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Cummings, Milton C.; Allen, Muriel M.; Hess, Karl – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
The Office of Education is requested frequently to supply information about education and community organization for aging. This publication adds to the literature in the growing field of professional and community concern. The publication may have its major use as a handbook for community and school leaders who wish specific information about…
Descriptors: Educational History, Older Adults, Lifelong Learning, Adult Education
Willcockson, Mary – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1950
Since any good citizen wants to know how his Government works, as an initial experience it is necessary to become acquainted with the setting--Washington, D. C. This bulletin serves as in introduction to the Capital. It provides an historical and a present-day background for appreciating the city. What kind of a community is Washington? Why does…
Descriptors: Educational History, United States History, Federal Government, Vignettes
Willcockson, Mary – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958
Since any good citizen wants to know how his Government works, as an initial experience it is necessary to become acquainted with the setting--Washington, D. C. This bulletin serves as an introduction to the Capital. It provides an historical and a present-day background for appreciating the city. What kind of a community is Washington? Why does…
Descriptors: Educational History, United States History, Federal Government, Vignettes
Butler, Fred Clayton – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
Americanization is in the end a task for the individual citizen and not for the Government. The individual can be successful in so human a problem only by having a sympathetic knowledge of this task and of those with whom he must deal. To supply at least the foundations of this knowledge is the purpose of this book. The contents are taken largely…
Descriptors: Educational History, Immigrants, Citizenship Education, Guides