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Shah, Seema; Sato, Grace – Foundation Center, 2012
Nearly every major indicator of economic, social, and physical well-being shows that black men and boys in the U.S. do not have access to the structural supports and opportunities needed to thrive. This results in negative consequences not only for black males themselves, but also for the larger well-being of society. Several prominent foundations…
Descriptors: Males, Fund Raising, Adults, Children
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Waring, Scott M.; Bentley, Courtney C. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine a group of fifth graders experiences, beliefs, and opinions during the construction of digital historical agent profiles. This research study examined a project in which students were engaged in the learning of historical content and were asked to convey information about the life of someone from the past…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Class Activities, Worksheets, Case Studies
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Kerr, Shantia – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2011
This multiple case study explores how three online, high school teachers used technological tools to create meaningful learning activities for their students. Findings reveal that teachers use a wide variety of tools and approaches to online learning. Tools are categorized as content, communication, and management tools. Approaches include…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Projects, Online Courses, Active Learning
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Duffield, Stacy; Hodge, Angela – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2009
In 2004, an upper Midwestern school district received a grant to administer content-specific professional development to teachers of American history. A series of nine master's level, degree-eligible courses were developed and administered by the local university's history department. At the conclusion of the grant activities in spring of 2008,…
Descriptors: School Districts, United States History, Social Studies, History Instruction
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Forman-Brunell, Miriam; Eaton, Julie – American Journal of Play, 2009
The authors investigate the nearly ubiquitous cultural icon for girls' play, the princess. They survey historical instances of princess play from the beginning of the American republic to the New Millennium, look at the literature concerning princesses in various periods, and discuss the individual recollections about princess play of a number of…
Descriptors: Play, Females, Imagination, United States History
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Adams, J. Q.; Welsch, Janice R. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2009
This article presents an interview with Ronald Takaki, a prolific and respected author and a successful teacher who wrote a number of important histories that explore the cultural diversity of the United States of America, including "From Different Shores: Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America" (1994), "Strangers from a…
Descriptors: Ethnic Studies, United States History, Cultural Pluralism, African American History
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Rodgers, James B.; Null, J. Wesley – American Educational History Journal, 2009
Following World War II, fear rooted in Communist paranoia gripped America. This distress seeped into all aspects of American culture, including education. The American people became increasingly worried that Communist influences would infiltrate the schools and pervert the minds of children. At the forefront of this quagmire was Dr. Earl James…
Descriptors: United States History, Social Systems, Behavior, Fear
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McGrevey, Michael; Kehrer, Darryl – New Directions for Student Services, 2009
Student services professionals are committed to helping students, including the new generation of military servicemembers. However, navigating the maze of federal programs and policies designed to help these deserving individuals requires special knowledge. This chapter assists campus administrators by providing information, first, on the rich…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Trust Responsibility (Government), Higher Education, Federal Programs
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McNeal, Laura R. – Education and Urban Society, 2009
Approximately 50 years ago, "Brown v. Board of Education" was viewed by many as a turning point in American history that crystallized a national movement to eliminate state-enforced racially segregated public education. However, in recent years many parents, educators, and policy makers in education have begun to question whether…
Descriptors: United States History, Equal Education, Community Schools, Voluntary Desegregation
Sartorius, Tara Cady – Arts & Activities, 2009
The 20th of January 2009, will always be known as the date of the inauguration of the first African-American President of the United States. The journey--historically, socially and emotionally--has been a long one. The story of race relations in America, from exploitation to excellence, has been told by many in various forms, from song and dance…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Artists, Handicrafts, African Americans
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Wexler, Lisa – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2009
Alaska Native youth suffer disproportionately from suicide. Some researchers explain this by pointing to social disintegration brought on by rapid social change, but few make the connection to an ongoing colonialism explicit. This paper articulates some of the ways that colonial discourses affect Inupiat young people's self-conceptions, perceived…
Descriptors: Suicide, Youth, Social Change, Alaska Natives
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Burkholder, Zoe – Harvard Educational Review, 2010
In this article, Zoe Burkholder explores the historical interplay of the emergence of tolerance education in the United States and the rise of black educational activism in Boston. By uncovering a pointed lack of tolerance education in Boston and a widespread promotion of tolerance education in other cities in the early half of the twentieth…
Descriptors: African American Students, Multicultural Education, Civil Rights, School Desegregation
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Kelty, Ryan; Kleykamp, Meredith; Segal, David R. – Future of Children, 2010
Ryan Kelty, Meredith Kleykamp, and David Segal examine the effect of military service on the transition to adulthood. They highlight changes since World War II in the role of the military in the lives of young adults, focusing especially on how the move from a conscription to an all-volunteer military has changed the way military service affects…
Descriptors: Military Service, Social Class, Females, Military Personnel
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Schnyder, Damien – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2010
Since slavery, attempted enclosures upon Black spaces of cultural production and autonomy (i.e. music, language, art) have manifested in various forms. In the context of the post-industrial terrain of urban southern California, the formation of the prison is the dominant model of forced enclosure in the lives of Black people. Moving beyond the…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Slavery, Decision Making, Public Education
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Greenhut, Stephanie; Jones, Megan – Social Education, 2010
On their visit to the National Archives Experience in Washington, D.C., students in Jenni Ashley and Gay Brock's U.S. history classes at the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia, participated in a pilot program called "The Constitution by Cell." Armed with their cell phones, a basic understanding of the Constitution, and a willingness to…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Archives, Constitutional Law
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