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October 2009
2016 Olympics, Virtual Schools & More
Welcome to the new issue of ProQuest Teachable Moments.
This month, you'll find 21st-century, standards-aligned lessons focusing on
robotics, online education, health care reform, social networking, World Space Week, global warming, pending legislation,
and more. (More lessons.)
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Enter to win a title from Linworth Books & ProQuest
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SIRS Discoverer
World Space Week: Space for Education
October 4-10 marks the 10th anniversary of World Space Week. This year, the theme is "Space for Education." Looking to the stars has always inspired children to wonder and learn. This educational tool has been applied not just in science and mathematics but in history, language arts, and more.
eLibrary (new!)
Virtual Schools & ProQuest CourseCarts
The integration of technology into teaching and learning is rapidly demonstrating that major education reform is possible when it's linked to effective use of technology tools. One of the most popular technology applications during this decade is the emergence of the online virtual school.
Students: What are the disadvantages of online schools? How do most teachers view online schooling and why? Would you like to attend online schools: Why or why not?
Answer these questions and go in-depth with eLibrary (video).
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eLibrary Science
Cap & Trade = Global Warming Solution?
President Obama's Cap and Trade legislation is designed to dramatically reduce the emission of industrial generated carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.
ProQuest has created a BookCart lesson plan inside eLibrary Science to help your students learn more about "Global Warming—Effects and Solutions."
SIRS Decades
Thurgood Marshall, the Supreme Court, and Civil Rights
In 1954, Thurgood Marshall achieved national recognition for his successful argument of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The Supreme Court's decision in this landmark case overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson by ruling that public school segregation constituted an unconstitutional violation of rights guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.
Assign students to research the Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka decision that changed history and launched the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.
It's a project tailor-made for SIRS Decades.
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SIRS Issues Researcher (new!)
Using Social Networking Tools @ School
Social-networking tools aren't just for listening to new musical groups on MySpace. The evolving world of online communication—blogs, podcasts, tags, file swapping, Tweeting— offers students radically new ways to research, create, collaborate, and learn.
Let students explore some of the issues of the use of technology in schools and how that impacts student achievement and teacher management of the learning process.
Our SIRS Leading Issue—Cyber-Socializing—is a great place to start.
Get the facts in our new SIRS Issues Researcher solution (video).
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ProQuest Platinum
Controlling Greenhouse Emissions—Costs vs. Benefits
Proponents of Cap and Trade legislation currently before Congress claim that it can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming and create powerful incentives for individuals and companies to shift from burning fossil fuels to the increased use of renewable sources.
Students: What are at least three reasons that you support or object to Cap and Trade and why? How does the European Union Cap and Trade policy function?
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eLibrary Elementary
Robotics—Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
Many schools have integrated the building of robots into their science classes as one method of project-based learning. Using off-the-shelf products, student can program robots through the use of new mini-computers.
ProQuest has created a BookCart learning activity appropriate for elementary or middle school students: "Robotics.''
eLibrary Curriculum Edition (new!)
21st-Century Teaching & Learning
Education is poised for major reforms through the vision of Education Secretary Duncan and new federal funding of the stimulus and Race for the Top. The development of educational technology, and its increasing use in schools, is powering a revolution in both teaching and learning.
ProQuest has created a BookCart learning activity (details) to help your students learn more about "21st Century Teaching and Learning" Each model Cart we provide is a complete and one-stop learning activity for your pupils.
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Grants for Educators @ Grant Wrangler
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Cultures in Focus
CultureGrams broadens student knowledge of our world. Visit
Lithuania in our
World
Edition.
Did You Know? Lithuania was the first Soviet republic to declare independence from the U.S.S.R.? (More)
Spotlights & Challenge Quests
National Hispanic Awareness Month is held annually from September 15 to October 15 in honor of the anniversary of several Latin American nations' independence.
Learn more about notable Hispanic Americans and trace Hispanic culture's unique impact on the American experience in our new SIRS Spotlight of the Month.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice on August 6.
SIRS asks: Sotomayor is a first-generation American, born in the Bronx, New York. What is her heritage?
Top 3 Websites
Each month, our SIRS team scours the Internet for top-quality websites for schools and students. Dive into this month's selections: Halloween, Vinson Massif, Leaves. (More)
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Click a product icon above to find out what's new in each ProQuest solution this Fall. (Don't miss all of our free, lesson-packed email newsletters.)
CultureGrams
Campaign for the 2016 Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) met in Copenhagen, Denmark, for its 121st session earlier this month. The key event to take place at the Copenhagen meeting was the naming of the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The winner? Rio!
With Chicago out of the running and the spotlight shining on Brazil and South America's first Olympic bid, assign students to serve on a mock IOC. These students will decide which host city will host the Olympics based on cases presented to them by their classmates.
Encourage students to use the photo, video, and slideshow galleries in CultureGrams to find images or footage to incorporate into their presentations. In class, have students present their country's cases to the mock IOC and have the committee members vote for the most successful or persuasive presentation. The have the committee members explain their reasons for their decision.
World Conflicts Today
UNICEF—Protecting the Children of the World
October is UNICEF month. UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, is charged with protecting the world's children from violence and aiding their development. The organization is active in 190 countries, including those in which contemporary conflicts render life especially difficult for children—if they survive at all.
Sadly, children can also be drawn into conflicts in areas where there is relatively little overt violence. In Northern Ireland, for example, a 2002 survey showed that Catholic and Protestant children as young as three had learned to hold symbols of each other's traditions in contempt.
Read through the Overviews from the Colombia and Darfur reports in World Conflicts Today; then answer the essential questions for critical thinking associated with each of the photos in our activity.
Explore more timely, history-related themes inside Retroview and History Happenings, ProQuest's hands-on social studies email newsletters.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Think 1994: The Health Care Reform Debate
Today, the U.S. is in the process of another health care reform effort, led by President Obama and Congressional Democrats. The reform this time is more modest and would create a combination of private health insurance for those already covered by employers and a public option that would cover all the other uninsured or underinsured. How does the debate during the Clinton Presidency mirror the pro vs. con arguments being used today?
Students: What were some of the arguments against health care reform during the Clinton administration? What were some of the arguments for health care reform? What is your position on health care reform, and why?
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