social studies

Do you think that students should have less social studies in school?

I think so cause theres no where in life that you would need it. And i also think its stupid and really boreing... So tell me what you think...

What is differencne between an adivasi and tribe

I both are mostly related to the ancient lifestyle but some difference is seen them may because of their life style. Any calrifications on this please.

Rules Of The Game: Text Flirting [Social Studies]

Does this sound right? If you are flirting with someone via text message and you make two spelling errors in two consecutive text messages, especially when the second spelling (actually formatting)...

Who Actually Reads The Drudge Report? [Social Studies]

Yesterday I was having lunch with a pal who was schooling me on the real business of the web—did you know some people are really making a killing on the internet? I did know that, but only...

Explorer Baseball Cards - Student Examples

For the past 4 years I’ve managed to slowly improve upon an integrated Social Studies project with my 5th graders. Each fall (usually around October), 5th graders in Michigan study European...

Halloween Around the World

Too often I find myself searching for the “next best thing” when it comes to interactive and collaborative tools online. Picking through blog posts, reading RSS feeds, and creating...

Social Studies: Women Do Not Search For Sex On Craigslist

Some lonely fellow answered 100 Craiglist Casual Encounters ads, presumably posted by women. Of the 81 responses he got:- 4 seems to be legitimate (or person at least): 1 successful online...

In the year 3000….Student Examples

Cue the comical falsetto voice and Conan O’Brien’s bit of looking into the future. For those that might not stay up late enough to have seen the sketch, no worries, as it’s just a...

Kid’s Travel Agency Open for Business - Student Examples

This is the 3rd and final post in a short series about a project I did with my 5th graders this year. While I won’t rehash all of the particular details of the project, the end goal was to have...

Senator Carl Levin

Senator Levin is a very popular man in Michigan. He's well respected by a vast majority of the people in the State. Last year Time magazine rated him as one of the ten best senators. As I wrote about...

Maps that Teach

Yes, I know, maps don’t actually teach learners new content. However, they do allow learners to connect locations and places with what they may be learning in the classroom. Every once and...

Banned in Boston

If this is real, it's ridiculous. The popular blog BoingBoing is banned from the City of Boston's free wifi. Apparently it contains a non-PC phrase. I wonder if the reason that politicians don't...