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Buffington, Melanie L. – Art Education, 2019
In 2015, the mass murder of nine people in a South Carolina church by a White supremacist led to greater public questioning of symbols of the Confederacy. This questioning led to action in the spring of 2017 when four large Confederate monuments were removed in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the citizens of Charlottesville, Virginia, voted to remove…
Descriptors: Art Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Art, Current Events
Carbajal, Mark Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Previous research has focused on various methods, strategies and concepts that impact the teaching of history in classrooms (Brush & Saye, 2002; Hicks, Doolittle & Ewing, 2004; Levstik & Barton, 2011; Shepherd, 2010). However, research that examines the practice of using the reenactment process in regard to teachers' beliefs and…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Junior High School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Role Playing
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Karl Benziger – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2023
One of the critical issues facing Historians today has been the emergence of Strong State regimes and the politicized pseudo history they produce in countries claiming to adhere to democratic norms. The attack on the Capital of the United States was based on a series of lies about voter fraud supported by President Donald Trump and members of…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Political Attitudes, Misinformation, Presidents
Chalmers, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Social studies teachers in the United States are often unprepared or hesitant to teach about race and racism. This is especially true among White teachers. If teachers are to teach American history, they must be prepared to teach about race and racism, starting with the construction of race in Colonial America and continuing to emphasize the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Racism, Slavery, United States History
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Marsha MacDowell; Olivia Furman – Journal of Folklore and Education, 2023
The importance of storytelling in African American quilt heritage is critical to understanding the context in which these objects were and are created and the meaning this art has for the maker, their communities, and wider audiences. Quilts made by African American artists have been overlooked and misinterpreted by those who do not have access to…
Descriptors: History, Folk Culture, Art Activities, Needle Trades
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Stoddard, Jeremy – Canadian Social Studies, 2021
Nearly 20 years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York, Washington D.C., and Shanksville, PA there is a yearly ritual in a majority of US Schools. On the anniversary each year, teachers and students across the US learn about the attacks and memorialize the events. In many classrooms this is done through witnessing the events…
Descriptors: Terrorism, News Media, Social Influences, Cultural Influences
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Mcallister-Grande, Bryan – Teachers College Record, 2021
Background/Context: This research is framed by both the historical lineage of the New Civics and the legacy of educational and curricular debates in the United States. It contributes to the literature on mid-20th century education. Purpose and Research Questions: This study explores the relationship between religion, civics, and education through…
Descriptors: General Education, Civics, Politics of Education, Ideology
Huber, Lindsay Pérez, Ed.; Muñoz, Susana M., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2021
This book examines how racist political rhetoric has created damaging and dangerous conditions for Students of Color in schools and higher education institutions throughout the United States. The authors show how the election of the 45th president has resulted in a defining moment in U.S. history where racist discourses, reinforced by ideologies…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Political Issues, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kate O'Brien Collins – English Journal, 2021
In this article, Kate Collins begins by explaining how she discovered that "Hamilton: An American Musical," a Broadway show that incorporates a mix of musical genres: hip-hop, jazz, classic show tunes, and show-stopper numbers based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, could be brought into her teaching as a rich resource for her high…
Descriptors: Music, Popular Culture, Teaching Methods, High School Students
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Laurie Grobman – College Composition and Communication, 2017
This article analyzes a public memory pedagogical partnership that disturbed the public memory of a community organization as an egalitarian space. How students, community partners, and I negotiated privately and represented publicly this legacy of the United States' worst shame required us--and me--to figure out what partnership and collaboration…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Memory, Community Organizations, Partnerships in Education
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Tocci, Charles; Ryan, Ann Marie – History of Education, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a novel United States federal education programme that enrolled nearly three million men during the 1930s and early 1940s. This public work relief programme provides a case study of the ways that masculine, eugenicist ideas concerning public education evolved from the Progressive Era through the Great…
Descriptors: Males, North Americans, Educational History, Federal Programs
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Kim, Esther June; Falkner, Anna – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2022
The realities of COVID-19 have clearly revealed the myth of the model minority, a stereotype in which Asian Americans are seen as successful and high achieving in contrast to other Communities of Color. An ever-present, but sometimes seemingly dormant, anti-Asian racism in the United States is reflective of patterns in U.S. immigration history.…
Descriptors: Models, Minority Groups, Asian Americans, Stereotypes
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Fallace, Thomas – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2022
In this historical study, the author traces the contents of classroom materials and methods textbooks published between 1916 and 1966 that endorsed the discussion and deliberation of social issues to demonstrate how these materials consistently evaded racial justice as a social issue. As a result, the materials designed to inspire classroom…
Descriptors: Educational History, Instructional Materials, Textbook Content, Social Problems
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French, Patrice; James-Gallaway, Chaddrick; Bohonos, Jeremy – Journal of Transformative Education, 2022
Intergroup dialogue (IGD) is a program for facilitating conversations about social identity, institutionalized and systemic oppression, social conflict, and social justice. This article examines how IGD can contribute to adult education's socially just goals by facilitating transformative learning. An initial review of the literature, followed by…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Interpersonal Communication, Social Justice, Identification (Psychology)
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Kline, Kip; Knight Abowitz, Kathleen – Educational Theory, 2020
In this essay, Kip Kline and Kathleen Knight Abowitz use Walker Percy's novel "The Moviegoer" to examine the existential plight of young Americans today who, as they turn the broad and long corner from youth to adulthood, are engaged in a search for self-knowledge and identity construction. They are particularly interested in the young…
Descriptors: Novels, Developmental Tasks, Young Adults, Self Concept
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