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Lewer, Brittney – Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2019
The report looks to the future of American history education. The report grows out of national and state polls that the Foundation conducted in late 2018 on Americans' knowledge of the history of their country. The Foundation's initial poll found that two out of three Americans were incapable of passing the U.S. citizenship test and led the…
Descriptors: United States History, History Instruction, Educational Practices, Educational Research
Pidluzny, Jonathan; Urban, Nathaniel; Kempson, Lauri – American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2019
In the United States, colleges and universities have traditionally undertaken the important task of preparing citizens to participate fully and effectively in the civic, political, and economic spheres of the republican system. They have done so by joining a general education curriculum--common to all students--to an area of specialized knowledge,…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, College Curriculum, Liberal Arts, Public Colleges
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Quam-Wickham, Nancy – History Teacher, 2016
At many institutions, the standard United States history surveys are considered "introductory" courses in history, for history majors and minors, pre-service teachers, and in the suite of courses that satisfy General Education requirements. There may not be a more critical course in the collegiate history curriculum than the U.S.…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, History Instruction, United States History, College Curriculum
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Artiles, Alfredo J.; Dorn, Sherman; Bal, Aydin – Review of Research in Education, 2016
The purpose of this chapter is to contribute a cultural-historical analytical perspective on disability and its intersections. We assume that disability is socially, historically, and spatially constructed. This standpoint enables us to understand and disrupt disparities in education that affect students living at the intersection of disability…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Social Bias
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Rhoads, Robert A. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2016
This introductory article provides a historical overview of various student movements and forms of student activism from the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement to the present. Accordingly, the historical trajectory of student activism is framed in terms of 3 broad periods: the sixties, the postsixties, and the contemporary context. The author…
Descriptors: Activism, Student Participation, United States History, Civil Rights
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Houchen, Diedre Faith – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
AERA's 2016 theme is an exciting call for educational research that draws on history to inform present challenges and abiding societal dilemmas. In this regard, recent studies of African American segregated schooling have begun to illuminate the vibrancy, resilience, resourcefulness and professionalism that existed in African American school…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Faculty Development, Teacher Persistence
Callejas, Karla P. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of history education in secondary schools has shifted on various occasions over the course of the last 100 years (Evans, 2015; Nash et al., 2000). The ideologically guided curricular shifts have undoubtedly influenced the way that educators think about and approach the teaching of the subject. As such, it is important to examine how…
Descriptors: United States History, History Instruction, Advanced Placement, Teacher Attitudes
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Beatrice Mendez Newman; Penny Rosas – English Journal, 2016
The emphasis on college and career readiness has transformed secondary classrooms into sites for innovative explorations in disciplinary literacy. The exigencies of valuing classroom experiences as preparation for students' future involvement in their careers has created teaching spaces that invite cross- disciplinary, cross- level collaboration.…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, High Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach, Primary Sources
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Preston, John – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2017
In the 1960s federal agencies in the US encouraged the building of protected schools designed to survive a nuclear attack. A number of designs, including underground schools, were constructed. In order to promote the building of protected schools, the US government produced a number of propaganda films for school boards and governors. In addition…
Descriptors: Educational History, United States History, War, National Security
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Gaby, Sarah – Youth & Society, 2017
Civic participation in the United States is highly unequal, resulting in a "civic engagement gap" between socioeconomic, racial, and gender groups. Variation in civic participation and the civic engagement gap remain contested, primarily as a result of inconsistent definitions and measurement issues in previous work. Using consistent…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Socioeconomic Influences, Youth, United States History
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Santiago, Maribel – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
"Mendez v. Westminster," a case about 1940s Mexican American school segregation, is a new vehicle for including Mexican Americans into U.S. history classrooms. This study explores how a class of primarily Mexican American students, who because of their heritage might develop a personal connection to the case, made sense of…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, School Segregation, Court Litigation, United States History
Orlando, Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2017
It is difficult to overestimate the importance of a history teacher's ability to historically contextualize primary sources. Contextualization gives life to primary sources that many students feel are flat and lifeless. Moreover, due to their limited experience and knowledge, preservice teachers often lack the sophistication to thematically…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Interviews, Preservice Teachers, Primary Sources
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Brock, Melissa Eckert; Rossatto, Cesar A. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
The plight of students in the United States has been one of repeated socialization toward dehumanizing divides trapped in policies with a history of reproducing oppression and social stratification. The voice of reason has left the educational policy debates as the idea of equity and access in schooling has been replaced and confused by neoliberal…
Descriptors: Socialization, Social Bias, Social Stratification, Equal Education
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Debenport, Erin – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2018
Discussions about migration, geography, and Indigenous language use are key ways that community members perform, negotiate, and contest identities and politics in multilingual Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, a federally-recognized Native nation located within the city of El Paso, Texas. This linguistic anthropological piece illustrates how tribal members…
Descriptors: American Indians, Self Concept, Multilingualism, American Indian Languages
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McCorkle, William David – Journal of International Social Studies, 2018
The contentious modern immigration debate in the United States is often void of historical context and thus filled with fallacious narratives. To confront this trend, social studies educators should place the issues of modern immigration within their proper historical framework. This paper looks at three primary themes educators can explore: the…
Descriptors: Immigration, Public Policy, Social Justice, Stranger Reactions
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