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Power Spring Research Projects @ SIRS
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Many secondary schools conduct formal research projects in March or April. These projects are designed to teach the research process, provide in-depth knowledge of a significant curriculum topic or issue, and develop student computer and Internet literacy—21st Century skills.
ProQuest's SIRS Issues Researcher and eLibrary (get trial access) provide the perfect 21st Century research solution for both students and teachers. Each has the content and tools that help teachers, librarians, and students accomplish the educational goals for formal research projects.
Get your copy of our new Formal Research Guide (PDF) today. This in-depth guide was authored by Carl Janetka, a former educator and the author of our newsletter lesson plans and dozens of additional integration guides found at proquestk12.com.
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SIRS Knowledge Source Lesson Plan
Planned Parenthood Cut
It was a powerful moment when Rep. Jackie Speier, a Democrat from California, stood up during the House of Representatives budget debate in February to tell members of her painful decision in the past to terminate a pregnancy of 17 weeks because her baby had moved into her cervix.
She was responding in anger to the comment of a colleague who was defending cuts to Planned Parenthood by focusing on abortion, suggesting that abortion is done cavalierly. Representative Speier concluded her remarks with these words:
"There is a vendetta against Planned Parenthood, and it was played out in this room tonight," Speier said. "Planned Parenthood has a right to operate. Planned Parenthood has a right to provide services for family planning. Planned Parenthood has a right to offer abortions. Last time I checked abortions were legal in this country."
SIRS contains thousands of in-depth articles and multimedia resources to support both pro and con positions on the many enduring social topics surrounding a Planned Parenthood funding debate. Start here.
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SIRS Issues Researcher Activity
Women in Sports
While most famous for its requirement that schools provide girls with equal athletic opportunities, the Title IX law applies to all educational programs that receive federal funding, and to all aspects of a school's educational system.
Title IX benefits both males and females, and is the lynchpin of thirty-five years of efforts to promote and establish gender equity in schools.
SIRS Issues Researcher provides a variety of Leading Issues that focus on women's rights, Title IX, college sports, and more. Click SIRS Issues Researcher, select the VISUAL BROWSE tab, click Drugs, Health, and Wellness, then Sports, and finally Title IX.
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In response, we've put a program in place to help you during these hard times. ProQuest's new Vendor of Choice program has already helped schools just like yours save thousands of dollars. Find out more and enroll today.
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Top 3 Websites
Each month, our SIRS team scours the Internet for top-quality websites for classrooms and libraries. Dive into the new month's selections: Flickr Tag Galaxy Browser, Art, World Languages.
SIRS Spotlights & Challenge Quests
The list of women who have occupied significant roles in American history and culture is varied and great: Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Blackwell, Eleanor Roosevelt, Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Sanger, Sarah Palin, and Hillary Rodham Clinton are just a few.
This month, the U.S. observes Women's History Month, a tribute to women and their rich and complex history.
In the United States, an increasing number of women hold senior nuclear positions at the White House and the Pentagon, and therefore take a principal role in international nuclear policy, relations and negotiations.
Our SIRS Challenge Quest asks:
According to a 2010 Women in International Security survey, what percentage of senior positions at U.S. national security and foreign policy agencies are female?
Explore timely, history-related themes
inside Retroview and History Happenings.
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