Social Education articles from November 2006

Social Education archives from November 2006

Slips of the pen.(Correction notice)
November 1, 2006... In the NCSS Technology Position Statement and Guidelines published in the September 2006 issue of Social Education, we should have noted that the position statement was prepared by the Technology Select Subcommittee and approved by the NCSS...

Editor's notebook.(effect of diseases on society)(Editorial)
November 1, 2006... History books are more likely to record the incidence and impact of wars than of diseases. Yet the historical effects of disease on societies have often been as devastating as those of war. Our opening article drives this point home by focusing...

Documents related to the flu pandemic of 1918.(Teaching with Documents)
November 1, 2006... In the fall of 1918, the world war that had claimed the lives of nearly 16 million people in Europe was nearing its end. But a worldwide epidemic--a pandemic--was replacing it as a major killer. During 1918 and 1919, between 50 and 100 million...

Maps and map learning in social studies.(Research and Practice)
November 1, 2006... "Research & Practice," established early in 2001, features educational research that is directly relevant to the work of classroom teachers. Here, I invited geographer Sarah Bednarz and her colleagues to summarize the research on teaching and...

Musings on meaning, meatloaf, and Moe: reflections on "The State of Social Studies".(Point of View)
November 1, 2006... In the film Back to School, comedian Sam Kineson plays an American history professor who excoriates a co-ed for her dovish interpretation of the Vietnam War but congratulates Rodney Dangerfield for his rant against Truman's refusal to unleash...

Promising practices in using the internet to teach social studies.(Surfing the Net)
November 1, 2006... In at least two previous columns, I asked readers to recommend teacher or school websites that they thought were exemplary, or particularly unique. I've received about two dozen such recommendations in the past couple of years. In preparing for...

Harvest ceremony: beyond the thanksgiving myth: the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian.(LESSON PLAN)
November 1, 2006... This lesson was originally developed by Johanna Gorelick, education manager at the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian, and has been adapted for this publication by Genevieve Simermeyer. the museum's school...

Rwanda: a nation resilient in the aftermath of genocide.
November 1, 2006... Twelve year's after the 1994 genocide, Rwanda remains a beautiful but wounded nation. It is largely a nation of genocide survivors, of past perpetrators of genocide, and of former refugees. Significantly, it is also a nation full of hope--one...

Countering textbook distortion: war atrocities in Asia, 1937-1945.
November 1, 2006... The globalization of industry, culture, and technology has brought increasing pressure on all societies, in the face of international scrutiny, to address their histories more honestly. Despite these trends, American history textbooks and...

The U.S. in Iraq: Confronting Policy Alternatives.
November 1, 2006... An important debate is taking place in the United States concerning U.S. policy in Iraq. This is not a new debate. Some would date it back to the pre-war period in 2002 through early 2003. Others would begin with the discussion prior to the...

The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency: an interview with Judge Richard Posner.(Looking at the Law)(Interview)
November 1, 2006... In September, Oxford University Press published Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency, written by Richard Posner, a judge on the US. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Judge Posner's book, which explores...