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Christensen, J. A. – Media and Methods - Exploration in Education, 1971
Author gives a review of social protest. His quotes from classic and current literature includes William Kunzler Abbie Hoffman, and J. S. Mill among others. (Editor/MR)
Descriptors: Activism, Bias, Civil Disobedience, Civil Liberties
Download full textGovernor's Commission for Youth Involvement, Olympia, WA. – 1970
The Commission for Youth Involvement was formed to examine existing programs and recommend better methods to facilitate youth participation in state and community affairs. The commission studied education, social problems, State government, community government, the present political system, and youth and the law. Recommendations included: (1)…
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Liberties, Generation Gap, Political Attitudes
Oliver, Donald W.; Newmann, Fred M. – 1968
See TE 499 864, above.
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Liberties, Communism, Economic Change
Lesko, Wendy Schaetzel; Tsourounis, Emanuel, II – 1998
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 68 million people in the United States are under the age of 18. That's 26% of the population, who participate in school and community activities, spend more than $150 billion a year, and care about the world in which they live. However, that's also 26% of the population who cannot vote and who are supposed to…
Descriptors: Activism, Case Studies, Civil Liberties, Elementary Secondary Education
Parish, Patricia Ann – 1987
This teaching guide for high school students on the use of nonviolent resistance by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., incorporates active student participation through classroom activities and library research. After completing the suggested activities, students will be able to write an essay comparing and contrasting the…
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Disobedience, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights
Brown, Wesley, Ed. – 1996
The 12 essays in this book provide a variety of ways to get students engaged and inspired by the "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave" (1845). Most of the essays emphasize writing as a means for students to learn about Douglass, his times, and his legacy, as well as implications for the students themselves.…
Descriptors: Activism, Biographies, Black Culture, Black History
Vinding, Diana, Ed. – 1998
This document contains 29 articles on the problems of indigenous women in a rapidly changing world, their unequal access to knowledge and resources, and their efforts to take an active role in solving those problems. The articles are arranged into nine chapters: Keeping Traditions Alive; Changing Gender Roles; The Struggle for Self-Determination…
Descriptors: Activism, American Indians, Canada Natives, Civil Liberties
Constitutional Rights Foundation, Los Angeles, CA. – 1971
The biannual Newsletter, directed to secondary school teachers, now has a supplement, Bill of Rights Today, for student use. The student newsletter contains materials intended to stimulate discussion and class work on the subject of change in the school, community, and nation. In this issue articles on Common Cause, National Rifle Association, and…
Descriptors: Activism, Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Civics
