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Surfing Social Studies: the Internet Book. INSTITUTION National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, DC DOCUMENT RESUME ED 439 058 SO 031 379 AUTHOR Braun, Joseph A., Jr., Ed.; Risinger, C. Frederick, Ed. TITLE Surfing Social Studies: The Internet Book. INSTITUTION National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, DC. ISBN ISBN-0-87986-078-2 PUB DATE 1999-00-00 NOTE 169p. AVAILABLE FROM National Council for the Social Studies, 3501 Newark Street, NW, Washington, DC 20016-3167 ($20, members' price $14). Tel: 202-966-7840; Web site: http://www.ncss.org. PUB TYPE Books (010) Collected Works General (020) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Citizenship Education; Economics Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Geography Instruction; Global Approach; Higher Education; History Instruction; Instructional Innovation; *Internet; *Social Studies; *Student Motivation; Teacher Education IDENTIFIERS Global Issues; *Technology Integration ABSTRACT The Internet makes available an unparalleled, and seemingly unlimited, repository of resources and ideas for social studies teachers. This book provides guidance and explores how the Internet can become an essential element in a teacher's repertoire of tools for engaging students in social studies curriculum. Chapters in the book are: (1) "Effective Internet Searching" (Barbara Brehm) ; (2) "The Webmaster's Tale" (Tim Dugan); (3) "The Classroom Website" (Timothy A. Keiper and Linda Bennett); (4) "Teaching History"(C. Frederick Risinger); (5) "The Virtual Tour" (Eileen Giuffre Cotton); (6) "Teaching Geography" (Cheryl L. Mason and Marsha Alibrandi); (7) "Creating Teledemocracy" (Bruce Larson and Timothy A. Keiper); (8) "Civic Education" (Bruce Larson and Angie Harwood); (9) "Economics Education" (Lawrence A. Weiser and Mark C. Schug);(10) "Global Education" (Bob Coulson and Alma Vallisneri); (11) "Global Issues" (Gregory A. Levitt); (12) "Art-Based Resources" (David B. Williams); (13) "Multiculturalism and the Internet" (Deborah A. Byrnes and Grace Huerta);(14) "Teacher Education" (D. Mark Myers);(15) "Problem-Based Learning" (Anthony W. Lorsbach and Fred Basolo, Jr.);(16) "Citizenship Projects" (John W. Saye and John D. Hoge); (17) "Civic-Moral Development" (Joseph A. Braun, Jr.); (18) "Safe Web Exploration" (Michael Berson and Eileen Berson); and (19) "Assessment" (Pat Nickell). (Each chapter contains references.) (BT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. =I PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY M.F L-0,-Cre_y TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 A uS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 4011111k Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) arThis document has been reproducedas 14.11r" received from the person or organization originating it AlaiA°Pfr Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality o Points of view or opinions stated in this -"ILAINIIM. document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy II : A P P i I'/ lir BESTCOPYAVAIMLE 2 SURFING SOCIAL STUDIES EIIIIIIIIIq"--- THE INTERNET BOOK Edited by Joseph A. Braun, Jr. & C. Frederick Risinger NCSS Bulletin 96 4 National Council for the Social Studies NCSSFounded 1921 Executive Officers NCSS Executive Director Richard Theisen Martharose Laffey President Susan Adler Department Directors President-Elect Timothy Daly Adrian Davis Administration Vice President Susan Griffin Council Services and Membership Marketing Board of Directors Jaime Hitchcock Christine Allen Meetings Stephen Armstrong Janet Lieberman Richard Diem Communications and Government Relations Diane Hart Binta Jalloh Timothy McGettigan Kay Knowles Finance Margaret Laughlin Cassandra Roberts Tedd Levy Membership Processing Mary Teague Mason Michael Simpson Sally Jo Michalko Publications Murry Nelson Leonard Piekarski Leo Radakovich Kathryn Robinson Paul Robinson Shelly Singer Mary Ellen Sorensen Gary Swalley Gayle Thieman Emily Wood Ex Officio Ken Mareski East China School District, St. Clair, MI House of Delegates, Steering Committee Chair Editorial staff on this publication: Michael Simpson, Terri Ackerman, Dinaw Mengestu, Eric L. Miller Editorial services provided by Carol Bloom, Bloom Ink Publishing Professionals, West Lafayette, IN Art Director: Gene Cowan Design and Production: Alexis Borrero LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING INFORMATION ISBN 0-87986-078-2 PCN 99-076220 COPYRIGHT ©1999BY NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES 3501NEWARK STREETNW WASHINGTONDC 20016-3167 WWW.SOCIALSTUDIES.ORG ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, OR TRANSMITTED, IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING, OR OTHERWISE, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 4 2 www.socialstudies.org I TABLE OF' CONTENTS Introduction: The Internet 5 Joseph A. Braun, Jr. and C. Frederick Risinger Chapter 1: Effective Internet Searching 9 Barbara Brehm Chapter 2: The Webmaster's Tale 17 Tim Dugan Chapter 3: The Classroom Website 23 Timothy A. Keiper and Linda Bennett Chapter 4: Teaching History 27 C. Frederick Risinger Chapter 5: The Virtual Tour 33 Eileen Giuffre Cotton Chapter 6: Teaching Geography 41 Cheryl L. Mason and Marsha Alibrandi Chapter 7: Creating Teledemocracy 49 Bruce Larson and Timothy A. Keiper Chapter 8: Civic Education 53 Bruce Larson and Angie Harwood Chapter 9: Economics Education 61 Lawrence A. Weiser and Mark C. Schug Chapter 10: Global Education 73 Bob Coulson and Alma Vallisneri Chapter 11: Global Issues 81 Gregory A. Levitt Chapter 12: Art-Based Resources 93 David B. Williams Chapter 13: Multiculturalism and the Internet 105 Deborah A. Byrnes and Grace Huerta Chapter 14: Teacher Education 113 D. Mark Meyers Chapter 15: Problem-Based Learning 121 Anthony W. Lorsbach and Fred Baso lo Jr. Chapter 16: Citizenship Projects 129 John W. Saye and John D. Hoge Chapter 17: Civic-Moral Development 137 Joseph A. Braun, Jr. Chapter 18: Safe Web Exploration 149 Michael Berson and Eileen Berson Chapter 19: Assessment 157 Pat Nickell Index 163 5 www.socialstudies.org 3 INTRODUCTION THE INTERNET Joseph A. Braun, Jr. Department of Curriculum and Instruction Illinois State University C. Frederick Risinger College of Education Indiana University This introduction describes why various Internet technologies have such a significant potential for influencing the social studies curriculum and improving our methods of instruction. Beginning with a historical overview of the Internet's development, it also offers a rationale why social studies teachers can ill afford to ignore this amazing set of tools for engaging students and enriching the curriculum. Isn't it ironic? Like many other previous technological breakthroughs, such as the automobile or television, the Internet seems to be a road down which we humans are enthusiastically traveling despite knowing that there will be huge unintended consequences. We do not always apprehend what we have in our midst until it is too late to do anything, and the technology has already caused unprec- edented changes in our activity and interactions. The automobile gave us great mobility, but also pollution and more than 50,000 fatalities a year. The television provides us the opportunity to partici- pate vicariously in globally significant events like the Pope visiting Cuba or Princess Diana's funeral; yet it also serves up mindless pap or worse, gratuitous violence. How did the Internet Start? Considering its origins, the existence of the Internet itself is a salient example of how a technology starts in one direction but takes twists and unanticipated turns in its path of development. The technology was originally designed by the Rand Corporation, for exclusive use by the U.S. Department of Defense to withstand a nuclear attack and provide a communications system through which a retaliatory strike could be launched against the attacking nation. The Internet is now the largest computer network in the world, consisting of thousands of smaller regional networks that are intercon- nected, hence the name Internet. Paul Barand, a researcher at the RAND Corporation, first proposed that under a thermonuclear attack, it was possible to decentralize authority for maintaining national and local communication links as the government conducted and controlled nuclear warfare. In other words, he proposed a computer-managed conferencing (CMC) system in which communications were not located primarily in one physical place. Specifically, he proposed that the system break messages into units of equal size and route these units along a functioning path to their destination, at which time the system would reassemble the units into coherent wholes. This idea was brought to fruition in 1969 under the genesis of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), which was designed as a Department of Defense program.1 ARPANET was the first computer-managed conferencing system in operation. It initially func- tioned to transfer the content of computer data, not person-to-person messages, to one of the four nodes that comprised the original links. But, once ARPANET existed, it was easy to include electronic mail capabilities. By the early 1970s, the United States government had imposed wage and price freeze www.socialstudies.org 6 5 SURFING SOCIAL STUDIES policies to address the inflationary economic crisis at that time, and the need arose for the government to send information relative to enforcing these policies to
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