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Harness, Karen – 2000
This eighth grade lesson plan asks students to work in groups of four. They must: (1) decide whether to join the Union Army or the Confederate Army; (2) decide under which General they will serve and in which battles they will fight; and (3) once this decision has been made, assign the following roles for team or group members: photographer,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Civil War (United States), Documentation, Grade 8
Kirst, Michael W. – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1979
Discusses nine major forces buffeting the California Public School System in the years 1970 through 1980: educational reform movements, declining enrollment, public dissatisfaction with education, the Serrano Decision, collective bargaining, Proposition 13, court-ordered integration, the voucher movement, and the proposed 1980 statewide spending…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Historical Reviews
Cuban, Larry – Phi Delta Kappan, 1990
After a 16-year absence from the public school classroom, an education professor returned for a semester to teach American history to an eleventh-grade class. He recounts four lessons concerning the need for classroom order, student motivation, teacher efficiency, alternative student grouping arrangements, and student feedback about teaching…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classroom Environment, Grade 11, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Beckner, Gary, Ed. – Association of American Educators, 2007
"Education Matters" is the monthly newsletter of the Association of American Educators (AAE), an organization dedicated to advancing the American teaching profession through personal growth, professional development, teacher advocacy and protection. This issue of the newsletter includes: (1) Making a Game of Math: AAE Affiliate Motivates…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Games, United States History, Competition
Nadel-Hayes, Sele; Macallair, Daniel – Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, 2005
Youth corrections in California is at a crossroads. In response to the near universal recognition of California's failed approach to youth corrections, Governor Schwarzenegger, with support from the California Legislature, has launched one of the largest restructuring initiatives of youth corrections in state history. Reforms currently underway…
Descriptors: State History, Safety, Technical Assistance, Counties
Zachlod, Michelle, Ed. – 2001
California State Standard 5.8 is delineated in the following way: "Students trace the colonization, immigration, and settlement patterns of the American people from 1789 to the mid-1800s, with emphasis on the role of economic incentives, effects of the physical and political geography, and transportation systems." Students answer six…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Enrichment, Grade 5, History Instruction
Zachlod, Michelle, Ed. – 2001
California State Standard 5.6 is delineated as: Students understand the course and consequences of the U.S. Revolutionary War. Students should be able to identify and map the major military battles, campaigns, and turning points of the Revolutionary War, the roles of U.S. and British leaders, Indian alliances on both sides, the contributions of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Enrichment, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
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Johnson, John R. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1988
Examines common sources of error for scholars using mission registers to study California Indian history. Draws examples from mission register studies of the Chumash tribe to illustrate problems resulting from missing entries, name changes, linguistic errors, and cross-cultural confusion about naming taboos and kin relationships. Contains 34…
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indians, Anthropology, Data Interpretation
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Castaneda, Antonia I. – OAH Magazine of History, 2000
Describes life in the mestizo society during the Spanish colonial rule of California. Addresses such topics as, but not limited to, racial diversity and socioracial stratification of the population, what life was like for the families of soldiers and settlers, and the size of the families in California. (CMK)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Family Life, Family Size, Females
Atkinson, Richard C.; Pelfrey, Patricia A. – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2006
In July 1995, the University of California's Board of Regents voted to ban consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions and employment--a ban that was extended to all state agencies when the voters of California approved Proposition 209 in November 1996. This paper discusses the national controversy over affirmative action and analyzes the…
Descriptors: Democracy, Affirmative Action, Governing Boards, State Agencies
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1992
This guide is intended to assist California educators responsible for implementing the state's K-8 history-social science curriculum and provide practical ideas for bringing this curriculum into alignment with the History-Social Science Framework for California Public Schools, Kindergarten through Grade Twelve. The guide puts forth 10 principles…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 2002
This California state curriculum model for grade 9 about Cesar Chavez explains that grade 9 is an elective year for social studies courses and that one of the electives is a course about contemporary California. It suggests that students in schools offering this course could study the role of Chavez in 20th century California and his legacy. A…
Descriptors: Biographies, Change Agents, Citizen Participation, Community Leaders
Wendling, Laura – 2001
California was considered a special prize by the United States years before its acquisition. Its harbors opened to East Asian trade, and its fertile valleys beckoned settlers to make the great trek west. In 1845, Captain John C. Fremont took a surveying party into Mexican-held California. Following a war of skirmishes and battles with Mexico, the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Colonial History (United States), Curriculum Based Assessment, Grade 4
Zachlod, Michelle, Ed. – 2001
California State Standard 5.5 is delineated as: Students explain the causes of the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War is a great central drama in U.S. history and in the evolution of nationalism and democracy throughout the world. Students should perceive the worldwide impact of the colonies' triumph over British imperial power and its…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Colonialism, Curriculum Enrichment, Grade 5
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Gamson, David A. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2004
Examines the history of educational administration in the USA during the Progressive era (1890-1940). Using Callahan's Education and the Cult of Efficiency as a starting point, examines school district-based administrative practices that offered viable alternatives to the business-oriented, "scientific management" reforms that tended to…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Administration, United States History, School Districts
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