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DeBenedetti, Charles – Social Education, 1988
Describes the author's experience with the Vietnam War as a deferred civilian. Traces his movement from general knowledge of the war to active opposition to it. Discusses his involvement in the peace movement and his experiences in teaching a course on the war. (GEA)
Descriptors: Activism, Peace, Political Attitudes, United States History
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Roland, Alex – OSIRIS, 1985
Provides a wide-ranging survey of relations between war, science, and technology from the days of the American colonies to the Vietnam War, indicating that the overall impact of science and technology on war has been overstated by historians in many fields. Includes military histories that science/technology historians have not used. (JN)
Descriptors: Historiography, Science History, Technology, United States History
Steele, Joel Dorman; Steele, Esther Baker – American Book Company, 1919
This textbook is a course in American history through the administration of President Woodrow Wilson. This work is offered to American youth in the confident belief that as they study the wonderful history of their native land they will learn to prize their birthright more highly, and treasure it more carefully. Following an introduction that…
Descriptors: Textbooks, United States History, American Indians, War
Evans, Lawton B. – Benj. H. Sanborn Company, 1920
This textbook aims to make the history of the country interesting to children, and, therefore, easily learned and long remembered. The chapters cover epochs and the lessons are topics or events within the epoch. Each lesson is a unit in itself and should be so considered in teaching the text. Topics included in this book cover the old world;…
Descriptors: United States History, History Instruction, Foreign Policy, War
Optic, Oliver – Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1893
This is sixth and last in a series of children's novels about the U.S. Civil War. The volume is not intended to be historical narrative of the particular period of the war in which its scenes are laid, the incidents accurately conform to the facts, and especially to the spirit, of the eventful years in which they are placed, as recorded, and as…
Descriptors: Novels, Childrens Literature, United States History, War
Safford, Barbara Ripp – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2005
This column describes Grolier's new ten-volume reference set, "The Civil War." The volumes are easy to handle and the set's appearance is designed to appeal to middle level students. Arrangement is alphabetical from Abolition in volume one to Zouaves in volume ten with reasonable cross references to other relevant articles. Each volume contains a…
Descriptors: War, Media Specialists, United States History, Reference Materials
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Chapman, Bert – Journal of Government Information, 2004
During the first half of the 19th century, the United States grew from a nation confined to the Atlantic seaboard to a country on the verge of becoming a global power. One factor prompting this growth was the United States' growing intellectual, economic, and strategic interests in the Pacific Ocean. These growing interests were fueled by the…
Descriptors: Government Publications, United States History, Federal Government, War
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Parrini, Michelle; Williams, Charles F. – Social Education, 2005
For much of the nineteenth century, the U.S. did not allocate many resources to intelligence gathering. Many Americans were wary of espionage, partly because of the disreputable association of espionage with the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, the nation's first private detective and police agency. In the realm of twentieth-century…
Descriptors: War, United States History, National Security, Public Agencies
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Garrison, Joshua – American Educational History Journal, 2009
Unrealistic as they may have been, television shows like Leave it to Beaver and Ozzie and Harriet served important social purposes during an age of tumult and anxiety. The domestic sit-coms of the 1950s played an educative function by reinforcing and disseminating traditional values at a time when forces of change were becoming quite disruptive.…
Descriptors: United States History, War, Social Systems, Political Attitudes
Optic, Oliver – Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1896
"On the Staff" is the fourth of the series of historical fiction novels in the series, "The Blue and the Gray--on Land." Like its predecessors, it is set during the time of the United States Civil War. In this volume, the hero, Deck Lyon, has grown somewhat older, and his character and ability have been considerably developed;…
Descriptors: Fiction, History, Novels, United States History
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Bigelow, William – Social Education, 1988
Describes a role-playing activity designed to show how the United States began its involvement in Vietnam. Provides sample handouts assigning students to support either the French or Vietnamese side of a debate. The teacher assumes the role of President Truman who must decide which side will receive U.S. support. (GEA)
Descriptors: Role Playing, Secondary Education, Simulation, United States History
Scot, Tammy Pandina; Harding, Diane – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2004
Teaching communication used to be simple: teach writing and speaking. But today?s students must be able to communicate with pictures, both moving and still; audio; and text. This article shows how to design a series of lessons in which students create digital class videos during the course of content-specific units, discussing pre-production,…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Writing Processes, War, Scripts
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Mahoney, Kevin T.; Baker, David B. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2007
Survey research has played a major role in American social science. An outgrowth of efforts by the United States Department of Agriculture in the 1930s, the Division of Program Surveys (DPS) played an important role in the development of survey methodology. The DPS was headed by the ambitious and entrepreneurial Rensis Likert, populated by young…
Descriptors: Probability, Agriculture, War, Social Scientists
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Mormino, Gary R. – OAH Magazine of History, 1998
Presents a look at the local culture of Tampa, Florida at the turn of the century and how it responded to a massive influx of troops waiting for action during the Spanish-American War. At that time, Tampa was a multiethnic city that included many Cuban-, Spanish-, and African-Americans. (MJP)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Conflict, Cultural Interrelationships, Economic Impact
Department of Defense, Washington, DC. – 1996
This packet suggests activities and events that school districts, schools, classes, and educational organizations can conduct to commemorate World War II. Suggestions are made to include local veterans, including those in veteran's and nursing homes and hospitals, and youth at every possible opportunity. Recognition can take the form of military…
Descriptors: Community, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Exhibits
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