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March 2009
National Women's History Month & More
Welcome to the new issue of ProQuest Teachable Moments. This month, you'll find school-ready lessons focusing on
business ethics, our global financial crisis, women's rights, nuclear power, St. Patrick's Day,
and more. (Lesson archives.)
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eLibrary
Business & Ethics: Oil & Water?
ProQuest has created a BookCart learning activity for your students to learn more about the connection of ethics and the well-being of companies and our economy: Business Ethics: An Oxymoron?
SIRS Discoverer
Weight Loss: An American Obsession
Everywhere you look, there are so-called new-and-improved ways to lose weight. Americans spend $33 billion annually on weight loss foods, products, and services, according to the American Dietetic Association. With that amount of spending, it is no surprise that there are an overwhelming number of "fad" diets and other weight-loss products on the market.
Students: Why don't most popular diets work in the long term? What types of foods should be included in a healthy diet and why? What type of foods should be avoided in a healthy diet and why?
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eLibrary Science
Nuclear Power--Savior or Demon?
On March 28, 1979, an accident occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant outside Harrisburg, PA. This was the most serious in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history, even though it led to no deaths or injuries to plant workers or members of the nearby community.
Now the U.S. is confronted with the challenge of creating a new energy policy that is predicated on the decreased use of fossil fuels, especially oil. Will the alternatives include the building of additional nuclear power plants? Is this a wise strategy?
SIRS Decades
Women's Struggle for Recognition & Equality
Women's History Month activities have played a major role in the development of a new brand of history textbook that now include many of the achievements of American women.
These achievements have come despite the traditional economic, social, and political barriers that women have had to overcome. Despite great progress during the last four decades, women continue to have to work for real equality on a variety of issues that concern them.
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SIRS Researcher
Federal government to the rescue... Again?
Which side do your students support in our current economic debate? SIRS Leading Issues provides an excellent way for students to build critical thinking skills while they learn more about our economy and the politics that drive it.
Assign students to open the Economic Policy, U.S. Leading Issue and defend a pro or con position. Students should access the My Analysis tab that gets them started on the five-step process of analyzing, synthesizing, and creating a product that shows their reasoned opinion on the issue.
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ProQuest Platinum
Erin Go Bragh
Students: What are the major contributions of Irish immigrants to American culture? How are the experiences of Irish American immigrants similar to or different from other immigrants? How did economics play a role in the Irish immigration to America?
Let ProQuest Platinum help students answer these timely questions.
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eLibrary Elementary
Significant Women in American History
Most elementary curricula include research activities that focus on biography of famous people. Our new activity is designed to use biographies of famous American women to learn more about their role in creating much of the progress in our country. Teachers should assign each student a different woman from our list (or add to it).
eLibrary Curriculum Edition
The Women's Rights Movement
The new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women's and society's thoughts about women's equality and emancipation. Many young women today may feel that they have reached an acceptable level of equity. But many feminists from the 1970's know too well the ingrained traditions of patriarchal society.
Students can learn more about the struggle for women's rights, both in America and the world, by using a special model BookCart created by ProQuest: Women's History--Struggle for Equality.
The BookCart includes examples of essential questions for critical thinking that motivate and guide students to do more than find and regurgitate facts.
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SIRS Spotlights + Challenge Quests
Women's contributions to American history are immeasurable. Despite the obstacles encountered in societies once hostile to equal rights, they have overcome hardships and adversities to make lasting contributions to many fields.
Our new SIRS Spotlight of the Month pays tribute to Women's History Month by honoring women and their contributions to American and world history.
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is often called the "Last Great Race on Earth."
Long before the historic Iditarod Trail was a competition, it was a mail and supply route. SIRS asks the question: In what year was the Iditarod Trail declared a National Historic Trail by Congress?
ProQuest Recorded Video Training:
Anytime, Anywhere, Any Device
In addition to the free, Web-based training courses we offer each
month,
you can also tap into our
recorded training videos.
Available anytime, these 5-75 minute self-paced Flash videos allow users to pause and resume their training anytime.
You may now stream or download our
CultureGrams,
SIRS The Human Element Animated Video,
New eLibrary Quick Tour +
Smart Content,
and
ProQuest Platform
(Gold, Silver, Platinum, etc.) videos.
CultureGrams
Irish-American Heritage Month
Each March 17th, many Americans of Irish descent and their friends typically celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
One of the epithets used in the celebration is Erin Go Bragh (loosely translated: Ireland forever). But how much do we know about the Ireland of today and how Irish society compares with the United States?
Using the build-your-own Comparison Table, select Ireland and the United States in the Nations field. For the categories field, select "Add All." Then, click "Create Comparison Table." Alternatively, use the Comparison Graphs feature. How do the two countries compare?
World Conflicts Today
Wartime Photos & Northern Ireland
Imagine a photograph of a flag-draped coffin with the following caption: "Only hours before his death, Hector Gonzales told his buddies that withdrawing U.S. troops now would undermine everything he had fought for."
Then, contrast that with the same photo appearing over a caption like: "Thousands of Americans have died in Iraq, and many more have sustained terrible injuries."
The different emotions likely engendered by the two captions reveal that captions are a crucial part of the context that determines photographic meaning.
Examine all the issues in this World Conflicts Today activity.
Explore additional history-related themes inside Retroview and History Happenings, our hands-on social studies newsletters.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Timeline of Women's Rights Movement
March is Women's History Month.
Assign students to create a timeline of major events in the Women's Rights Movement. The timeline will utilize the five eras listed in this month's lesson under "Pathfinder."
Student may choose between a written report of at least 150 words, or a presentation of at least seven slides.
The timeline should include a picture(s) of the women leader(s) of that era, a summary that includes changes in the role of women, and major reforms or legislation enacted that affected the rights of women.
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