School Board Vocal on Plan To Change Curriculum; Social Studies Switch May...

The Washington Post;  November 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ......ninth-grade course and World History II would be an...Bruce Leiby, the social studies curriculum supervisor...they can do on World History I, they'll have...uldn't have to take world history at all. The proposal...to fulfill a social studies credit, ...

Great books of the twentieth century and their influence on social studies...

The Social Studies;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......significant domain of social studies and at the same...finely crafted world history. The book is...survey courses in world history were rapidly...American education, world history was also in...Council for the Social Studies president declared world ...

Changes to Curriculum Shelved; Board Puts Off Decision to Shift Social...

The Washington Post;  December 8, 2002 ;     577 words ......the order of its social studies courses -- however...students are failing World History and Geography...potentially skip both world history courses, by taking...ninth grade and no social studies course in 10th...supervisor for social studies, said as ...

HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS HOLD WORLD HISTORY WORKSHOP FOR...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 23, 2007 ;     297 words ......University invites social studies educators to participate...A Workshop on World History for Social Studies Teachers," will...training in teaching world history, while offering...or problems in world history. The workshop...

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION COMMISSIONER ISSUES MEMO REGARDING WORLD...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 8, 2008 ;     296 words ......Principals Other: Social Studies Teachers Type...Commissioner Subject:World History Workshop Regulatory...understanding of world history and, at the same...the Arkansas K-8 Social Studies Curriculum Framework...assortment of world history materials, ...

Putnam students receive honors at West Virginia social studies fair:...

Charleston Gazette;  May 17, 2007 ;     444 words ......Virginia State Social Studies Fair at the Civic...sociology division. The Social Studies Fair, the only...achievements of social studies students and encourages...U.S history and world history. Students from...and abstract. "Social studies play an ...

History rounds out social studies site.(ABC-CLIO)(Brief Article)

T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education);  January 1, 2002 ;     173 words ......has recently launched its World History site, completing the company's social studies Web site suite, which now...and curriculum-aligned. World History is aligned with curriculum...and continue to alter, world history. Students develop historical...the legacy of the ...

From crisis to civic engagement: the struggle over social studies standard...

Social Education;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......regarding the creation of new social studies standards. This battle over required social studies knowledge in Minnesota...dealing with U.S. history, world history, geography, economics...standards. The struggle over social studies standards in Minnesota is a story about ...

SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS STRESS THE CONCRETE OVER THE ABSTRACT.(FRONT)

The Virginian Pilot;  August 28, 1997 ;     700+ words ......to second-grade social studies. Today we will learn...Virginia's revised social studies standards are either...Charlene Chappell, social studies coordinator for...changes in Virginia's social studies standards reflect...expanding horizons, social studies ...

National assessment and the social studies.(Educational Assessment: Local...

The Clearing House;  March 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......up-to-date barometers of the status of social studies is the recently published Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning (Adler 1991...reviews literature on the state of social studies education from 1978 through 1988...nor shortage of ideas about what ...

PASSING CUTOFF LOWERED ON SOCIAL STUDIES, HISTORY SOLS.(LOCAL)

The Virginian Pilot;  November 28, 2001 ;     319 words ......answers to pass state social studies tests for the next...fifth- and eighth-grade social studies tests and the high-school U.S. history and World History II tests. The changes...Achievement on the four social-studies tests hasn't kept pace...so much of the SOL ...

Social studies: the timeless subject; open your mind to the past, and...

Career World, a Weekly Reader publication;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......places, and events make social studies come to life. Rachel Hoerman...says. Whether it's U.S. or world history, geography, civics, or another related area, social studies can help you understand...broaden your experiences in social studies now, you may find ...

Social studies overhaul to prepare for MCAS; Course changes to allow study...

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  October 25, 2004 ;     448 words ......revamping its secondary school social studies curriculum to prepare for...2009. Instead of studying world history and geography to the year...history the students will study world history from 500 to 1800. In place of world history the first two years...12th grade. ...

Teaching social studies: the standards movement.

The Clearing House;  September 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......addressed? In the social studies, the matter of curriculum...integrated set of social studies standards under development...United States and world history. Four organizations...National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) is developing...history and six eras in ...

New challenges in elementary social studies.

The Social Studies;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......For many elementary teachers, social studies has always been a backburner subject...mandates a minimum amount of time for social studies, reports from schools indicate...their schools' performance on non-social studies exams, send the not-so-subtle message that social ...