Social Studies and the Press: Keeping the Beast at Bay?

by Margaret Smith Crocco (Editor)

A volume International Social Studies The Series Series Richard Diem, University of Texas at San Antonio and Jeff Passe, University of North Carolina PART Getting to Know You. Beauty or Beast? Margaret Smith Crocco. Spreading the News about Social Studies, Gene Maeroff. The “Information” Social Studies’ Main Competitor, Carlos Cortes. PART Historical Perspectives. A Fickle Experiences with the Media in Historical Context, Ronald Evans. Headlines and Furrowed NCSS Engagement with Social Studies Critics and the Press, Tedd Levy. Dispatches from the Front Line of the Culture Wars, Linda Symcox. The Illusion of Editorial Perspectives On the Teaching and Learning of History, Richard J. Paxton. PART Lessons from the Field. The Press and Global Education, Merry Merryfield. Riding the The Press, Myra, and Me, David Sadker. Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop, Mark Sass. What Counts as a (News/His)Story? Whose (News/His) Story? Catherine Cornbleth. When Your Lesson Plan Ends Up on the Front Page, James McGrath Morris. PART

276 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2005