Social Education
Habeas Corpus and “Enemy Combatants”
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 1:00pmBy Carolyn Pereira and Nisan Chavkin
The writ of habeas corpus has been a critical tool for balancing the rights of individuals with the government’s responsibility to protect the nation’s welfare. The featured elementary, middle, and high school lessons explore the significance of this right.
Question: Who Can Vote?
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 12:56pmBy Misty D. Rodeheaver and Mary E. Haas
Key historical events changed voting practices in America and extended the right to vote. This article spotlights a few of those events, as well as contemporary voting issues, and outlines a teacher-tested lesson on voting.
Dear Miss Breed: Using Primary Documents to Advance Student Understanding of Japanese Internment Camps
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 12:53pmBy Patrick Westcott and Martha Graham Viator
The authors highlight the Carter G. Woodson award winner Dear Miss Breed—which recounts the stories of 19 children of Japanese descent interned in U.S. camps during World War II—as an excellent resource for studying the Japanese American wartime experience.
Integrating Government and Literature: Mock Civil and Criminal Trials Based on [em]To Kill A Mockingbird[/em]
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 12:52pmBy Lori Kumler and Rina Palchick
In a project that connected social studies classes with literature classes, students honed academic skills as they constructed mock trials from the events of a famous novel.
Letter to, and Paintings by, George Catlin (Teaching with Documents)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 12:50pmBy David Rosenbaum, Lee Ann Potter, and Elizabeth K. Eder
A letter from the Secretary of War to painter George Catlin in the 1830s and Catlin’s subsequent paintings of Native Americans in the West help students explore the encounter of two cultures.
The “Starving Time” Wikinquiry: Using a Wiki to Foster Historical Inquiry
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 12:47pmBy Jeremy D. Stoddard, Mark J. Hofer, and Molly G. Buchanan
Highlighting a wikinquiry on the Jamestown colony’s ‘starving time,’ the authors demonstrate a wiki’s power to promote student collaboration, enhance communication, and improve construction of knowledge.
The Technology of Unequal Rights for Women: Patent Drawings of a Voting Machine (Teaching with Documents)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 12:46pmBy Michael Hussey
The featured voting machines patents can inspire thoughtful classroom discussion on voting rights, voting privacy, and the accuracy of voting machines.
Letter from a Young Boy Following the Panay Incident (Teaching with Documents)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 12:41pmBy Trevor K. Plante and Lee Ann Potter
The featured 1937 letter from a Japanese primary school student apologizing for the sinking of the USS Panay by Japanese aircraft provides an entry into the study of U.S.-Japanese relations before World War II.
Across the Color Line: Diversity, Public Education, and the Supreme Court (Looking at the Law)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 12:33pmBy Michelle Parrini
This review of key Supreme Court cases dealing with school integration can foster class discussion on racial progress and the role of the courts in determining educational policy.
“Summer Schedule” and “The Fishin’ Season”: Cartoons by Clifford Berryman (Teaching with Documents)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 12:31pmBy Christine Blackerby
The two featured political cartoons will stir classroom debate on how presidential election campaigns are planned.
