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Anderson, Carl B.; Metzger, Scott Alan – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2011
This study is a mixed-methods text analysis of African American representation within K-12 U.S. History content standards treating the revolutionary era, the early U.S. republic, the Civil War era, and Reconstruction. The states included in the analysis are Michigan, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Virginia. The analysis finds that the reviewed…
Descriptors: United States History, Slavery, War, African Americans
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El-Khawas, Elaine – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2011
Universities around the world have been affected by the recent global economic crisis. Many are challenged by reduced resources, yet they also face greater demands to help spur recovery in their respective countries. This paper explores how colleges and universities in the United States were affected by, and subsequently responded to, several 20th…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Economic Climate, Financial Problems, Financial Exigency
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Metzger, Scott Alan; Suh, Yonghee – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2008
The popularity of VHS and DVD over the past two decades has greatly expanded the influence of history movies, watched by millions of adolescents in homes and classrooms. This paper examines two secondary U.S. history teachers' instructional uses of history motion pictures in their classrooms. Ray used The Patriot (2000) to teach history as stories…
Descriptors: Films, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, United States History