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Ideological Dissonance: A Comparison of the Views of Eight Conservative Students with the Recruitment Document from a Southeastern College of Education
Robert Dahlgren, Stephen MasyadaThe experiences of conservative students in universities have garnered increased attention in recent years. This paper presents the results of recent research on the campus of a…
Tasting the Flouride: The Potential of Feature Film to Enhance the Instruction of the Women’s Movement
Alan S. Marcus, Meg MonaghanThis paper addresses our desire to learn more about effective practices with film and our aspiration to promote a more inclusive curriculum. Specifically, we consider how the film…
On Borrowed Time: How Four Elementary Preservice Teachers Learned to Teach Social Studies in the NCLB Era
Sara Winstead FryThis study presents the findings of a qualitative investigation about four elementary preservice teachers’ experiences learning to teach social studies in the No Child Left Behind…
U.S. History Interpretations of Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers
Thomas A. Lucey, Jeffrey M. Hawkins, Duane M. GiannangeloTeachers’ understandings of content affect their abilities to develop creative instructional strategies for learning. The authors investigated understandings of United States…
Maximizing the Potential of Computer-Based Technology in Secondary Social Studies Education
Wayne JournellThis paper looks critically at the way technology is currently used in social studies education and makes the argument that technology can better serve teachers and students as a…
The Avalon Project: Using Literacy Strategies with Primary Sources on the Internet
Scott ScheuerellIncreasingly, high school classrooms have access to the Internet. The Avalon Project Internet webpage enables high school students to access primary sources on a variety of…
Reframing the Disclosure Debate: Confronting Issues of Transparency in Teaching Controversial Content
Jennifer H. JamesI contend that traditional ways of conceptualizing the “disclosure dilemma” are limited due to a lack of attention to the more subtle ways teachers’ personal experiences and…
Using Cultural Universals and Images to Develop Temporal Distinctions in Kindergarten-Aged Students: An Action Research Study
Elana Tiemann, Thomas D. FallaceThis action research project traces how a teacher used images of cultural universals as part of a kindergarten social studies curriculum to help her students develop temporal…
NCSS Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan Everybody Works by Shelley Rotner & Ken Kreisler
Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Lynn A. Kelley, Dennis W. SunalEverybody Works in many ways, indoors, outdoors, at home, at an office, by traveling from place to place, to earn income, or as a hobby. This book is a photographic essay looking…
NCSS Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel by Leslie Connor
Janie HubbardThis lesson plan is based on the book, Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel, and is useful for teaching about immigration to the United States. Students create a timeline with Miss Bridie’s…
NCSS Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan The Impossible Patriotism by Linda Skeers
Sarah HartmanThis lesson seeks to delve into the minds of 3rd- and 4th-grade students for their grasp of the concept of patriotic symbols. Reading The Impossible Patriotism Project by Linda…
Perpetuating Transformation Education: Early Childhood Graduate Students Enacting Transnational Tenets
Lois McFadyen ChristensenFollowing the hundred-year, devastating tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in 2004 where all was lost along the coast, a leading early childhood educator communicated with graduate…
Using Internet Applications to Enhance Formative Assessment and Soft Scaffolding in the Social Studies Classroom
Mark Hofer, Kathy SwanFace-to-face discussion is a significant part of many courses and often suffers from a lack of preparation on the student’s part. While there are many ways to provide…
Elementary Geography and Ecology: If Earth Were a Cookie
Elizabeth K. Wilson, Tammy CookEcology and population studies are among the most important curriculum standards of the NCSS. Population Connection has aligned its various lessons with NCSS national standards…
“Doing” Community Civics: Connecting Pre-Service Teaching and Social Studies Standards to Study Local Problems
Patrice Preston-GrimesGiven the resurgence of Americans’ interest in the national electoral process and civic issues, social studies educators have a unique opportunity to highlight citizenship…
ISSN:
1933-5415Online date, start – end:
2006Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Cynthia Sunal