Learn Abouts is a nonfiction, curriculum - based science and
social studies reading program.
Try these tips with the following Merit programs: Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Upper Grades, Accu - Reading, Science Reading for College Prep, and
Social Studies Reading for College Prep
Truth Sometimes Hides Reading /
Social Studies Read the following poem together and discuss the differences between folktales and history in poems.
Madame President
Social Studies Read A Woman For President, The Story of Victoria Woodhull by Kathleen Krull (Walker, 2004) and discuss this important woman who was a candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1872.
Not exact matches
When Spreng
read a Journal of General Internal Medicine
study on elder abuse in New York that found more than half of financial exploitation is carried out by a person the victim knew, he wondered: Just how well are older adults navigating the complexities of their
social environment?
After
reading this
study, I'm wondering if perhaps women entrepreneurs face very different
social environments than the men do, even outside of tech enclaves like Silicon Valley.
She talks about the scores of ethnographies she'd
read, and how white, liberal
social scientists were shocked, shocked to discover that most of the Klan members they
studied were pretty nice people.
Study competitor case
studies,
read industry analyst reports, go to forums and professional online networks, use Facebook Audience Insights, conduct surveys and interviews, and do cold outreach via email and
social media.
Let's use my food blog as an example (make sure you
read my
social media strategy case
study, if you haven't already).
I'm looking to eventually teach theology, but in between my personal
studies, an obsessive
reading habit, and spending far too much money on coffee, I started a blog called New Ways Forward as an outlet for some of my random thoughts and a way to interact with others who share a passion for theology, Biblical
studies, and
social justice.
Preparation for preaching, therefore, should include time spent
studying the human and
social implications of their pastoral and community relationships;
reading papers and magazines; listening to radio; watching television; attending the theater and movies in order that the church's preaching may engage the meanings that influence people with the meanings of the gospel.
With a number of fellow pastors who became lifelong friends, Rauschenbusch
studied,
read, talked, debated and plumbed the new
social theories of the day, especially those of the non-Marxist socialists whom John C. Cort has recently traced in Christian Socialism (Orbis, 1988) The pastors wove these theories together with biblical themes to form» «Christian Sociology,» a hermeneutic of
social history that allowed them to see the power of God's kingdom being actualized through the democratization of the economic system (see James T. Johnson, editor, The Bible in American Law, Politics and Rhetoric [Scholars Press, 1985]-RRB- They pledged themselves to new efforts to make the spirit of Christianity the core of
social renewal at a time when agricultural - village life was breaking down and urban - cosmopolitan patterns were not yet fully formed.
By contrast, in literature class we
read poetry and fiction, and in
social science we
study the subjective beliefs of various cultures from a naturalistic perspective.
The ease with which many disconnect their individual faiths from institutional belonging is revealed in a
study of the unchurched in Appalachia: 80 per cent engaged in religious activities every week — activities ranging from prayer to
reading, from watching religious television programs to conversations with others or visits to ministers (David H. Smith et al., Participation in
Social and Political Activities [Jossey - Bass, 1980], p. 222).
If I were choosing recent books in this area which most deserve to be
read outside the country, I would start with Oliver O'Donovan's political theology in The Desire of the Nations; John Milbank's critique of the
social sciences in Theology and Social Theory; Timothy Gorringe's provocative political reading of Karl Barth in Karl Barth: Against Hegemony; Peter Sedgwick's The Market Economy and Christian Ethics; Michael Banner's Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems; Duncan Forrester's Christian Justice and Public Policy; and Timothy Jenkins's Religion in Everyday Life: An Ethnographic Approach, which argues with a dense interweaving of theory and empirical study for a social anthropological approach to English religion which has learned much from the
social sciences in Theology and
Social Theory; Timothy Gorringe's provocative political reading of Karl Barth in Karl Barth: Against Hegemony; Peter Sedgwick's The Market Economy and Christian Ethics; Michael Banner's Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems; Duncan Forrester's Christian Justice and Public Policy; and Timothy Jenkins's Religion in Everyday Life: An Ethnographic Approach, which argues with a dense interweaving of theory and empirical study for a social anthropological approach to English religion which has learned much from the
Social Theory; Timothy Gorringe's provocative political
reading of Karl Barth in Karl Barth: Against Hegemony; Peter Sedgwick's The Market Economy and Christian Ethics; Michael Banner's Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems; Duncan Forrester's Christian Justice and Public Policy; and Timothy Jenkins's Religion in Everyday Life: An Ethnographic Approach, which argues with a dense interweaving of theory and empirical
study for a
social anthropological approach to English religion which has learned much from the
social anthropological approach to English religion which has learned much from theology.
Well somebody didn't
read their Harry Potter, because an Ohio middle school is actually allowing some parents to opt their children out of part of the state
social studies curriculum on the grounds that they don't want their kids learning about Muslims.
PS 116's principal Jane Hsu told DNA Info that the school «spent over a year «analyzing
studies focused on the effects of traditional homework» and decided that it was more important for the Pre-K through fifth grade students to do activities that «have been proven to have a positive impact on student academic performance and
social / emotional development» such as
reading at their own pace and playing.»
I have worked with children nd adults of all ages starting at 5 months of age and have professionally tutored and taught Math, Science,
Social Studies, English, Creative Writing,
Reading and specialize in working with kids with special needs, learning disabilities, or those who may just need a little extra patience.
But I think that in weeks that I'm off, and all of those times that I am just me with them — I don't do a lot of
social things, I don't go out a lot with girlfriends, I
read, I
study a couple times a week with a Jewish
study partner, which is an intellectual exercise and also a
social one.
We teach children
reading, math, science,
social studies, Spanish, sign language and life skills.
Reading with good comprehension sets kids up for success in all of their other subjects, like
social studies, math, and science.
Not only does a fluent reader make the transition to being a fluent writer much more easily than a non-fluent reader, but as students get older
reading plays an important role in math, science, and
social studies, too.
A child needs to be taught many decoding strategies and needs support to use those strategies in every subject area because
reading is required in language arts, writing, math,
social studies, science.
Studies show that kids with active exposure to language have
social and educational advantages over their peers — and
reading is one of the best exposures to language.
«I urge you to shun
social vices and be law - abiding and serious minded in your
studies, because those who do not
read are to be pitied than those who can not
read.
«This
study of one
social attitude in one domain — gender stereotypes in chess — does nothing to disprove the reality of discrimination generally, but it does suggest that this one mechanism, stereotype threat, may be more limited in its applicability than one might conclude from
reading the experimental literature alone,» Stafford concludes in his research article.
These
studies suggest that
social intelligence depends on more than knowing specific
social rules or having certain
social abilities, like the ability to
read people's facial expressions.
Now, with a list of authors that
reads like a Who's Who in
social evolution
studies, five letters take Nowak et al. to task in print.
Dr. Hackmann
read for a M.Phil in contemporary
social theory at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and holds a PhD in science and technology
studies from the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
Extrovert Chinese students learning English as a second language are likely to perform better in speaking and
reading, but less proficient in listening than their introvert counterparts, according to a
study published in Pertanika Journal of
Social Sciences and Humanities (JSSH).
If you have defensible doubts that the data are actually rubbish (say, an fMRI data set littered with spikes, distortions, and excessive motion artifacts, or a
social psychology
study where you discovered posthoc that all the participants were illiterate and couldn't
read the questionnaires) then by all means throw them in the bin.
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Read Journal
The
study, published in the September issue of
Social Science & Medicine, was conducted by researchers at Yale University who wanted to see how
reading books and periodicals might affect longevity.
It would be possible that spending too much time
studying,
reading, solving problems, and pursuing other «egghead» activities might leave you a little light on
social techniques.
Celebrate the Chinese New Year in your classroom with this rich assortment of activities covering
reading passage, fluency passage and chart, comprehension, vocabulary, writing,
social studies (culture), and more.
Projects were designed to address nearly all Michigan second - grade standards in
social studies and many Michigan second - grade standards (which are the Common Core State Standards) for informational
reading and informational writing.
Events such as Election Day mock voting, Veteran's Day Memorial program, and our 9/11 Remembrance take place throughout the year and are integrated into our rich curriculum, which includes classes in physical education, music, Spanish, art, and technology in addition to the core subjects of
reading, math, science, and
social studies.
Social studies is often neglected in the U.S. primary grades, and although literacy typically gets lots of attention at this age, informational
reading and writing often do not.
A total of 99 students in groups of two conditions were compared; one group received non-arts-infused academic lessons in math,
reading, or
social studies, while the other received lessons in the same subjects that integrated dance, music, visual art, or theater.
This project is an innovative and fun way to teach
social studies along with
reading.
I have taught middle school
reading, language arts,
social studies, science, industrial technology, life skills, and careers education.
We channeled our frustration into the development of four project - based learning (PBL) units for second grade that focus on
social studies and informational
reading and writing.
It has become a mantra in education that No Child Left Behind, with its pressure to raise test scores, has reduced classroom time devoted to the arts (and science,
social studies, and everything else besides
reading and math).
At KIPP Ascend, regular class periods, or blocks, are twice as long as the average block — 110 minutes every day for core subjects like math,
reading,
social studies, and science.
As researchers long focused on
social studies and informational
reading and writing education in the early elementary grades, we were frustrated by this pattern of neglect, and troubled that it is even worse in high - poverty school settings.
This
study investigates the relationships of perceived plausibility and comprehension of multiple articles related to a
social science topic (the PISA
study) and effects of recipients»
reading goal with multilevel models (items nested within recipients) on a trial - by - trial basis.
In the PBL group, gains were 63 percent higher for
social studies and 23 percent higher for informational
reading than in the control group.
Sessions were tightly aligned to Michigan
social studies and informational
reading and writing standards (which are the Common Core State Standards) and included research - supported instructional practices.
And in a similarly placed story (on the Times front page) a couple of weeks before Rich's, colleague Pam Belluck reported that a new
study in the journal Science had found that «after
reading literary fiction, as opposed to popular fiction or serious nonfiction, people performed better on tests measuring empathy,
social perception and emotional intelligence — skills that come in especially handy when you are trying to
read someone's body language or gauge what they might be thinking.»)
Students may create several exhibit pieces per module; exhibits must include contributions from each of the core subject areas: language arts,
reading, math, and science or
social studies plus the related arts teams (art, foreign languages, and library).