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Engelmann, Ted – Social Education, 2006
During the Viet Nam war, U.S. military helicopters dropped "Chieu Hoi" (safe conduct) passes over suspected enemy locations to encourage enemy soldiers to surrender. This article presents a classroom activity that encourages students to examine a "Chieu Hoi" pass as a primary historical document, identify its various elements,…
Descriptors: Social Studies, War, Foreign Countries, Class Activities
Dowd, Diane – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2006
Laura Ingalls Wilder's purpose in writing the "Little House" books for children illustrate the day-to-day experiences of a girl, and her stories provide glimpses into a young mind's conceptualization of aspects of living that are mathematical in nature, such as geometric and quantitative conceptions, logical reasoning and communication, and…
Descriptors: United States History, Geometric Concepts, Childrens Literature, Personal Narratives
Atalay, Sonya – American Indian Quarterly, 2006
The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) attempts to profoundly change the practice of museology and the role of Indigenous people in museums on a grand scale. In some ways it is successful in its mission, yet other areas leave room for improvement. This article focuses on the improvements that NMAI should adopt. The author also offers…
Descriptors: Exhibits, Community Support, American Indians, Museums
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2011
This document presents the proceedings of 16th Annual Research Forum held June 15, 2011, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included herein are the following 25 action research papers: (1) The Effects of Prompted Math Journaling on Algebra 1 Students' Achievement and Attitudes (Heidi I. Arnold); (2) Group Work and Attitude…
Descriptors: United States History, Listening Comprehension, Photography, Current Events
Jackson, Barbara Talbert – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2008
The No Child Left Behind legislation has brought greater attention to the academic performance of American youth. Its emphasis on student achievement requires a closer analysis of assessment data by school districts. To address the findings, educators must seek strategies to remedy failing results. In a mid-Atlantic district of the Unites States,…
Descriptors: Males, Academic Achievement, Gender Differences, High School Students
Kruger, Darrell P.; Gandy, S. Kay; Bechard, Amber; Brown, Randy; Williams, Diane – Journal of Geography, 2009
The authors share a successful Fulbright Group Projects Abroad grant award. The purpose of the grant was to enhance American educators' experience and knowledge of South Africa, in particular, and sub-Saharan Africa more generally. Toward that end, participants experienced a multifaceted view of South Africa's geographical diversity, both physical…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Grants, United States History, International Education
Buras, Kristen L. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2009
In cities across the United States, working-class communities of color find themselves struggling against inequities deepened by state disinvestment. Students at the Center--a writing initiative based in several public high schools in New Orleans over the last decade--has been a part of this struggle and embraces a pedagogy rooted in the voices,…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Charter Schools, School Choice, Educational Change
Distance Art Education: The Federal School and Social Engineering in the United States, 1900 to 1925
Funk, Clayton – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2009
The Federal School was a correspondence art school in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the early 20th century. At that time, scientific methods changed the organization and practice of commercial art training and industrial education, which included correspondence courses from the Federal School. Standards of intelligence were determined with…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Industrial Education, Art Education, Intelligence Tests
Rabin, Lisa M. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2009
A significant number of community service-learning projects in higher education involve the teaching or tutoring of immigrants in English. As in related service-learning scholarship, these projects are commonly informed by perspectives on cultural difference, social justice, and power relations in U.S. society. Yet while faculty pair their…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Language Role, Ideology, Service Learning
Tsoi-A-Fatt, Rhonda – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2010
Black men are vital and important members of American society, especially in their communities. Black families suffer a great loss when Black men are unable to thrive. Throughout modern American history, Black men have struggled to gain their footing and fulfill their destinies as strong, caring and productive members of society and their…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, African Americans, Males, United States History
Scacco, John – English Teaching Forum, 2007
This article looks at the use of movies in the language-learning classroom. The author promotes the use of the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird" due to its content, which involves poverty, racial inequality and mental illness, and to the availability of websites related to its use in English classrooms. The author highlights six scenes for…
Descriptors: Films, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners, Teaching Methods
Ungurait, Michelle D. – ProQuest LLC, 2007
The Texas Education Agency's Social Studies Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills results show an achievement gap between males and females for every criteria on every test given since 2003. The most dramatic achievement difference is in the area of "traditional" U.S. History. The Texas results mimic a gender gap reported by College…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Mixed Methods Research, Social Studies
Caldwell, Jean; O'Driscoll, Timothy G. – Social Education, 2007
Economists and historians have struggled for almost 80 years to account for the American Great Depression, which began in 1929 and lasted until the early years of World War II. In this article, the authors discuss three major schools of thought on the causes of the Great Depression and the long failure of the American economy to return to full…
Descriptors: Historians, Unemployment, Economics, United States History
Fredrick, Rona M. – Journal of Negro Education, 2007
An interpretive case study framed by the critical race theory (CRT) and African centered theory is used to examine the teaching practices of two transformative African American teachers, which transformed the thinking and lives of their students. The analysis has illustrated that the computer technology has helped teachers in engaging in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computers, African American Teachers, African American Students
Reese, William J. – Educational Horizons, 2007
In this article, the author answers the question: "Why do Americans love to reform the public schools?" His answer has three parts. First, there is an old and persistent cultural strain in American history, derived from many sources, that seeks human perfection and sees education and schooling as essential to that perfectibility. That…
Descriptors: United States History, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Educational Change