Descriptor
Source
| Social Studies Review | 5 |
Author
| Bonfield, Lynn | 1 |
| Bonfield, Lynn Apolin | 1 |
| Lewis, Karen | 1 |
| Lyon, Mary Lou | 1 |
| Miller, Douglas E. | 1 |
| Murphey, Carol | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Guides - Classroom - Learner | 1 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
| Historical Materials | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 4 |
| Teachers | 3 |
Location
| California | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| United States Constitution | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedBonfield, Lynn Apolin – Social Studies Review, 1980
Provides excerpts from five primary sources concerning the lives of women in California from 1850 to 1942. Notes sources and includes discussion questions, as well as an oral history interview. (CK)
Descriptors: Family Life, Females, Interviews, Oral History
Peer reviewedLyon, Mary Lou – Social Studies Review, 1975
A proposal to establish a Living Historical Farm in celebration of the Bicentennial is included. (DE)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Farm Visits, Field Trips, History Instruction
Peer reviewedMurphey, Carol – Social Studies Review, 1992
Discusses a process used for teaching about the Japanese relocation camps of World War II. Suggests methods for helping students to understand the events being studied: (1) link the event to students' lives; (2) provide background for understanding; (3) analyze the event; and (4) apply the concept-transfer. Includes a letter as a primary source…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Japanese Americans, Primary Sources
Peer reviewedBonfield, Lynn; Lewis, Karen – Social Studies Review, 1989
Presents an essay and several photographs describing the experiences of U.S. women in the 1940s. Suggests that wartime employment greatly impacted the role of women in society. Describes ways to help students learn how to interpret a photograph and provides questions for classroom discussions. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Women, Females, History Instruction
Peer reviewedMiller, Douglas E. – Social Studies Review, 1996
Describes a high school civics course constructed almost solely around a close reading of the Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, and Gettysburg Address. Maintains that understanding these documents establishes the minimum essentials of civic literacy and frees classes from the burden of irrelevant and unreadable textbooks.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Civil War (United States), Constitutional History
