Social Education articles from September 2005

Social Education archives from September 2005

The dropping of atomic bombs on Japan.(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2005... I have taught social studies in both middle and senior high school for over 30 years. I realize that students must make up their own minds as to the rights and wrongs of any controversial event, such as the dropping of the A-bomb on Hiroshima...

Editor's notebook.
September 1, 2005... The best kind of social studies education provides students with imaginative projects, lesson plans and class experiences that stimulate their desire to learn. This issue of Social Education, the first of the new school year, offers articles,...

Resolution and letter to congress from the constitutional convention.
September 1, 2005... The United States Constitution is the longest-lasting written national constitution in the world. Its four parchment pages serve as the blueprint for a government under which more than 290 million Americans live. Its brevity and eloquence have...

Private v. public rights (Grade Level: High School, 9-12).(Lesson Plans on the Constitution)
September 1, 2005... Introduction Students will learn how the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution relates to private property and how the power of eminent domain was defined in a recent Supreme Court case. Students will review summaries from Kelo v. New London...

No time for tea (Grade Level: Elementary Grades, 3-5).(Lessons Plans on the Constitution)
September 1, 2005... Introduction Students will learn how the Constitution of the United States provided the framework for the country's democratic form of government. Students also will learn how the Constitution provided for representation within the...

An internet guide to teaching the Constitution.(Surfing the Net)
September 1, 2005... In 2004, Congress passed and President Bush signed legislation designating every September 17 as Constitution Day and suggesting that all schools teach about the Constitution on that day. Since September 17 falls on a Saturday this year,...

The shadow war.(Looking at the Law)
September 1, 2005... "There is always a possibility that a secret police may become a menace to flee government and free institutions because it carries with it the possibility of abuses of power which are not always quickly apprehended or understood." --The...

The Kingdom of Heaven: teaching the Crusades.
September 1, 2005... The attacks of September 11th, followed by U.S. military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, have brought greater attention to the simmering conflict between Islam and the West-a conflict most brutally played out historically during the Crusades....

Connecting with our pioneer past: letters from the homestead.(Elementary)
September 1, 2005... When elementary students collaborate in active learning projects that integrate the social studies they greatly advance their literacy skills and civic awareness. They can improve their analysis and ability to solve social problems by using...

"Telling tales": the teaching of American history through storytelling.
September 1, 2005... The late novelist Walker Percy once argued that literature, especially fictional stories, has portrayed a clearer and far more cohesive picture of the human condition than any of the social sciences, including history. (1) His ideas hint at the...

Enduring lessons of justice from the World War II Japanese American internment.
September 1, 2005... We supported our families; we honored our culture; we believed in our country. We never thought to display any civil disobedience. The U.S.A. was our home too. --Reflections from an 80-year-old Japanese American internment camp detainee...

Social studies and the social order: transmission or transformation?(Research and Practice)
September 1, 2005... "Research & Practice," established early in 2001. features educational research that is directly relevant to the work of classroom teachers. Here, I invited William Stanley to bring a historical perspective to the perennial question, "Should...

Voices of a People's History of the United States.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Voices of a People's History of the United States By Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove New York: Seven Stories Press, 2004 I was given a copy of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States not long after I graduated from college,...

Philip Reid and the Statue of Freedom.
September 1, 2005... The Statue of Freedom stands at the very top of the dome of the Capitol, where Congress meets in Washington, D.C. The dome, with its statue, is a symbol recognized all over the world. This statue was designed in the mid-1850s, as arguments...

Casting Freedom, 1860-1862.
September 1, 2005... Thomas Crawford, an American Sculptor, created the full-size figure of Freedom in clay. Molds were made, from which a full-size positive plaster model was cast in five main sections. This model is on view today in the basement rotunda of the...

Restoring Freedom, 1993.(The Statue of Freedom)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... In 1988 the need to restore the statue and its pedestal became evident. A conservation and engineering study of conditions and treatment options, completed in 1991, recommended the removal of the statue from the pedestal. The U.S. Capitol...

An abolitionist cartoon, 1830.
September 1, 2005... Questions for Students of History 1 Describe the objects and people you see in the drawing. 2 Which of the objects on your list might be used as symbols? 3 What do you think each symbol means? 4 List adjectives that describe...