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Perez, Frank G.; Ortega, Carlos F. – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 2008
In 1988, the El Paso, Texas, city council accepted a proposal to build twelve statues of historically important individuals as part of a downtown revitalization initiative. Juan de Onate was selected as the centerpiece statue of the XII Travelers Memorial of the Southwest. The decision to honor the Spanish colonizer triggered a local controversy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Expression, City Government, Art Products
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Ogden, Nancy; Perkins, Catherine; Donahue, David M. – History Teacher, 2008
Slavery in the pre-Civil War United States is a hard topic to teach, not only because it raises issues of racism and injustice, but also because students assume so much. Often, they think all northerners were abolitionists or "good guys" and southerners were "bad guys" who enslaved African Americans because they viewed them as inferior. England,…
Descriptors: United States History, Textbooks, War, Figurative Language
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Dorsey, Dana Thompson – Negro Educational Review, 2008
In June 2007, the United States Supreme Court rendered its most recent decision on the constitutionality of race-based education policies. The Court decided that race-based student assignment policies implemented in two school districts to ensure racially integrated schools violated the United States Constitution. Since the implementation of the…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Affirmative Action
Wineburg, Sam; Monte-Sano, Chauncey – Phi Delta Kappan, 2008
This article presents a survey designed to investigate what young people know about history. The survey was administered to 2,000 high school juniors and seniors across all 50 states. The students were asked to "jot down the names of the most famous Americans in history," with the caveat that they could not include U.S. Presidents or First Ladies.…
Descriptors: African Americans, United States History, High School Students, White Students
White, Porchanee' A.; Kritsonis, William Allan – Online Submission, 2007
American history has been an essential component of every school's curriculum. Students of all ethnic backgrounds must know and understand that their culture and history are as significant as any other. Educators must take on the task of teaching students about all ethnicities. The purpose of this article is to analyze the effects of the influence…
Descriptors: United States History, African Americans, Cultural Awareness, Genealogy
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Martin, Andrew W. – Social Forces, 2007
Robert Michels' famous "iron law of oligarchy" has come under criticism from scholars that question assumptions regarding the concentration of power within social movement organizations (SMOs). Despite such concerns, Michels' broader interests in organizational structure and power continue to be relevant for analyzing the goals and…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Unions, United States History, Power Structure
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Vargas, Deborah R. – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 2007
The year 1972 was part of a dynamic period of Chicano politics and cultural production in South Texas. A few years earlier, in the Crystal City Revolts, Tejanos had moved to gain control of city and school board positions, events that resulted in the creation of the Raza Unida Party in 1970. Nineteen seventy-two also marked the beginning of the…
Descriptors: Music, Mexican Americans, United States History, Singing
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Sakamoto, Taylor – History Teacher, 2007
The author lives in a place filled with opportunities for girls like her. She is fortunate to attend school and enjoy activities like other young ladies. Her third- and fourth-generation parents encouraged her to attend Japanese Cultural School to learn about her heritage and to be proud of being Japanese-American. Her life has been filled with…
Descriptors: Females, Asians, Japanese Americans, Racial Discrimination
Woodson, Carter G. – Curriculum Review, 2007
In preparation for the Black History Month in February 2008, the author profiles Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) who is considered the Father of Black History in America. He was one of the first Black Americans to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University, but he left his career as a professor to research and write about the history of African…
Descriptors: African Americans, African American History, Profiles, Historians
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Sanchez, Tony – International Journal of Social Education, 2007
As character education continues to be an objective of the social studies, the more effective educators have taken up the challenge by first understanding the principles of their discipline and the opportunities for examining the values of character to be encountered. Social studies is rediscovering the focus on the actual men and women of history…
Descriptors: United States History, Values Education, Social Studies, Citizenship Education
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White, William E.; Hartoonian, H. Michael; van Scotter, Richard; Davis, James E. – Social Studies, 2007
It is often difficult for Americans to find the secrets for addressing issues relevant to the contemporary United States. However, in every generation, individual citizens in their communities, states, and national institutions have debated values that are central to the nation. By studying American history as a sequence of case studies, students…
Descriptors: United States History, Case Studies, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods
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White, William E.; van Scotter, Richard; Hartoonian, H. Michael; Davis, James E. – Social Studies, 2007
The future of the American experiment, and the life of the democratic republic that is the United States, is at risk. American citizens have endangered the republic by failing to educate new generations of citizens about civic responsibility. As early as the nineteenth century, the tension between individualism and American republican principles…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizenship Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility
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Chisholm, Amelia G.; Leone, Mark P.; Bentley, Brett T. – Social Education, 2007
Mock excavations, or "dig boxes," offer students a hands-on opportunity to explore artifacts and their importance and to learn the principles of context and stratigraphic association. The dig box can be central to discussing differences that existed between classes, races, ethnic groups, and the sexes at different times in history. By…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, United States History, African American History, Archaeology
Thornton, Stephen J. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
Geography faces stiff curricular competition from the continuing emphasis of policy makers on the three R's and science. In many places, this competition seems to have squeezed out any systematic attention to geography or the other social studies, particularly in elementary school. What's more, it doesn't look like things are going to turn around…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, United States History, Geography, Competition
Haley, Sherlyn Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study focused on examining the effect of two alternative school types on student success in Mississippi. To determine alternative school type, alternative program directors self-reported program design, and schools were divided into two groups. Type I schools were defined as "punitive-based" programs in which students receive…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, School Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Self Contained Classrooms
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