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Bowles, William G.; Gump, James O. – 1998
This teaching unit represents a specific "dramatic moment" in history that can allow students to delve into the deeper meanings of selected landmark events and explore their wider context in the great historical narrative. Studying a crucial turning point in history helps students realize that history is an ongoing, open-ended process,…
Descriptors: African History, Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
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Koch, Franklin W. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1990
Reviews the combined efforts of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music and the Music Supervisors National conference (MSNC), who together contributed to the musical developments of the 1920s. Credits the organizations with obtaining high school credit for private music study, forming high school bands and orchestras, and state and…
Descriptors: Bands (Music), Cultural Activities, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Journal of Historical Inquiry, 1984
An historical journal compiled by advanced placement American history students contains 10 articles covering the cultural, economic, and political history of Amityville, New York, from the turn of the century through the Great Depression. Based upon primary source materials including written documents and oral interviews, many of the articles…
Descriptors: Black History, Community Study, High Schools, Local History
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Haight, David – 2002
This instructional packet is designed to introduce students to primary source material by having them participate in an historical "what might have been." Students engage in critical thinking and document analysis, and through the process learn about Operation OVERLORD and World War II in general. This spy kit centers on Operation…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Enrichment, High Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach
Wilson, Martha, Comp. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
This list is based on the Minnesota school library list, Books for High Schools, 1913-14. The number of titles has been materially increased to include the suggestions of many high-school teachers, specialists in the Bureau of Education, high-school librarians, public librarians, and commission workers. The effort has been to provide a thoroughly…
Descriptors: School Libraries, High Schools, Educational Finance, Psychology
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
This document contains a list of current educational publications received by the Bureau of Education. Some especially significant books listed during the past month are the following: Drever, Greek education; Parker, Textbook in the history of modern elementary education; Watson, Vives and the renascence education of women; Andrews, Introduction…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Vocational Schools, Scholarships, Modern History