Letter from the editor.Our cover story looks at China's new history textbooks, which de-emphasize Communism communism, fundamentally, a system of social organization in which property (especially real property and the means of production) is held in common. Thus, the ejido system of the indigenous people of Mexico and the property-and-work system of the Inca were both , and Mao himself, in flavor of capitalist icons like Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. and J.P. Morgan. In Times Past, we revisit re·vis·it tr.v. re·vis·it·ed, re·vis·it·ing, re·vis·its To visit again. n. A second or repeated visit. re the chaos of Mao's Cultural Revolution (which the textbooks also ignore). At home, we examine Nancy Pelosi's all-but-certain rise to Speaker of the House and what it says about women in national politics, 86 years after they gained the right to vote. And with Americans often singled out for their poor geographical knowledge, we offer a gut check for you and your students: some sample questions from the National Geographic Bee The National Geographic Bee (previously called the National Geography Bee) is an annual geography contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The Bee, held every year since 1989, is open to students in the fourth through eighth grade in participating American . See how your class stacks up--and good luck (it's hard). |
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