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Cultivating a Justice Orientation toward Citizenship in Preservice Elementary Teachers
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Fry, Sara W.; O'Brien, Jason – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2015
Teacher educators have an obligation to prepare preservice teachers with the skills and dispositions necessary to promote a socially just world. Yet the results of this study uncovered that the majority of elementary preservice teachers in a national sample (N = 846) have a simplistic perception of good citizenship consistent with what Westheimer…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Citizenship Education, Social Justice
Adolescents' Conceptions of Democracy in Central/Eastern Europe and the United States
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Avery, Patricia G.; Levy, Sara A.; Simmons, Annette M. M.; Scarlett, Michael H. – Journal of International Social Studies, 2012
The term democracy has an overwhelmingly positive connotation for most people (Diamond & Plattner, 2008), yet it is a contested, fluid, and evolving concept that represents many different things to different people. This article presents our analysis of conceptions of democracy among groups of adolescents (n = 2,848, ages 13-19) in the Czech…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Democracy, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries
The Vision of Williamsburg: The Washington and Williamsburg Notebook.
Zack, David R.; Fritsche, Joellen M. – 1986
This booklet is designed to help student participants in Close Up's Washington and Williamsburg Special Focus Program make connections between colonial Williamsburg (Virginia) and the present. Students are encouraged to see Williamsburg as a historical backdrop by which to study four fundamental ideas that have shaped the development of the United…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Colonial History (United States), Democratic Values, High School Students
U.S. Constitution: It Has Virginia Written All Over It. A Bicentennial Ideas Package for Elementary Schools.
Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, Charlottesville. – 1987
Developed for elementary students, this compilation of diverse lesson plans, project ideas, and resources is designed to assist teachers in teaching about the United States Constitution. The document includes 10 sections: (1) A Model Bicentennial Program for Elementary Schools; (2) Patriotism Packet of Lesson Plans; (3) A Young Citizen's Guide to…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Democratic Values
U.S. Constitution, 1787-1987. It Has Virginia Written All Over It. Bicentennial Ideas Package (Advance Copy).
Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, Charlottesville. – 1987
This resource package contains ideas for local projects to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the United States Constitution. The document includes a bicentennial chronology, a selection of general projects, educational projects, air and print media projects, and fine arts projects. Six appendices feature: (1) Bicentennial Chronology; (2)…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
U.S. Constitution: It Has Virginia Written All Over It. A Bicentennial Ideas Package for Junior High and High Schools.
Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, Charlottesville. – 1987
A compilation of diverse lesson plans, project ideas, and resources for teaching the United States Constitution to junior high and senior high school students is presented. The document contains seven sections: (1) Teaching the Constitution: An Interdisciplinary Approach; (2) A Sampling of New Books on the Constitution; (3) Films and Videotapes;…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Democratic Values