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Totten, Samuel – Social Education, 2014
Just three years since it broke away from Sudan, the new country of South Sudan is embroiled in a violent civil war. This article examines what went wrong and why, by discussing the incredible difficulty of building a new nation from scratch following years of conflict, war, suspicion, and great expectations. How this tragedy will end is anyone's…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Nationalism, African Studies, Social Studies
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Pereira, Carolyn; Rodriguez, Ken – Social Education, 1997
Reports on a series of programs designed to test the hypothesis that increasing student involvement in and understanding of social institutions combined with increased cognitive and social skills can decrease youth violence. The program combines law-related, conflict resolution, and service learning components with qualitative and quantitative…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Welfare, Conflict Resolution, Educational Research