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Kelly, Hilton, Ed.; Roberson, Heather Moore, Ed. – Myers Education Press, 2023
In this pioneering interdisciplinary reader, Hilton Kelly and Heather Moore Roberson have curated essential readings for thinking about black education from slavery to the present day. The reading selections are timeless, with both historical and contemporary readings from educational anthropology, history, legal studies, literary studies, and…
Descriptors: African American Education, Educational History, United States History, Slavery
Safford, Barbara Ripp – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2005
This article describes the U-X-L encyclopedia "Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th Century America," a five-volume set, arranged chronologically with two decades in each volume. Each decade then is divided into topics, such as commerce (more exciting than it sounds with lots of inventions, consumer goods, and technology); film…
Descriptors: Social History, United States History, Popular Culture, Encyclopedias
McCullough, L. E. – 1996
Designed to combine with studies in various disciplines, such as history, costume, language, dance, music, and social studies, the 10 plays in this book are drawn from the fount of American folklore and popular culture. They range from European, African, and Asian folktales recast in New World settings to the mythology associated with real-life…
Descriptors: Drama, Folk Culture, Popular Culture, Production Techniques
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Cooper, B. Lee – Social Education, 1990
Suggests the variety of Christmas songs (sacred, secular, traditional, and nontraditional) recorded since 1940 offers enormous potential for use in social studies classrooms. Argues these songs provide insights into cultural history and social change. Suggests several classroom activities discussing and classifying Christmas songs. Includes a…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Content Analysis, Cultural Images, Cultural Traits
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1985
This document contains three issues of a journal for elementary and secondary teachers which provide materials and teaching ideas for integrating folk music appreciation into social studies, literature, and humanities courses. The first issue focuses on songs of the West. It includes 10 songs on the pioneers, the Indians, and the frontier. Also…
Descriptors: American Indians, Animals, Bibliographies, Discographies
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1982
The second volume of a newsletter for integrating folk music into elementary and secondary social studies, literature, and humanities courses, this publication contains three issues of the newsletter which together offer a compilation of folksongs from various historical periods and cultures. The first issue of this volume contains miscellaneous…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Civil War (United States), Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1981
The first volume of a newsletter designed to promote the integration of folksong into the social studies, literature, or humanities classroom, this publication contains the first four issues of the newsletter which together offer a compilation of folksongs from various historical periods and cultures. Material is divided into four parts. Part A,…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Elementary Secondary Education, English Literature, Folk Culture
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1983
The third volume of a newsletter for integrating folk music appreciation into elementary and secondary social studies, literature, and humanities courses, this publication contains three issues of the newsletter which together provide a compilation of folksongs from various historical periods and cultures. The first issue contains an article on…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Discographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1984
This document contains three issues of a journal for elementary and secondary teachers which provide materials and teaching ideas for integrating folk music appreciation into social studies, literature, and humanities courses. The first issue focuses on women's songs. It contains eight folksongs, each accompanied by background information and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Black Culture, Elementary Secondary Education, Females