Social Studies

Teaching skills come in handy in Iraq for local instructor (Reporter-Times)

6 Jul 2008

Jon Marion teaches an economics class at Martinsville High School in addition to social studies, U.S. history and government. Today, though he is more than 6,700 miles from home, he finds himself still teaching a familiar subject — just to a different audience.

LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA: Economics with social conscience (The New Straits Times)

5 Jul 2008

ECONOMICS is the dismal science, as the 19th century Victorian historian Thomas Carlyle put it.

Family finds Hong Kong fortune in hats (CNN.com)

5 Jul 2008

In ancient China, a hat tells of social rank. For the six Ngan siblings, hats tell the story of their rise to fortune.