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Lucas, Hakim Jabez – ProQuest LLC, 2010
For over 200 years Black colleges and universities have been at the center of the African American community. The legacy of these institutions has been to equip African Americans with the skills needed to be successful leaders. The study considers the leadership of Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne of the Wilberforce University and Rev. Dr. Joseph…
Descriptors: African Americans, African American Community, Higher Education, Black Colleges
Bako, Tom; Kempson, Lauri; Lakemacher, Heather; Markley, Eric – American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2010
The crisis in higher education is about more than money. It is about what one has been paying for, paying for dearly. The public, even in these hard times, supports higher education with its tax dollars. And families make huge sacrifices to send their sons and daughters to college. They deserve in return higher education that provides real…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, College Curriculum, Undergraduate Study, Required Courses
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Lensmire, Timothy J. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2010
This article examines the complex social production of white racial identity. Specifically, the author theorizes white people's fear of people of color and make a case for conceiving of white racial identities as profoundly ambivalent. Drawing from a larger ethnographic interview study conducted in a small, rural, white community in the Midwest of…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Racial Identification, White Students, Social Attitudes
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Whitson, James Anthony – International Journal of Social Education, 2009
Criticisms of Howard Zinn's work on U.S. History are examined in the context of increasing emphasis on the idea of "American exceptionalism" in contemporary political and cultural discourse, and particularly the insertion of American exceptionalism into revised social studies standards for the state of Texas. Analysis focusing on the…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Social Change, Social Studies, History Instruction
Magno, JoJo – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2009
In attempting to climb past the racist and sexist barriers which existed in nineteenth-century America, women could look to writers such as Harriet Beecher Stowe and Anna Julia Cooper. Their works not only reflect the conditions of women and African-American women in particular, but also call for access to educational opportunities for these women…
Descriptors: Females, Slavery, Educational Opportunities, Males
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Rumann, Corey B.; Hamrick, Florence A. – New Directions for Student Services, 2009
The purpose of this chapter is to offer frameworks and considerations for student affairs professionals seeking to serve the transition needs of the current generation of student veterans. The historical intersections of the military and higher education, particularly with respect to the effects of the draft on students and higher education,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Personnel Services, Military Service, Veterans
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Fuhrer, Mary Babson – History Teacher, 2009
On an April morning in 1775, seventy-seven Lexington farmers took a stand on their town common and started a revolution. Generations of townspeople have honored these yeomen soldiers--the Battle of Lexington is re-enacted at dawn every April 19th--and generations of schoolchildren have learned the story of Lexington and Concord. Perhaps because of…
Descriptors: United States History, Secondary School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Workshops
Kuehner, Trudy – Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2007
On March 24-25, 2007 FPRI's Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education hosted 44 teachers from 23 states across the country for a weekend of discussion on teaching about the Military in U.S. history. The Institute was held at and co-sponsored by the Cantigny First Division Museum. Sessions included: (1) War and the Military in American…
Descriptors: United States History, War, Armed Forces, Classical Literature
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Bredhoff, Stacey – Social Education, 2007
On April 14, 1865, at approximately 10:20 p.m., John Wilkes Booth, a prominent American actor, sneaked up behind President Abraham Lincoln as he watched a play from the presidential box at Ford's Theater and shot him in the back of the head at point-blank range. Of the 14 doctors who attended to President Lincoln on the night of his assassination,…
Descriptors: Presidents, United States History, Physicians, Court Litigation
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Rodriguez, Ralph E. – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 2007
This essay is a cursory examination of 1972 and the early 1970s. These were foundational years for Chicana/o literature. The author has only been able to offer a suggestive analysis of some of the literary production during this period. The author has not discussed the numerous periodicals and journals of the period, some underground, some with…
Descriptors: Essays, Hispanic American Literature, Libraries, Cultural Influences
Walling, Donovan R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
Civic education began wandering in the curricular wilderness in the 1960s, when Vietnam and then Watergate brought disenchantment, rebellion, experimentation, a loss of faith in traditional institutions and traditional leaders, the breakup of consensus, the weakening of the core culture and ultimately the erosion of curricular requirements in…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Federal Legislation, Democracy, Citizenship Education
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Petersen, Anne Helen – Great Plains Quarterly, 2007
The very first vision of the female form in "Deadwood" is one of ultimate despair: the woman sits alone in the corner of a room, hysterically weeping, her face swollen and bruised with beating. Meanwhile, the other prominent female character of the camp is obviously hopped up on dope, barely tolerating her dude husband as he clamors after gold.…
Descriptors: Females, United States History, Literary Devices, Feminism
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Wenger, Gina L. – Art Education, 2007
Recent writings on visual culture and art education emphasize contemporary artists, artworks, and objects from everyday life as an avenue for exploring the images school-aged students confront. The use of contemporary images is a vital and significant curricular need. However, the relevance of historical artworks can offer avenues for analyzing…
Descriptors: Art Education, Photography, Visual Aids, United States History
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Bell, Danielle; Henning, Mary Beth – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2007
In this article, one of the authors talks about a local history project that she gave to second grade students. The students were given the responsibility of using primary and secondary sources to research significant historical figures in the history of DeKalb County, Illinois. DeKalb has been described as "an urban community in a rural…
Descriptors: Local History, Grade 2, Popular Culture, Counties
de la Cruz, Jesse – Aztlan, 1976
Senator Beveridge led the opposition to statehood for New Mexico and Arizona. The statehood measure possessed all the necessary requirements for passage, yet it failed. The pro-statehood faction charged that the territories were being denied entry into the Union mainly because of the large Spanish speaking population found within their borders.…
Descriptors: Conflict, Political Issues, Racial Discrimination, State History
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