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This theme based journal issue consists of articles and teaching ideas focusing on the Holocaust and history. This publication contains the following materials: (1) "Multiple Perspectives on the Holocaust?" (Alan Singer); (2) "Responses to 'Multiple Perspectives on the Holocaust'"; (3) "Escape to Cuba: Story of Laura Kahn, a Holocaust Survivor" (Jaimee Kahn); (4) "Guidelines for Teaching about the Holocaust" (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum); (5) "Facing History and Ourselves"; (6) "Using 'Facing History and Ourselves' to Teach about the Holocaust" (Michelle Sarro); (7) "Choices for the 21st Century" (introduction Jay Kreutzberger); (8) "Teaching about the Holocaust Using Literature" (Tammy Manor); (9) "Book Review" (John Osborne); (10) "Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl" (Gayle Meinkes-Lumia); (11) "New Jersey Mandate to Teach about the Holocaust and Genocide" (Barbara Lorfink Hadzima); (12) "Using Literature to Teach Young Children about the Holocaust" (Judith Y. Singer); (13) "Other Genocides: Teaching Using Zlata's Diary" (Janet Santo-Gruner); (14) "Recommended Holocaust Web Sites" (Michael Sangirardi and Daniel Gross); (15) "'Infectious Greed' or the Working of Capitalism?" (Martin Eisenberg); (16) "Responses to 'Infectious Greed' or the Working of Capitalism?"; (17) "Has the North American Free Trade Agreement Been a Success?" (Jessica Berni; Dennis Mooney); (18) "Using Student Dialogues to Teach Social Studies" (Michael Pezone; Jennifer Palacio; Lauren Rosenberg); (19) "Black Harlem's Struggle for Decent Housing" (Adam Stevens); (20) "Elizabeth Jennings: New York City's Nineteenth Century Rosa Parks" (Alan Singer); (21) "Tips for Using Museums as Social Studies Resources" (Lynda Kennedy); (22) "Eighth-Grade Social Studies Exit Project: Creating a 'Tree of Liberty'" (Rachel Gaglione Thompson); and (23) "Oral History Interviews as a Gateway to Historical Understanding" (Jennifer Jackson Gkourlias). (BT)

This Social Science Docket theme issue focuses on teaching local history and included theme and non-themed articles, lesson plans, learning activities, and book, movie, and museum reviews designed for K-12 social studies teachers. Articles and materials in this issue are: "Editing Is Not Censorship" (Alan Singer); "Teachers Respond to 'Editing Is Not Censorship'"; "Creation of Post-War 'Segregurbia' in New Jersey" (Lizabeth Cohen); "Levittown Legacy: Segregation in Suburbia?" (Kyle Saboo); "Fine Art and Paper Money in Jacksonian America" (Leo Hershkowitz; Theodore Cohen); "Words That Make New Jersey History" (Howard Green, with a review by Paul Gorski); "Voices from Raritan Landing"; "WPA Guide to Paterson, New Jersey's History"; "Welcome to Industrial Trenton" (Sally Lane; Beth Daly; Brian Daly); "Paul Robeson: New Jerseyan, New Yorker, Social Activist" (Felica Gillespie; Janet Gruner); "Newark: New Jersey's Phoenix" (Nancy Shakir); "Empire State: A History of New York (Milton M. Klein, Ed., review by Cynthia Vitere); "Primary Source Documents from Nineteenth Century New York State"; "Hurley, Emergency New York State Capital"; "Revisiting Chichester, New York" (Syd Golston); "Laws of the Village of Rochester, New York"; "Brooklyn, NY: The Transformation of a 19th Century Community" (Alan Singer); "Give Harding a Republican Congress" (Laura Vosswinkel; Christine Vosswinkel Blum); "Robert G. Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment" (Maureen Murphy); "New York City's Historic Trains and Trolleys" (Brian Messinger); "Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers" (Lisa Wohl; Liane Migliardi; Bobbie Robinson); "Thomas Nast Sets His Sights on 'Boss' Tweed" (Holly Ryder; Michael Levine; Bill Van Nostrand); "'Wilding': Documenting the Central Park Jogger Case, Race and Fear in New York City"; "Journeys on Old Long Island" (Natalie A. Naylor, review by Janet Gruner); "Bringing History into the Elementary School Classroom Using Family Artifacts" (Judith Y. Singer); "Creating a 'Big Book' from a Local Newspaper Story" (Judith Y. Singer; Alan Singer); "A 'History Mystery' for Elementary School Classrooms" (Andrea S. Libresco); "Exploring African American and Public History" (Ann Bianchetti); and "Using 'Farmer Boy' to Teach about 19th Century New York State" (Jacinda Lisanto). (BT)

This publication opens with a statement by the 2001-2002 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) President Adrian Davis on the horrific events of September 11, 2001. Davis said that social studies educators need to reinforce the ideals of tolerance, equity, and social justice against a backlash of antidemocratic sentiments and hostile divisions. The article, "A Shared History, A Shared Tragedy," documents that New York and New Jersey have transcended political differences to cooperate in times of emergencies. Other articles in this issue include: "Are We Teaching 'Greek Myths' in the Global History Curriculum?" (A. Singer); "Teachers Respond to Teaching 'Greek Myths'"; "High-School-Level Activity: Editorial Board Meeting for a Textbook Publisher" (D. J. McNamara);"Demythologizing Subject Matter" (D. Cowell); "Review of the New York State Great Irish Famine Curriculum Guide" (K. Sheehan); "Teaching about the Great Irish Famine: A Response" (M. Murphy); "Teaching Writing with Documents" (J. Balantic; A. Libresco); "High School Classroom Activity: Teaching about the French Revolution--A Play" (M. Pezone); "Using Personal Family Documents in Document-Based Instruction" (E. Putnam); "Bridging Differences of Time, Place, and Culture" (J. Y. Singer); "Celebrating African American History: A Play" (C. Goodman); "Using Geography To Integrate Science and Social Studies" (H. Dircks); "A Science Teacher Looks at Social Studies: How Does Geography Shape History?" (S. M. Hines); "Eighth Grade Study-Travel Trip to Washington, DC" (R. Morris; J. McNeelly); "Web Site Directory on Economic Globalization" (K. W. Leman); "Tale of Two (New Jersey) Canals" (H. Green); "Middle-Level Activity: Towpath Canals of New Jersey" (L. Barth); "'Erie Canal: New York's Gift to the Nation': Review" (E. Samora), "Excerpts" (F. D. Larkin), and "Lesson Activities"; and "Genessee Valley Canal" (D. June). (BT)

A joint publication of the New York and New Jersey State Councils for the Social Studies, "Social Science Docket" presents K-12 teachers with resources covering the social science disciplines, including history, economics, political science, sociology, geography, anthropology, and psychology. Each issue includes theme-related and non-themed articles; lesson plans; learning activities; book, movie, and museum reviews; and organization, Web site, and print listings. Regular features include teaching with historic places, document-based instruction, local history, using oral history, and addressing controversial issues. Contents of Volume 1 Number 1 include: "Shared History--The Separation of New Jersey and New York"; "Social Studies Standards"; "The Meaning of Freedom in the Modern World" (A. Singer); "Special Section: Great Irish Famine Curriculum" ("Addressing Controversial Historical Issues through the Study of the Great Irish Famine" (M. Murphy, M. McC. Miletta, A. Singer); "Visiting Ireland Today" (J. Y. Singer, A. Singer); "Great Irish Famine Museum" (R. Gaglione, L. Costello); "Traditional Irish Crafts"; "Malthus, Classical Political Economy, and the Causes of the Great Famine" (L. Frohman); "Check It Out--Building with Books" (C. A. Dircks); "Irish Immigrants in Paterson, New Jersey during the Jacksonian Era" (H. Harris); "Local History: The Civil Rights Movement on Long Island" (S. Cornelius); "The Battle Over School Integration on Long Island, N.Y." (J. K. Loftus); "What Happens to a Dream Deferred" (D. G. Mitchell); "Teaching with Oral History: Dr. Eugene Reed and the Battle for Civil Rights on Long Island" (C. Grant, J. Syffrard); "The Character of the Electoral College: A View from New York State" (G. Bugh); "Selecting the President" (H. Dircks); "Current Events from the Past" (L. Lupinski-Huvane); "The Warts Are Missing at Most Historic Sites" (A. S. Libresco); "A Science Teacher Looks at Social Studies" (S. M. Hines); "Human Rights Education: Human Rights on the World Wide Web" (D. Banks); and "Teaching Children about Human Rights Using the Work of Eve Bunting" (J. Singer). Contents of Volume 1 Number 2, a Slavery and the Northern States-themed issue, are: "Editorial and Classroom Activity: Teaching about Slavery in the Americas" (A. Singer); "Teachers Respond to Teaching about Slavery in the Americas"; "Teaching about Slavery: A Pedagogical Paradox" (J. J. McNamara); "Slavery and the Northern States: Complicity and Resistance" (A. Singer); "The Freedom Quest in New York State"; "Abolitionists among New York's 'Founding Fathers'" (K. Brady); "Classroom Activity: New Yorkers Battle Against Slavery"; "The History of Slavery in New Jersey" (G. R. Wright); "Fighting for Freedom" (N. Shakir); "Teaching Ideas" (N. Shakir); "John Woolman: New Jersey's Eighteenth Century Quaker Abolitionist" (C. F. Howlett); "Underground Railroad Sites in New York and New Jersey" (L. Peterson; J. Pesato); "The Underground Railroad and Abolitionism in Central New York" (J. Wellman); "Classroom Activity: "Runaway Slave Advertisements from around the Region"; "Classroom Activity: Documenting Complicity with Slavery"; "Classroom Activity: Debating Resistance to Slavery"; "Using History-Mysteries with Elementary Students: Or, How You can Stop Worrying and Learn To Love the Test" (A. S. Libresco); "African American Lives in Early New Jersey: Excerpts from the Narratives of Abraham Johnstone, William Boen, and Samuel Ringgold Ward"; "African American Lives in Early New York State: Excerpts from the Narratives of Venture Smith, Sojourner Truth, William Brown, and Reverend Thomas James"; "A Scientist Looks at Social Studies: What Is Race?" (S. M. Hines); "Slavery on the World Wide Web" (R. Edwards, V. K. Campbell, C. Cronin); "Viewing History? Film and Historical Memory" (C. Vitiere); "Perspective and Engagement: Slavery and Reconstruction in Literature for Middle and High School Students" (S. Smith); "Teaching Young Children about Slavery" (J. Y. Singer); "Book Reviews: Freedom Crossing and Where I'm Bound" (R. Gaglione, D. Golden); and "Collaboration between Teachers and School Media Specialists" (H. Willett). (BT)