NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL Volume 34 #1 Table of Contents The Plight of Forgotten Women: Coping with Gender Based Domestic Violence Among Palestinian Refugee Women Reem A. Abu-Lughod, California State University, Bakersfield 1 Changing the Face of Public Affairs: A Look at How Social Networking is Impacting the Business of the Public Sector Michael O. Adams, Linda D. Smith, Texas Southern University 10 The Effectiveness of Using Picture Books with Adolescent Students in Inclusive Social Studies Instruction Tammy Range Alexander, Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University Elfreda V. Blue, Hofstra University 17 Imagining the Other: Presentations of India through Social Science Textbooks Mark Beeman, Geeta Chowdhry, Northern Arizona University 27 The Slow Death of Social Studies in the Elementary School and a Systemic Design for its Demise in College Kevin Bollinger, Indiana State University 40 Professional Writing in Graduate School: Faculty versus Student Expectations and Recommendations Nancy Leffel Carlson, E. Jane Irons, Pamela Monk, Lamar University 46 Using Contemporary Films to Teach about Social Problems Janet Cosbey, Eastern Illinois University 53 Cloud Computing (Desktop Virtualization & Thin Client Computing) Harvey C. Foyle, Emporia State University 59 Effectively Utilizing PowerPoint in a Bilingual Math Lesson Monica E. Gutierrez, Miriam Muniz, Sul Ross State University – Rio Grande College 63 Demonstrations of Thresholds, Weber’s Law, and Stimulus Discriminability David T. Horner, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 68 Public Perceptions of Today's Schools: Impact of Community Size E. Jane Irons, Nancy L. Carlson, Pamela Monk, Lamar University 72