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Download full textMartz, Carlton – Bill of Rights in Action, 2000
This theme issue looks at three historical and recent instances of civil disobedience. The first article examines the Free Speech Movement, which arose on the Berkeley campus of the University of California in the 1960s. The second article recounts the struggle of Mahatma Gandhi to free India from the British Empire. The final article explores the…
Descriptors: Activism, Citizen Participation, Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights
Bill of Rights in Action, 1987
The dimensions of the separation of powers principle are explored through three lessons in the subject areas of U.S. history, U.S. government, and world history. In 1748, a French nobleman, Baron de Montesquieu, wrote a book called "The Spirit of the Laws," in which he argued that there could be no liberty when all government power was…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
Ruth, Amy, Ed. – Goldfinch: Iowa History for Young People, 1997
This issue of the children's quarterly magazine, "The Goldfinch," focuses on newspapers in Iowa's history. Articles address Iowa's pioneer press, a tiny newspaper published by a pair of Iowa brothers, and handwritten newspapers. Activities, fictional accounts, and nonfictional articles address the importance of newspapers in Iowa's past…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Civil Rights, Elementary Education, Freedom of Information
Mann, Sheilah, Ed.; Harrison, Cynthia, Ed. – This Constitution, 1991
This issue of "this Constitution" is devoted to commemorating the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution. Materials include: "A Chronology of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights in the United States" (Herman Belz); "Constitutional Power to Enforce Individual Rights: The Legacy of McCulloch v.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation
Fleming, Margaret, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1984
Noting the general lack of attention to the teaching of nonfiction, this focused journal issue presents 11 articles containing suggestions for ways to incorporate various nonfiction materials into the English class. Article titles and authors in the journal are (1) "A Marriage that Works: Early American Literature in Context" (S. Bouley); (2)…
Descriptors: Biographies, Civil Rights, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
Civil Rights Journal, 1997
This special theme issue of the newly titled "Civil Rights Journal" (previously titled "Perspectives"), commemorates the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights by presenting a written symposium that offers a wide range of perspectives on civil rights realities and the future of civil rights. Three…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Martz, Carlton – Bill of Rights in Action, 2003
This document includes the following issues of this journal: volume 18, number 3, Summer 2002; volume 18, number 4, Fall 2002; volume 19, number 2, Spring 2003; and volume 19, number 3, Summer 2003. The summer 2002 issue of "The Bill of Rights in Action" views problems related to victims of war. It focuses on the internment of Japanese…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Black Leadership, Capitalism, Civil Rights
