An Information Section Prepared by the Staff of Social Education This special section provides resources and teaching tips for addressing the war and helping students deal with unfolding events.
David Hicks and E. Thomas Ewing Accessing global newspapers via the Internet provides a convenient way to use instructional technology while both helping students develop skills and advance their international knowledge.
Andrew J. Milson, Teresa D. Lloyd, L. Karen Estes, and Connie Mayfield History becomes more meaningful to students when they study events from their own towns. The authors describe a variety of technology applications that can advance such research.
James Cantor, Peter Desberg, Diane Hembacher, and Nada Mach Database technology offers students the opportunity to do the investigative work of real historians.
John K. Lee and Kathryn Robinson The article describes lessons that incorporate graphing calculators, which allow students to represent numerical data graphically. One such lesson investigates monetary policy in the Populist Era.
Colleen Swain, Rachael Sharpe, and Kara Dawson The authors promote video as a powerful classroom tool that helps learners convey meaning while making their messages more easily interpreted by others.
Philip E. Molebash and Bernie Dodge The World Wide Web offers a plethora of resources to engage students; WebQuests and Web Inquiry Projects are two ways teachers can leverage these vast online resources.
Ilene R. Berson and Michael J. Berson Educators can help ensure that students experience safe and rewarding use of the Internet by instilling a set of appropriate online behaviors.
Andrew J. Milson A growing collection of online resources and web-based lessons on Latin America can enable teachers to find effective and creative ways to teach about this region.
C. Frederick Risinger The author compiles resources for students and teachers grappling with questions about the role of war in human history and about the possibility of creating a world without war.