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Houchen, Diedre Faith – Journal of Negro Education, 2020
This article discusses Black teacher activism during Jim Crow through a case study of the Florida State Teachers Association. Few studies have examined the response of Black teacher associations to Jim Crow educational policies. This study examines inequities in school and teacher salaries and the FSTA's response by way of campaigns, rhetoric and…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Activism, Educational History, Teacher Associations
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Germain, Marie-Line; Grenier, Robin S. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: This study aims to describe the lectores (readers) who read the world news and works of literature to workers in pre-World War II cigar factories in Tampa, Florida, and in New York City. The paper addresses the need for more examination of some neglected aspects of workplace learning by presenting a more critical approach to workplace…
Descriptors: Manufacturing, Workplace Learning, Social Change, Facilitators (Individuals)
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Stanley, Eurydice – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2018
In this reflective essay, the author addresses fellow educators and their responsibility to students on issues surrounding the ongoing struggle for civil rights. She links the integration of Little Rock, Arkansas schools in 1957 with the 2018 student protest against gun violence following the Parkland, FL mass shooting. As a facilitator of…
Descriptors: Teacher Responsibility, Civil Rights, History Instruction, United States History
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Oesterreich, Heather A.; Conway, Allison P. – History Teacher, 2009
This article utilizes "Brown v. Board of Education," which is traditionally taught in college and K-12 history courses as the case that both started the discussion about and ended the practice of segregation in schools, to highlight "testimonios of coalition" as a framework for historical analysis. First, the authors…
Descriptors: Educational History, United States History, Court Litigation, School Desegregation
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Bushnell, Amy Turner – OAH Magazine of History, 2000
Addresses the history of Spanish-American missions, discussing the view of missions in church history, their role in the Spanish conquest, and the role and ideas of Herbert E. Bolton. Focuses on differences among Spanish borderlands missions, paying particular attention to the Florida missions. (CMK)
Descriptors: American Indians, Comparative Analysis, Historians, Historical Interpretation
Ham, H. Folmar – 1971
This guide, one of a series in the Quinmester Program, is intended to aid teachers in grades ten through twelve as they teach students to explore the total effects of industrialization. The elective course encompasses the growth and expansion of American technology, taking into account the role of the government and labor, and the benefits and…
Descriptors: Activity Units, American History, American Studies, Behavioral Objectives