by Teachers.Net Gazette - Some Gangnam Style, too!
Dec 28, 2012
Some fascinating, jaw-dropping images and information. The concept of spider decoys is especially fascinating! (It's a bit scary to learn that spiders can be that clever.)
1. ESL 2. Cheating 3. Stories of positive actions to inspi...See MoreEvery month Marjan Glavac ("The Busy Educator") searches out and shares 5 of the most interesting web sites of interest to busy educators. He shares them in Teachers.Net Gazette, and Marjan's current page is linked below.
This month Marjan's 5 recommended sites focus upon:
1. ESL 2. Cheating 3. Stories of positive actions to inspire adults and students 4. A very busy Tennessee first grade class site 5. Animated Atlas of American History
Definite "do this" for me. If all you're trying to do is cover it then a standard textbook treatment of the topic is probably worthy of three weeks. If you're actually trying to teach it, then no, that isn't going to happen
I thought this might be a good place to come to ask this question. Does a country that has a free market democracy ncecessarly have to dabble in capitalism????
"Free market" is generally an economics term, not a government-related term. And I'm pretty sure it would be difficult to have a free-market economy without involving Capitalism, but it could also be that I'm not using my imagination.
I guess what I am looking for is a defintion of the similarity or difference between what we now call capitalism and free enterprise (does that help?) and how it all fits into our republican form of government.
For me (I will just go ahead and say it), capitalism reminds me more of the "greed is good" and "devil take the hindmost" philosophy. If I have my history correct (and I know people here will correct me if I don't) capitalism was born of the protestant reformation and the idea that if you don't do well economically, then God does not like you. Sure, I know that is a bit of a slanted defintion (and it's mine) but that's how I view it.
Definite "do this" for me. If all you're trying to do is cover it then a standard textbook...See More