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Social studies lessons are more engaging for elementary school students when they can connect the history to themselves. It’s often more difficult for children to learn if they can’t see the relevance of the topic to their own lives. A …
By the end of George Makari’s engaging – indeed monumental – Soul Machine: The Invention of the Modern Mind (W.W. Norton 2016: 652 pp.) one comes to understand that the modern mind is more ancient than most people believe and the …
Putting ourselves in the situation of people who lived years ago in a different historical place and time is a challenge. For example, before technological advances in medicine such as penicillin, common infections,wounds, and injuries would often proven to be …
As a social worker myself, I always wonder what leads an individual to become a social worker. Armin L. Saeger, Jr. was raised during difficult times and faced the challenges of the Great Depression and World War II. As an 18 …
by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Bertha Capen Reynolds (1885-1978) was born and raised in Massachusetts. She graduated from Smith College with a Bachelors of Social Work degree in 1908. Over the course of her career Reynolds …
