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5 Ways Edtech Enhances Social Studies Lessons

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According to Wikipedia: “In the United States education system, social studies is the integrated study of multiple fields of social science and the humanities, including history, geography, and political science.” There are lots of social studies-oriented games and simulations.

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What lessons can we learn from past pandemics?

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In light of the social inequalities highlighted by COVID-19, this knowledge has never been more important. The social sciences have a very important role to play in uncovering the causes and consequences of pandemics, past and present, and preparing us for pandemics of the future.

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The power of geographic information systems: bringing data to life with maps

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I began my career in the technical side of GIS, but I have been wooed to the social sciences. Todd Schuble Role: Director of GIS Organisation: Bureau of Technology for Cook County Government (Chicago, Illinois) As Director of GIS in the Bureau of Technology, I provide GIS services for the departments of the Cook County Government.

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The importance of community for reducing social isolation

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Mexican women often follow their partners into the workforce to support the family income, but they also tend to have primary responsibility for children, family and the home, meaning that the time they have left to socialise and develop meaningful relationships with other women is scarce.

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Can music be a tool for social transformation?

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“It may not change people’s social circumstances immediately,” he says, “but it can change the way they see themselves, which can bring increased well-being and potentially lead to positive changes.”. FIELD OF RESEARCH: Arts and Social Science. MEET PATRICIA. As a kid, I loved music, however I was not sure what I wanted to be.

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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

In 1845 Kelvin (as we’ll call him) had spent some time in Paris (primarily at at a lab that was measuring properties of steam for the French government), and there he’d learned about Carnot’s work from Clapeyron’s paper (at first he couldn’t get a copy of Carnot’s actual book). But first we have to go back a bit in the story.

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Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories

Stephen Wolfram

the Vietnam War), whose idea was that it was time to stop the government fighting an unwinnable war, and this could be achieved by having an organization that would coordinate citizens to threaten a run on banks unless the war was ended. When you made a copy or did something, you had to have a government person look at it. We haven’t.