Social Education November/December 2006
Documents Related to the Flu Pandemic of 1918
Raphael Mazzone and Lee Ann Potter
As World War I neared its end, a worldwide epidemic claimed more victims than the war itself. The two featured documents recall the loss of life and havoc in the United States.
Maps and Map Learning in Social Studies
Sarah Witham Bednarz, Gillian Acheson, and Robert S. Bednarz
Maps are essential learning tools, but they represent varying points of view; so teaching about maps must go hand-in-hand when teaching with maps.
Promising Practices in Using the Internet to Teach Social Studies
C. Frederick Risinger
From classroom blogs, day-to-day assignments, research links, or descriptions of special history projects, teachers and schools are expanding their use of the internet. The author reviews some particularly noteworthy teacher- or school-designed websites.
Harvest Ceremony—Beyond the Thanksgiving Myth
Johanna Gorelick and Genevieve Simermeyer/The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian
While the modern story of Thanksgiving describes the original feast as a friendly gathering of neighbors, in reality it had much more to do with political alliances, diplomacy, and an attempt at peaceful coexistence.
The U.S. in Iraq: Confronting Policy Alternatives
Choices for the 21st Century Education Program, Brown University
This lesson plan enables students to consider the principal alternatives facing U.S. policymakers in Iraq and to formulate their own points of view.