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Vitz, Paul C. – 1985
This section, from a larger report describing a project designed to systematically investigate how religious and traditional values are represented in today's public school curricula, presents seven studies intended to examine how religion, religious values, and family and family values are presented in the typical textbooks used in the nation's…
Descriptors: Bias, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 2002
In this California state curriculum model for grade 8, "United States History and Geography: A More Perfect Union," students study the life, work, and philosophy of Cesar E. Chavez. They learn about historical events and developments in the United States that Chavez encountered. They examine how Chavez worked to bring the promises…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Citizen Participation, Classroom Techniques, Community Leaders
Cable News Network, Atlanta, GA. – 1998
These classroom guides, designed to accompany the daily CNN (Cable News Network) Newsroom broadcasts for the month of January, provide program rundowns, suggestions for class activities and discussion, student handouts, and a list of related news terms. Topics include: the first mission to the moon in 25 years, Kenya reelects Daniel Arap Moi to…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Class Activities, Current Events, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Gardner, Howard – 1995
Despite a rapidly changing world, leadership remains crucially important in institutions ranging from schools to nations. Much of what is beneficent in the world has been inspired by farsighted leaders, even as many of the horrors of the world have been wrought by leaders who, while perhaps equally gifted, have used their powers destructively.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Audiences, Biographies, Child Development
Curwen, Margie Sauceda – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2011
This study explored how multi-generational, middle-class, fifth-graders from Latino families responded to classroom discussions of social issues--particularly discrimination--and draws upon sociocultural views of culture, educational theory, and sociological perspectives of immigration to provide insight into the learning experiences of one group…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Hispanic American Students, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination
Cable News Network, Atlanta, GA. – 1997
These classroom guides, designed to accompany the daily CNN (Cable News Network) Newsroom broadcasts for the month of March, provide program rundowns, suggestions for class activities and discussion, student handouts, and a list of related news terms. Topics include: monkeys cloned in Oregon, Iran suffers massive earthquake, tornados affect…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Class Activities, Current Events, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Pelo, Ann, Ed. – Rethinking Schools, Ltd, 2008
"Rethinking Early Childhood Education" is alive with the conviction that teaching young children involves values and vision. This anthology collects inspiring stories about social justice teaching with young children. Included here is outstanding writing from childcare teachers, early-grade public school teachers, scholars, and parents.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Holidays, Play
Middleton, E., Ed.; And Others – 1996
The proceedings identify, clarify, and address the problems of the post-Brown era from a variety of perspectives. The first two papers are: The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Banquet Keynote Speech (L. J. Bennett) and the Luncheon Session, "Integrating the Recruitment Preparation and Retention Strategies of Persons of Color in Teaching" (J.…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Career Choice, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Temes, Peter S., Ed. – 1996
All the essays in this collection explicitly or implicitly discuss the ethics of leadership. Paul Johnson's "Plato's Republic as Leadership Text" is an essay on Plato and Nietzsche that considers two fundamental issues: the use of force and persuasion and the tension between the actions that lead to a position of leadership and the actions after…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Qualities
Trachtenberg, Stephen Joel – 1994
This collection of speeches by Stephen Trachtenberg, President and Professor of Public Administration at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., covers a wide variety of subjects important to higher education. Speeches include: "Reason and Heart Together" (remarks on the occasion of his inauguration as President of the…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Business Responsibility, College Libraries, College Role
Guarneri; Carl, Ed.; Davis, James, Ed. – M.E. Sharpe Inc, 2008
This comprehensive resource is an invaluable aid for adding a global dimension to students' understanding of American history. It includes a wide range of materials from scholarly articles and reports to original syllabi and ready-to-use lesson plans to guide teachers in enlarging the frame of introductory American history courses to an…
Descriptors: World History, United States History, Courses, Race
Mayeno, Amiko S. – 2000
The purpose of this study was to analyze the ways in which the experiences and concerns of a predominantly African American and Hispanic community affect how they view environmental issues. Their views are intended to serve as a guide in the development of an environmental education program that is being developed at one of the local parks.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Blacks, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences
Rodriguez, Kenneth – 1995
Focusing on the history and principles of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, the high school text and teacher's guide are intended to be the basis of study for the competitive component of the "We the People... The Citizen and the Constitution" civic education program. The 40 lessons in the text are divided into 6 study units…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Critical Thinking
Au, Wayne, Ed.; Bigelow, Bill, Ed.; Karp, Stan, Ed. – Rethinking Schools, Ltd, 2007
Since the first edition was published in 1994, Rethinking Our Classrooms has sold over 180,000 copies. This revised and expanded edition includes new essays on: (1) science and environmental education; (2) immigration and language; (3) military recruitment; (4) teaching about the world through mathematics; and (5) gay and lesbian issues. Creative…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Social Justice, Standard Spoken Usage, Childrens Literature
King, Martin Luther, Jr. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2013
Three years before his Nobel Prize, Dr. King shared his vision of non violence in a televised interview published in this article for the first time in print. King and his father both began their lives given the name "Michael" King. During a 1934 trip to Nazi Germany to attned the Baptist World Alliance Conference, the elder R. King…
Descriptors: Interviews, Violence, Peace, Change Agents