Civics means government, and now’s the time when everyone’s thinking about the government… that is, election time! The GED has questions about government and voting, so you’ve got to know it. Plus, it’s important in your life. I mean, voting’s going on right now, and it’s going to change the government and who’s got the power.
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Hey, again, GED-ers. I know Curtis has been bugging me about the election stuff that’s going on… that’s one of the things on the GED… “Civics.” (Read on …)
Since GED preparation is all about practice… here’s the GED Practice Question from last week. This is a geography GED question for the Social Studies test… (Read on …)
It’s GED time again… and I’ve got an answer for the GED practice question from last week, about the International Date Line. (Read on …)
Okay, I think the Peace Corps is pretty cool. Kinda wish I’d done something like that when I was younger, but then again, I’ve had a great time travelin’ round the U.S. Wouldn’t want to miss that! (Read on …)
I found this great article by a Peace Corps volunteer who’s working in Honduras. When you want a glass of water, you probably turn on your faucet and there it is. You’re probably like me, you don’t even think about it. But this village in Honduras, they have pipes that go to a stream nearby. In the summer, they’re all dried up, and in the winter, the water’s not clean.
This is the story of the Peace Corps volunteer, Joan Heberger, trying to get a plan together to get water to the village.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/stories/stories.cfm?psid=49&gid=3
Read the story, and I’ll have a GED practice question for it next week.
Here’s something I bet will be on the GED test: supply and demand. That’s because the GED social studies test isn’t just about history… it’s got charts and graphs and stuff about economics (money!) and geography (maps!). So you need to know a little bit about those things. (Read on …)
Last time, I gave you a practice question to answer. Remember this? (Read on …)
How’s GED studyin’ going? It’s still early in the year… holidays are over… time to get on track for the GED this year! And I’ve got a GED topic that’s still boggling my mind, like I talked about last time. That’s the International Date Line. (Read on …)
I don’t know why, but the GED test social studies section seems hard to a lot of people. I guess it’s because there’s so much history, and economics, and geography in the whole world. And people ask me, what does looking into local history help? Who knows what’s going to be on the test!
And maybe there’ll be stuff about Spain three hundred years ago or something, but the most important thing is figuring out how to think about what you’re reading. That’s why I say, read about anything that interests you! Because you’re learning to read about stuff, learning to learn new information. That’s the most important thing for the GED social science test.
It’s like how I was interested to read about Clara Barton. As I said, you can read about her at: http://www.civilwar.com/content/view/257/53/
Here’s part of what it says about her:
Clara Barton settled in Danville, N.Y., where for several years she was a semi-invalid. In 1877 she wrote a founder of the International Red Cross, offering to lead an American branch of the organization. Thus, at 56 she began a new career.
In 1881 Barton incorporated the American Red Cross, with herself as president. A year later her extraordinary efforts brought about United States ratification of the Geneva Convention. She herself attended conferences of the International Red Cross as the American representative. She was, however, far from bureaucratic in interests. Although wholly individualistic and unlike reformers who worked on programs for social change, she did a great social service as activist and propagandist.
The social studies test might have a reading like that, and probably it’s something you’ve never read about before! Then, there’s a question, and you can probably answer it just by reading the passage carefully. Try it!
Question: According to the information, Clara Barton was most interested in:
1. founding organizations.
2. having an important position.
3. attending conferences.
4. ratifying conventions.
5. social activism.
What do you think?
