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Kotzin, Daniel P. – History Teacher, 2021
Orin M. Jameson, a twenty-one year-old clerk in the 17th Wisconsin Infantry, and James B. Fowler, also a clerk in the 17th Wisconsin Infantry, both kept daily diaries during their time in the Civil War. In their diaries, neither Jameson nor Fowler ever explained their motives for enlisting, nor did they ruminate on the meaning of the Civil War.…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Diaries, War, United States History
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Roberts, Greg; Vaughn, Sharon; Wanzek, Jeanne; Furman, Gleb; Martinez, Leticia; Sargent, Katherine – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Promoting Adolescents' Comprehension of Text (PACT) is a text- and discourse-based set of instructional practices that engage students with disciplinary texts as a means of building content knowledge and improving reading comprehension. PACT)s "efficacy" has been the subject of extensive previous trials. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, History Instruction, United States History, Reading Comprehension
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Carl A. Grant – Multicultural Perspectives, 2024
According to the author, "With Liberty and Justice for ALL: Multicultural ]Education in Wisconsin" is a most appropriate and befitting title for a National Association For Multicultural Education (NAME) conference in this moment -- an extraordinarily divided time -- in Wisconsin and U. S. history. As keynote speaker at this pre-voyage…
Descriptors: United States History, Equal Education, History Instruction, Minority Groups
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Kathy Swan; Alicia McCollum; Kelli Lemaster; Helena Sands; Tanya Schmidt – Social Education, 2024
Shifting to an inquiry-based practice can be challenging. How should teachers get started? How many times should teachers plan for inquiry? What do teachers do when students struggle with inquiry? How long does it take for students to buy in to the inquiry process? These kinds of questions, and the concerns that underlie them, can create an…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Social Studies, Curriculum Design, Grade 6
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Haren, Kate Van – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2019
On August 18, 2020, The United States will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment which gave women the vote. Belle La Follette played an important role in helping women gain the right to vote guaranteed in this amendment. She advocated for women in her home state of Wisconsin and across the country. This article…
Descriptors: United States History, Females, Civil Rights, Voting
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Salvaterra, David; Scheuerell, Scott; Wagner, Mark – Social Education, 2016
The Civil War ended in 1865. From 2011-2015, Civil War sesquicentennial events took place around the nation. The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium used the opportunity to feature two exhibits on the critical role that the river played during the Civil War. Both exhibits highlighted contributions to the war effort by the surrounding…
Descriptors: United States History, War, Museums, Exhibits
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DiGenio, Natasha – American Educational History Journal, 2016
The cases analyzed in this essay exemplify both the influence of the sexual revolution and the conservative backlash against it. Topics that were once considered obscene were now seen as educational. Without this greater openness, none of these court cases would have been possible. In fact, people fighting against censorship and repression…
Descriptors: Educational History, Sex Education, Social Change, Censorship
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Scribner, Campbell F. – American Journal of Education, 2015
This article examines the legal and political significance of teacher unionization in rural and suburban school districts between 1960 and 1975. While most historians focus on the growth of unions in urban areas, strikes in outlying districts played a determinative role in the development of public sector labor law, particularly in the arbitration…
Descriptors: Educational History, United States History, Unions, Rural Schools
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Williams, Gary L. – Multicultural Education, 2012
The legacy of slavery and racism in America and the history of what John C. Calhoun and other Southern leaders of the 1800s called "our peculiar institution" has not gone unnoticed. Neither has the psychological damage that remains as baggage carried by the descendents of both the slave and the slave owner (Berry & Blassingame, 1982;…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, United States History, Slavery, African Americans
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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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McCall, Ava L. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2006
Elementary teachers frequently face the challenge of teaching about their state with limited time and resources. Teaching state or regional history is a longstanding tradition in fourth grade and has been part of the social studies curriculum since the beginning of the 20th century. In addition, national and state standards include attention to…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Grade 4, Teaching Experience, State Standards
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Marcus, Alan S.; Stoddard, Jeremy D. – History Teacher, 2007
Reported in this article are the results of research that explored which feature films teachers are using to teach high school United States history and how and why they are using these films. The terms "feature film" and "Hollywood film" are used throughout to refer to movies commercially created for a mass audience, often for…
Descriptors: United States History, Films, Mass Media Use, History Instruction
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Current, Richard N. – History Teacher, 1981
Tests four historical propositions of ethnic partisans by reference to the history of Wisconsin. The propositions are: racism is a disease of Americans of British ancestry; foreign born won the Civil War for the North; Americanization is "really Waspification;" and the melting pot is a comparatively recent myth. (RM)
Descriptors: Civil War (United States), Ethnic Bias, Ethnic Groups, Higher Education
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Bonds, Michael; Farmer-Hinton, Raquel L.; Epps, Edgar G. – Journal of Negro Education, 2009
This article summarizes African Americans' ongoing struggle for quality education in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by utilizing school district data and secondary sources. The historic integration effort in the Milwaukee Public Schools system is outlined and the impact of sustained segregation, in the midst of significant changes to Milwaukee's social and…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational Indicators, Educational Opportunities, African American Students
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Boatman, John F. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1987
Reviews a historical overview of the American Indian tribes of Wisconsin, emphasizing the contrasts in lifestyle between the Chippewa and the Winnebago. Criticizes the book for its many unsupported, or inadequately supported, controversial statements. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indians, Book Reviews, State History
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