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Singh, Ilina – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
This article is a socio-historical account of the development of the Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis and methylphenidate treatment in America, attending particularly to the political and institutional contexts that have supported this development. Historical developments in early-mid-twentieth-century America frame a…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Identification, Cultural Influences
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Hodge, Samuel R.; Wiggins, David K. – Quest, 2010
In this paper, we offer discourse on the historical plight and contemporary experiences of African American faculty in Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) programs at predominantly White institutions (PWI) of higher education. First, we discuss the historical plight of African American KPE professionals. Second, we discuss the current…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Physical Education, College Faculty, Racial Factors
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Berger, Aimee; Cochran, Kate – CEA Forum, 2007
Long before Katrina, the South functioned in the social imaginary to contain racism and poverty, and the Mason-Dixon acts then in the national imagination as a buffer to safeguard the nation from the taint of such undemocratic realities. More and more, in many countries of America, a system known as "neoliberalism" prevails; based on a…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Neoliberalism, Social Attitudes, Poverty
Kuehner, Trudy – Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2007
On September 29-30, 2007, FPRI's Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education presented a weekend of discussion on "Teaching Military History: Why and How" for 35 teachers from 22 states across the country. The institute was held at the First Division Museum in Wheaton, Illinois and co-sponsored by the Cantigny First Division Foundation.…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, War, History, History Instruction
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Britton, Marcus; Ocasio, William – Social Forces, 2007
What factors affect where organizations locate facilities in local communities? This paper examines how urban development influenced the neighborhood location of two very different types of facilities, general hospitals and orphanages, over the 70-year period during which Chicago emerged as an urban metropolis. Our results suggest that the human…
Descriptors: Ecology, Hospitals, Children, Child Welfare
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Allen, Danielle S. – Schools: Studies in Education, 2007
The famous photo of Hazel Bryan jeering at Elizabeth Eckford as a mob helped drive Elizabeth from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 4, 1957, compels meditation on the nature of democratic politics. This scene is commemorative of the Little Rock events where school segregation was rampant. The author believes that the photo…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Political Attitudes, School Segregation, Democracy
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Turner, John J., Jr. – History Teacher, 2007
For students of history, the acrimonious and contentious 1876 presidential canvass came to mind during the 2000 election imbroglio. Democrat Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote, but to the dismay of outraged Democrats, an electoral commission of eight Republicans and seven Democrats decided along strict party lines to give twenty disputed…
Descriptors: United States History, Elections, Politics, Political Power
Ashburn, Elyse – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Of the 300 or so native languages once spoken in North America, only about 150 are still spoken--and the majority of those have just a handful of mostly elderly speakers. For most Native American languages, colleges and universities are their last great hope, if not their final resting place. People at a number of institutions across the country…
Descriptors: United States History, American Indian Languages, Language Maintenance, Cultural Maintenance
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Terzian, Sevan G.; Yeager, Elizabeth Anne – Urban Education, 2007
This study investigates how high-achieving Latino adolescents at an urban high school designate significance to events, people, and documents in American history. Survey and interview data of 70 high school students and their advanced placement history teacher document how students attach their own meanings to the history of the nation and employ…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Adolescents, Urban Schools, High School Students
Evans, Mary – 1994
This information packet is intended for student use in research about the life of President Herbert Hoover. The packet is divided into three sections. Part 1 is "The Herbert Hoover Chronology," which sequences Hoover's accomplishments along with world events from his birth in 1874, until his death in 1964. Part 2 is "A Boyhood in…
Descriptors: American Studies, Federal Government, Modern History, Presidents of the United States
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Williamsburg, VA. Education Dept. – 1986
This resource packet provides information and activities for teaching abut the historical significance of Yorktown, Virginia in the American Revolution. Teachers' materials include brief background essays on: (1) "Summary of the American Revolution in Virginia"; (2) "Life in the Army"; (3) "Life in Revolutionary…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Elementary Secondary Education, Heritage Education, Local History
Wessel, Lynda; Florman, Jean, Ed. – 1995
This curriculum offers a comprehensive guide for teaching Iowa's historical and cultural heritage. The book is divided into six sections including: (1) "Using This Book"; (2) "Using Local History"; (3) "Lesson Plans"; (4) "Fun Facts"; (5) "Resources"; and (6) "Timeline." The bulk of the…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Community Study, Culture, Elementary Secondary Education
Johnson, Jennifer, Ed. – Loblolly, 1992
This publication features an article about Milton M. Holland, a black American from East Texas, who is credited with being the first black Texan to have won the Congressional Medal of Honor during the U.S. Civil War. The articles in the issue concern Milton Holland and other black Americans who served in the Civil War. The articles include:…
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black History, Blacks, Civil War (United States)
Gray, Polly; And Others – 1981
This curriculum guide for teaching the history of Florida is designed as a teaching unit in the Social Studies program for fourth graders in the Duval County Public Schools (Jacksonville). The central theme is "Our Widening World," and the primary idea is how conflict and interdependence brought about the growth and development of…
Descriptors: Community Development, Curriculum Guides, Economic Development, Grade 4
Hardesty, Carolyn, Ed. – Goldfinch, 1989
This issue of the children's quarterly magazine, "The Goldfinch," focuses on World War I. A brief discussion of how the United States came to enter the War is followed by a discussion of propaganda. An article on the use of posters to encourage citizens to participate in the war effort is illustrated with reproductions of several of…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Diaries, Elementary Education, Fear
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