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Download full textFenske, Kenneth F., Ed. – Update on the Courts, 1996
This special issue is intended to help teachers educate students about today's important U.S. Supreme Court and other judicial decisions, the legal issues they involve, and their impact on students' lives. The issue focuses upon the 1995 term of the Supreme Court and the tendency for the justices to vote unanimously. An overview of the cases and…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics, Court Litigation
Higginbottom, George H. – 1986
A program in civic education is or should be at the heart of general education in community colleges. Citizenship education is congruent with the mission of the community college in that it is a practical enterprise leading to self-governance; it is integrative, using a variety of cognitive skills, attitudes and knowledge; it is community…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, College Role
Martz, Carlton, Ed. – Bill of Rights in Action, 1988
This theme issue on the freedom of assembly includes three sections: (1) "World History: Wat Tyler's Rebellion," a glimpse into the English past that provides a valuable perspective for understanding the turbulent origins of the right of U.S. citizens to assemble; (2) "U.S. History: William Lloyd Garrison and the Boston Mob,"…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics, Civil Disobedience
Degelman, Charles, Ed.; Hayes, Bill, Ed. – Sports & the Law, 1994
This teaching resource presents articles that draw on young people's natural interest in sports to stimulate their involvement in law-related education. An article on violence in sports explores the causes of this violence--the physical contact inherent in many sports, the desire to win at all costs, the urging of coaches, and the negligence of…
Descriptors: Athletics, Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Law Related Education
Ryan, John Paul, Ed. – Focus on Law Studies, 1992
This issue of "Focus on Law Studies""contains a special emphasis on teaching about law and the family", in the form of the following three articles: "Teaching Family Law: Growing Pains and All" (Susan Frelich Appleton); "The Family Goes to Court: Including Law in a Sociological Perspective on the Family"…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Family Life, Film Study
King, David C. – Curriculum Update, 1987
There are two currents of social studies reform. One involves the search for an appropriate social studies core and is spearheaded by state governments and scholarly organizations. The second reform movement flows toward a social studies curriculum based on urgent domestic issues and the realities of global interdependence. The cross-purposes of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBliss, Pam, Ed.; Heinz, Ann, Ed.; Kaplan, Howard, Ed.; Landman, James, Ed. – Insights on Law & Society, 2001
This magazine aims to help high school teachers of civics, government, history, law, and law-related education program developers educate students about legal issues. This issue focuses on voting. It contains 11 articles: (1) "The Project of Democracy" (A. Keyssar) demonstrates how the story of the right to vote represents a slow and…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Enrichment, Democracy
Smeyers, Paul, Ed.; And Others – Pedagogisch Tijdschrift, 1993
The theme of this special issue is education, democracy, and nationalism. It contains papers from the 1993 meeting, "National Pedagogy Day". Only a few of the 50 papers presented at the meeting are included in this issue. The papers in the issue are: "Powerless Against Criticism of an Anti-Democratic Theory" (J. D. Imelman);…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democracy, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Hale, Claudia L.; Cooks, Leda M. – Focus on Law Studies, 1994
Focusing on the teaching of alternative dispute resolutions at universities, Claudia L. Hale and Leda M. Cooks argue that mediation should be taught primarily as a communication process that involves the joint efforts of mediator and disputants. Teachers of mediation should begin by distinguishing mediation from other forms of dispute resolution,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Conflict Resolution
Peer reviewedParrini, Michelle, Ed.; Parins, Claire, Ed.; Kittlaus, Jennifer, Ed.; Bliss, Pam, Ed. – Insights on Law & Society, 2001
This magazine is designed to help high school teachers of civics, government, history, law, and law-related education program developers educate students about legal issues. This issue focuses on immigration law and the American Dream. It includes 11 articles: (1) "U.S. Immigration Policy and Globalization" (P. Martin; S. Martin)…
Descriptors: American Dream, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Enrichment, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Osborne, Ken, Ed. – Manitoba Social Science Teacher, 1993
Serving as the journal of the Manitoba Social Science Teachers' Association, this issue commemorates United Nations Day with the editorial, "Teaching about the United Nations" (Ken Osborne). Another article devoted to the international organization is "The United Nations and International Peace and Security" (Ken Osborne). The…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elections, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Latimore, Sonja, Ed. – ESR Journal, 1992
The ESR Journal presents educational frameworks that promote divergent viewpoints, stimulate critical thinking about controversial issues, teach creative and productive ways of dealing with differences, promote cooperative problem solving, and foster informed decision making. The theme of this particular issue is: "Educating for Democracy." The 8…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Democracy
Singer, Alan, Ed. – Social Science Docket, 2002
This publication is dedicated to social studies education at all levels. Articles and teaching ideas in this issue are: "Defending Multicultural Education, Academic Freedom, and Democracy in the Wake of 9/11/01" (A. Singer); "Teachers Respond to 'Defending Multicultural Education'"; "'Any Other Day': Dealing with the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Wolowiec, Jack, Ed. – Update on the Courts, 1994
"Update on the Courts," a resource for civic education, helps teach secondary school students about today's important Supreme Court and other judicial decisions, the legal issues involved, and the impact of the decisions on the students' lives. This issue features a lesson on copyright laws, a case overview and lesson on sexual…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Civil Law, Civil Liberties
PDF pending restorationFocus on Law Studies, 1991
The fall 1990 issue includes essays that recapture some of the presentations and thinking of the 1990 American Bar Association annual conference on higher education, entitled "American Citizenship and the Constitution." The idea of community was a recurring theme of the conference, and is the focus of three essays included in the Fall…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil Liberties, Community, Constitutional Law
