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Coon, Richard H.; West, Gale E. – 1984
The phenomenological methods used to analyze the unique characteristics contributing to the stability of a small mid-western rural town may be useful tools for community researchers, providing an inexpensive, non-technical, humanistic-interpretive research approach. General concepts associated with community success were formulated through direct…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Study, Cultural Background, Municipalities
Sealey, Margaret, Ed.; Sealey, Bruce D., Ed. – 1974
During the summer of 1973, Opportunities for Youth funded 6 university students to conduct a study of 6 Metis communities. With the cooperation of the Manitoba Metis Federation, who assigned its Director of Communities to assist the students, and the Federation's South East Regional Office which supplied office space, the students began the study.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Characteristics, Community Study, Cultural Background
Flynn, David – Rural Sociologist, 1991
Uses the concept of "community as story" to evaluate community solidarity. Presents the stories of three communities in terms of origin, characters, events, and theme. By constructing their stories, communities can inspire new adventures and create a future which is as real as the perceived past. (KS)
Descriptors: Characterization, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community Study
Bolitho, Annie; Hutchinson, Mary – 1998
This writing resource book offers ideas for sharing stories, turning them into text, and reaching a wider audience through simple publishing processes in community settings and through group processes. Chapter 1 shows how the "Building Canberra" project, on which the book is based, came about. It discusses the policy framework in which…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Characteristics, Community Involvement, Community Programs

Roche, John F. – Interdisciplinary Humanities, 1996
Describes a course that approaches concepts of historic preservation from a humanities, rather than an architectural, perspective. The course begins with a questionnaire about the area that uses ideas from perceptual geography and social psychology. Later readings include novels, poems, essays, and songs. (MJP)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Study, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background
Sanders, Irwin T.; Morawska, Ewa T. – 1975
This monograph reviews literature on Polish Americans. Information was derived from sociological community studies, sociological and historical works, M.A. and Ph.D. dissertations, and theoretical and empirical studies dealing with ethnic groups. Listed in the bibliography are 302 works. The monograph is intended as a starting point for social…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Study, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Neuenschwander, John A. – 1976
The book presents information on the use of oral history as a classroom device. The first chapter discusses the evolution of oral history from a practice intended to preserve information on noted Americans to a way of preserving recollections of older Americans about the past. The second chapter explains why interviewing members of their own…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Characteristics, Community Study, Cultural Background
City Univ. of New York, NY. Hunter Coll. – 1968
The purpose of this institute was to prepare written materials that would aid local school supervisors in the development of community awareness through clinical experiences. Fifteen participants were selected from cities located in 10 different states and the District of Columbia. Institute members participated in at least two activities, the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Business Education, Clinical Experience, Community Characteristics
D'Amico, Anthony J. – 1979
The document presents a history of an Italian immigrant family that settled in Westport, Connecticut, before 1900. The monograph is part of a project to investigate the ethnically varied cultural heritage of the Norwalk-Westport area. Objectives of the history are to record the story of the d'Amico family, shed light on the Westport Italian…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Culture, Attitude Change, Community Characteristics
Wilk, Barbara – 1979
The booklet describes a multimedia project which introduces secondary students and interested adults to the ethnic history of Westport and Norwalk, Connecticut, from 1900 to 1979. Objectives of the project were to demonstrate ways to explore the past and relate it to the present, forge links between generations, encourage understanding and respect…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Culture, Attitude Change, Class Activities
Mahar, John L. – 1979
The history of immigration to Norwalk and Westport, Connecticut, from the Revolutionary War period to 1979 is presented. The reading is part of a project to investigate the ethnically varied cultural heritage of the Norwalk-Westport area. It is arranged in two major sections. Section I focuses on Westport--described as an attractive suburban town…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Culture, Blacks, Census Figures