Social Education
March 1997
Volume 61 No. 3

The Dreary Life of the Cowboy: Memoir and Myth in Cowboy Ballads
E. Martin Pedersen
Although his own ballads describe the cowboy as a workingman with long hours and hard chores, this realistic image gave way to the modern gun-toting prairie superman.

Using the Geographic Perspective to Enrich History
Sarah Bednarz
Geography is more than the backdrop for history; it can add a rich dimension to the study of the past.

Technology and Social Studies: An Introduction
Charles S. White
The power of modern communications technology to shape our lives is a reflection of what we have become: a visual society.

Past, Possibilities, and Potholes along the Information Superhighway
Joseph A. Braun, jr.
This description of the Internet focuses on why the computer network began, where it may be going, and how it can be used for historical research.

Citizenship, Diversity and Distance Learning: Videoconferencing in Connecticut
Edward C. Sembor
Two Connecticut schools try out videoconferencing technology to increase understanding among students of different races. The results are encouraging.

Using Technology for Powerful Social Studies Learning
Stephen A. Rose and Phyllis M. Fernlund
These guidelines will help teachers to chart the right directions and make the most effective use of the new electronic technologies.

The Internet Ten
Clark Johnson and Jeck Rector
The performance expectations outlined by the NCSS Curriculum Standards can be a guide to teaching with the Internet. Here are some useful websites for standards-related instruction.

A Trip to Historic Philadelphia on the Web
Elizabeth K. Wilson
This virtual tour of Philadelphia may be only the beginning of your students' historical ventures in cyberspace.