Social Education articles from November 2004

Social Education archives from November 2004

Correction.(Correction Notice)
November 1, 2004... In a recent Teaching With Documents column [On the Other Side, SOCIAL EDUCATION, October 2004], a slip of the pen resulted in the date of a letter sent by Thomas Jefferson to George Washington being given 1803, when in fact it was 1790.

Editor's notebook.(Editorial)
November 1, 2004... AS WE LOOK AHEAD to the oaths of office that will be taken next January, one striking fact that will impress students of history is that the very first act signed into law by George Washington was one regulating the oaths to be taken by the...

The first act of Congress: administering oaths for a new kind of government.(Teaching with Documents)
November 1, 2004... In the spring of 1789, the first Congress faced a daunting task. Although the newly adopted Constitution provided a blueprint for the new government, Congress needed to enact legislation that would ensure a smooth transition from the Articles...

The Darfur Atrocities Documentation project.
November 1, 2004... I was deeply honored when, a few months ago, officials from the Coalition for International Justice (CIJ) asked me to join the U.S. State Department's Darfur Atrocities Documentation Team. The team was being sent to Chad to conduct interviews...

Sudan genocide declaration stirs the world.
November 1, 2004... One week after Secretary of State Colin Powell declared that the killings, rapes and other atrocities committed in Darfur amount to "genocide," in mid-September the United Nations' World Health Organization issued new figures saying 6,000 to...

Q&A: crisis in Darfur.(Human Rights Watch)(Interview)
November 1, 2004... What is happening in Darfur? In early 2003, an armed conflict started between an alliance of the Sudanese government forces and ethnic Arab militia and two non-Arab African rebel groups called the Sudanese Liberation Army/ Movement...

The International Criminal Court.
November 1, 2004... The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent international tribunal to try cases against people who commit serious violations of international law, including war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity....

Torture and the war on terror.
November 1, 2004... IN AN ARTICLE TITLED "On the Moral Implications of Torture and Exemplary Assassination," intelligence and research specialist Paul Blackstock shares a story from the Algerian War, where both the French and the Algerians were often accused of...

From crisis to civic engagement: the struggle over social studies standard in Minnesota.
November 1, 2004... BEFORE MINNESOTA BECAME a hotly contested battleground state in this year's presidential election, our state recently concluded a highly controversial public debate regarding the creation of new social studies standards. This battle over...

Home grown: models of excellence in teacher-designed social studies websites.(Surfing the Net)(Column)
November 1, 2004... I'VE BEEN WRITING THESE COLUMNS for several years now and I hope they have helped classroom teachers, department heads, college-level methods instructors, and students utilize the immense resources of the internet in their work. I've noted a...

The Cherokee response to removal.
November 1, 2004... Grade level 7-12 Handouts for this lesson * "A Witness Remembers the Removal," by Wahnenauhi (Cherokee), 1889 * 1829 poem, "The Cherokees' Reply" Lesson overview and objectives Students learn about the Trail of Tears and...

Experiencing world history through the eyes of ordinary women.
November 1, 2004... DURING AN IMPROMPTU conversation with freshmen in my world history class, one of my students, Craig, spoke up and said, "History is one of the classes that is the most interesting... but I don't see it as one of the most important." I was...

Blurring the lines between content and pedagogy.(Research and Practice)
November 1, 2004... ONE RARELY ENGAGES IN a conversation about education without the terms "content" and "pedagogy" finding their way into it. Indeed, the two are inherent to almost everything we do in education. While we know what content and pedagogy mean,...

Islamist movements in Iraq.
November 1, 2004... WHEN THE UNITED STATES invaded Iraq in March 2003, one of its stated intentions was to inaugurate an era of Iraqi politics in which new kinds of democratic parties would emerge. However, one of the most dramatic effects of the U.S. invasion has...

Making Community Connections: the Orton Family Foundation Community Mapping Program.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Making Community Connections: The Orton Family Foundation Community Mapping Program Connie L. Knapp & The Orton Family Foundation Community Mapping Program ESRI Press, 2003 IN THE SMALL VERMONT TOWN OF Sharon, a group of middle school...