Article: Social studies plans diverge; One asks what; the other why.(NEWS)

Article: Our Constitution: how much do you know about the laws of ...
Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin);  September 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... includes the president. * The Constitution can be amended, or changed ... would you include in a classroom constitution? Why? Social Studies Extension: Guide students in writing a classroom constitution. Ask them to brainstorm ideas ...

Article: Sept. 17: schools must teach Constitution.(Curriculum ...
District Administration;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... organize a student program covering the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, dubbed Constitution Day. Aside from wondering how schools are ... the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution program, and creating a single-day lesson ...

Article: Teaching the Constitution to twenty-first century ...
Social Education;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... their knowledge and analytical skills. Teaching about the Constitution can sometimes be overly dry and textual, and may be hampered ... controversies or complaints and discover whether or not the Constitution addresses those issues. For instance, given a set of amendments ...

A national council for the social studies.
The Social Studies;  March 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... interested in promoting the social studies in the schools a National ... Council for Teachers of Social Studies was organized March ... stated in the temporary constitution, adopted for one year ... cooperation of teachers of social studies - history, government ...

Human rights orientation of prospective social studies ...
The Social Studies;  November 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... orientations of some social studies students in ... associations toward the constitution, contemporary ... Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), good ... outcomes of social studies education is ... enshrined in the constitutions of the various ...

The Social Studies of Harold Ordway Rugg (1886-1960).
The Social Studies;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... interested in promoting the social studies in the schools a National ... Council for Teachers of Social Studies was organized March ... stated in the temporary constitution, adopted for one year ... cooperation of teachers of social studies--history, government ...

Article: Supporting English-language learners in social ...
The Social Studies;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Learning abstract concepts in social studies is another challenge for ... National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS 1994) describes social studies as drawing its content ... addresses themes such as the Constitution, the Bill of Rights ...