicity of experience through the study of...

Carter G. Woodson Book Awards.(Book review)(Young adult review)
May 1, 2007... The National Council for the Social Studies established the Carter G. Woodson Book Awards in 1974 as a result of efforts of the Racism and Social Justice Committee (today the Academic Freedom, Equity and Social Justice Committee), which focused...

From banished to Brother Outsider, Miss Navajo to An Inconvenient Truth: documentary films as perspective-laden narratives.(Democracy Education)
May 1, 2007... For years I had heard that the Sundance Film Festival is a veritable feast for social studies teachers. This year, I was fortunate to be able to attend this internationally-acclaimed film showcase as "press" for Social Education. (1) I traveled...

Object lessons: the law of cultural property.(Looking at the Law)
May 1, 2007... Objects in museums tell many stories. An object may depict scenes from a legend or myth. It may commemorate a historical event or honor an important historical figure. It may be particularly representative of a major phase in an artist's life...

Is China's cultural heritage in jeopardy? Teaching activity.
May 1, 2007... As mentioned in the article, under the Convention on Cultural Property Act, other nations can request that the United States impose import restrictions on specific cultural property. A requesting nation must show that pillaging of the cultural...

Letter by Stephen Decatur and painting by Thomas Chambers related to the war of 1812?(Teaching with Documents)
May 1, 2007... By late October of 1812, the United States and Great Britain had been at war for more than four months. The impressment of American sailors into the British navy, British restraints on neutral trade, and British military support for native...

Resolutions Passed: The 2006 NCSS House of delegates.(NCSS Notebook)(National Council for the Social Studies)
May 1, 2007... These resolutions, presented by delegates from NCSS affiliates, were passed at the annual House of Delegates (HOD) Assembly, December 1-3, 2006, in Washington, D.C. See www.socialstudies.orglabout/hod for more details about the HOD proceedings....

Notable Social Studies trades books for young people.(Bibliography)
May 1, 2007... Biography The Adventurous Life of Myles Standish and the Amazing-But-True Survival Story of Plymouth Colony (The Cheryl Harness Histories). Written and illustrated by Cheryl Harness. National Geographic Children's Books. 144pp. Trade ISBN...