Nance, Elizabeth (1976). Great Issues in American History: A Compilation of Primary Sources Related to Issues That Have Occupied the Attention of the American People from Colonial Days to the Present. Oregon ASCD Curriculum Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 333. This publication is a compilation of primary source materials related to issues that have occupied the attention of the American people from colonial days to the present. It is intended for use at the secondary level. A prologue contains creation stories and poems on the origins of the world and man. Documentation of the primary sources is provided. Five chapters treat specific time periods in U.S. history. The time periods covered include the European Colonization of North America, 1492-1700; Founding the New Nation, 1770-1800; Establishing the New Nation, 1800-1865; Reconstruction, Industrialism, and Imperialism, 1865-1912; and International Involvement, Social Change, and Liberation, 1912-1976. Each chapter presents a brief introduction, identifies five or six issues, and concludes with a bibliography of the sources of the primary materials. A general reading list concludes the publication. (Author/RM)… [PDF]

(1995). The Lesson Plan of the Month. Series 3. 10 Lesson Series. Focusing on current topics germane to law-related education (LRE), this guide features ten LRE lessons. As part of a series of lesson plans compiled by Phi Alpha Delta, this collection presents a lesson plan on current issues for each month of the school year. Intended for high school and middle school with adaptations for elementary school, the individual lessons focus on school violence, school prayer, gun control, stalking, media influences, balancing the budget, the meaning of character, nuclear proliferation, immigration, and the penal system. Each lesson plan provides a lesson description, objectives, key concepts and vocabulary, detailed steps for implementing the lesson, questions for class discussion, and suggestions for additional activities. The lessons also include handouts and other relevant teaching materials. (TSV)…

Maschke, Karen J., Ed. (1997). The Employment Context. The Impact of the Law on the Lives of Women. Gender and American Law Series, No. 3. This book contains the following 14 articles on the effects of law on women in the United States: \Protection of Women Workers and the Courts: A Legal Case History\ (Ann Corinne Hill); \Sexual Harassment and Race: A Legal Analysis of Discrimination\ (Judy Trent Ellis); \Comparable Worth: Is This a Theory for Black Workers?\ (Judy Scales-Trent); \Sexual Harassment: Its First Decade in Court\ (Catharine A. MacKinnon); \Comparable Worth: The Paradox of Technocratic Reform\ (Sara M. Evans, Barbara J. Nelson); \Conceptualizing Black Women's Employment Experiences\ (Cathy Scarborough); \Pluralist Myths and Powerless Men: The Ideology of Reasonableness in Sexual Harassment Law\ (Nancy S. Ehrenreich); \Sexist Speech in the Workplace\ (Marcy Strauss); \Women in the Workplace and Sex Discrimination Law: A Feminist Analysis of Federal Jurisprudence\ (Francis Carleton); \Sexual Harassment in the Military\ (Yxta Maya Murray); \Gender Bias in the Legal Profession: Women 'See' It, Men Don't\…

Hansen, Arthur A. (1996). The 1944 Nisei Draft at Heart Mountain, Wyoming: Its Relationship to the Historical Representation of the World War II Japanese American Evacuation. OAH Magazine of History, v10 n4 p48-60 Sum. Presents a lesson plan that not only illuminates a little-known incident in Asian American history but also questions how history is constructed and communicated. Provides an excellent historical account of the draft resistance movement within the Nisei internment camps during World War II. Includes handouts and discussion questions. (MJP)…

Sime, Luis (1994). Challenges to Popular and Human Rights Education: The Formation of Producer, Citizen, and Person. Journal of Moral Education, v23 n3 p305-14. Contends that popular, or a form of alternative, education stands in the background of most efforts in human rights education in Latin America. Maintains that education must educate people as producers, citizens, and individuals. Discusses challenges to this task in light of liberation theology and the Peruvian experience. (CFR)…

Wise, Edward M. (1994). Comparative Legal Services: An Analysis of the Delivery of Legal Services to the Poor in Nations around the World. Update on Law-Related Education, v18 n3 p47-51 Fall. Asserts that providing poor people equal access to law is a worldwide problem. Identifies and discusses three systems of legal aid services in nations throughout the world. Includes a vocabulary chart and a special section on justice in South Africa. (CFR)…

Teel, Steven C. (1998). Lessons on Judicial Interpretation: How Immigrants Takao Ozawa and Yick Wo Searched the Courts for a Place in America. OAH Magazine of History, v13 n1 p41-49 Fall. Presents two lessons designed to counter textbook images of minorities merely as victims, by introducing high school students to two federal court cases involving Asian immigrants' efforts to guarantee their rights. Includes lesson objectives, background on lesson organization, procedural outline, primary documents necessary for each lesson, and discussion questions. (DSK)…

(2006). Capital Construction Budget Recommendations and Prioritization, 2007-2009 Biennium for the Nebraska State College System, University of Nebraska, and Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. Revision. Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education The Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education recognizes the importance of safe, functional, well-utilized, and well-maintained facilities in supporting institutional efforts to provide exemplary programs. This principle forms the basis for the Commission's capital construction budget recommendations and prioritization for the 2007-2009 biennium. A high proportion of the physical assets supported by state government are found on the campuses of public higher education institutions throughout Nebraska. To protect this considerable investment (about $2.1 billion for state-supported facilities), it is critical that institutions properly plan for the construction, efficient use, and maintenance of these facilities. The Commission has identified ongoing routine maintenance and deferred maintenance as two essential areas in which state and institutional funding are needed during the next biennium. Adequate funding in these areas would provide long-term cost savings that can be… [PDF]

Sugiyama, Takashi (2006). Gay and Lesbian Youth Research: An East Asian Perspective. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, v3 n2-3 p119-120. As globalization proceeded, the rights of sexual minority groups have become one of the human rights that cannot be ignored. However, recognizing sexuality as a human right and promoting educational practices which affect human rights policies, have been implemented mainly in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. For example, the establishment of Gay and Straight Alliances is uncommon in East Asia. What about research on LGBT youth and implementation of sexuality education in East Asian countries? D'Augelli and Grossman describe the current limitations on doing research on queer youth–even in countries where there has been a relatively long history of such work. The authors' point that educators must work to reduce the stigma of sexual orientation, paying greater attention to gender identity, is as important as the need for more types of research into their lives. People certainly need to do a better job thinking about their methodologies as they engage in this… [Direct]

Landa, Laura Garcia; Moore, Pauline; Terborg, Roland (2006). The Language Situation in Mexico. Current Issues in Language Planning, v7 n4 p415-518 Nov. This monograph will cover the language situation in Mexico; a linguistically very complex country with 62 recognised indigenous languages, the "de facto" official language, Spanish, and some immigrant languages of lesser importance. Throughout the monograph, we will concentrate on three distinct challenges which we consider relevant for Mexican language policy. The first area of interest is the challenge of the multilingual situation where there is conflict between Spanish and the indigenous languages, most of which are in danger of shift. This situation has many consequences both for education and for linguistic human rights. The second challenge that is discussed is that of foreign language teaching, which is a growing need in the Mexican education system, just as it is for any economically developing nation. In particular, English is in high demand at all levels of education; in turn, this development creates new demands for teaching staff. The third challenge dealt with… [Direct]

Zuhdi, Muhammad (2006). Modernization of Indonesian Islamic Schools' Curricula, 1945-2003. International Journal of Inclusive Education, v10 n4-5 p415-427 Jul. As the most populous Muslim country in the world, Indonesia has a unique experience in dealing with Islamic education, a system that was established years before the country's independence. This paper summarizes the development of Indonesian Islamic schools with special reference to their changing curricula. Using the social constructionist perspective as an approach, this research is trying to see the significance of political and social changes to the development of Islamic schools' curricula throughout the country's history. (Contains 2 notes.)… [Direct]

Donnelly, Mary Beth (2006). Educating Students about the Holocaust: A Survey of Teaching Practices. Social Education, v70 n1 p51-54 Jan-Feb. More than half a century has passed since the horrific events of the Holocaust took place, but images of the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany are no less shocking than they were 60 years ago. Any discussion of the Holocaust inevitably leads to questions not only of how and why this event occurred in the modern era but, more importantly, how the legacy of the Holocaust can continue to raise international awareness of human rights abuses and genocide. One way of achieving this awareness is by providing holocaust education to the nation's young people. While this objective has obtained widespread support, there has been an absence of reliable nationwide information on how the Holocaust is actually taught in U.S. schools. This article attempts to fill that gap by presenting the results of a yearlong study commissioned by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum of teaching practices in Holocaust education in the nation's… [Direct]

Bethea, Leslie L.; Thompson, Anne R. (1996). Student Affairs Staff Survey of Knowledge of Disability Laws and Recent Legal Decisions. Postsecondary Accommodations for Academic and Career Success. This document presents survey questions concerning rights of students with disabilities in postsecondary education and the responsibilities and rights of student affairs staff. The survey is intended to provide necessary information about disability laws and recent legal decisions in the context of the increased enrollment of students with disabilities in higher education and the increasing need for accommodations. The 26-item survey identifies the correct responses (from yes/no choices), offers a rationale for the correct response, and provides one or more references. The survey addresses: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, suitable accommodations, limitations on required accommodations, liability of the individual student affairs staff member, access to student diagnostic information, admissions tests, safety considerations, student housing, preferred terminology, and accommodations for individuals with specific impairments…. [PDF]

(2005). Standards of Good Practice in the Employment of Full-Time Nontenure-Track Faculty. Item Number 36-0710. American Federation of Teachers In conjunction with efforts to make more widely known the trend towards decomposition of the tenure system in American colleges and universities, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has examined conditions of full-time nontenure track faculty, part-time/adjunct faculty, graduate employees and new categories of academic professional staff specialists. While acknowledging the need to scrutinize rising costs in light of rising tuition and tight budgets, AFT advocates that students are being subjected to overly large classes taught by underpaid, overworked and under-supported academic workers. In this document, AFT proposes standards of good practice in the employment of full-time nontenure-track faculty in four areas: (1) Compensation; (2) Professional Conditions and Voice; (3) Professional Responsibility and Support; and (4) Ensuring Full Rights for Full-Time Nontenure-Tack Faculty in their Union. (Contains 10 endnotes and 7 figures.) [This document was produced by AFT Higher… [PDF]

Pressey, James (2001). Campus Safety and the Deaf Community Working Together. PEPNet Tipsheet. PEPNet-Northeast If a campus has students who are deaf or hard of hearing, its Public Safety department needs to become aware of some basic information about deafness in order to serve those students well. Public Safety officers may interact with deaf students in a variety of situations: (1) Reporting a theft; (2) Emergency medical situations; (3) Reporting items lost or found; (4) Parking violations; and (5) Requests for services. This tipsheet provides some basic information about deafness and deaf culture. It is important to know that there is a difference in the degrees of deafness that people may have…. [PDF]

Taymans, Juliana M.; West, Lynda L. (2001). Selecting a College for Students with Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ERIC Digest. This digest discusses how secondary students with learning disabilities or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can investigate postsecondary programs and find the right college to meet their needs. It begins by exploring when students should begin their college planning and the role of transition plans in determining student goals and vision for life as an adult. Students should understand their own learning needs to identify the accommodations they will require in postsecondary programs. The legal rights of students with disabilities after high school are outlined, as well as areas students should evaluate in determining the desirability of a college. The final section presents strategies for becoming informed about college programs, including: (1) participate in orientation programs to become familiar with campus life and ask questions about classes, faculty, resources, and services; (2) don't procrastinate about gathering information about courses and professors; (3) talk to… [PDF]

Stevens, Ed (1999). Due Process and Higher Education: A Systemic Approach to Fair Decision Making. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Volume 27, Number 2. ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education Due process has become an important principle in higher education as a result of many new legal issues, including dismissals of students from campus, firings of staff members, faculty tenure and promotion, sexual harassment, discrimination, and substance abuse. This volume defines due process; explains when due process procedures are required; reviews expectations of the courts with respect to due process in higher education; examines how legal requirements for fair decision making differ for publicly-supported and private institutions; and analyzes the difference between the systemic approach to due process and other methods of due process in higher education. The introduction and the first section of the volume provide an overview of due process in higher education (literature, historical development, fundamental concepts, academic and disciplinary sanctions, and constitutional competence). The next section presents a systemic approach to due process in higher education; the…

French, David A. (2002). FIRE's Guide to Religious Liberty on Campus. FIRE's Guides to Student Rights on Campus. Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (NJ1) Students should know their rights and liberties, and they need to be better informed and better equipped about how to assert and defend these precious things. The protectors of students' rights and liberties–those faculty, administrators, parents, alumni, friends, citizens, advisers, and attorneys who care about such vital matters–should understand the threats to freedom and legal equality on campuses, the moral and legal means of combating those threats, and the acquired experience of recent years. To that end, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) offers this \Guide to Religious Liberty on Campus,\ part of a series of such guides designed to restore individual rights and the values of a free society to the nation's colleges and universities. These guides also should remind those who write, revise, and enforce campus policies of the legal and moral constraints that restrict their authority. The sooner that colleges and universities understand their legal and… [PDF]

Jacobs, George M. (2003). Cooperative Learning to Promote Human Rights. Online Submission When people think about how education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels can promote human rights, most people think about the content. For example, they think about lessons on topics such as overcoming discrimination or the right to a fair trial. However, teaching for human rights is not only about the "what," the content of teaching. It also concerns the "how," the methods of teaching. The how of teaching involves what is sometimes called the "hidden curriculum" of education. Bigelow (1999, p. 243) defines hidden curriculum as "the values, habits, and beliefs that are imparted to students through the ways schools are structured and through the routines of school life." For instance, students may study about democracy in their textbooks, but if all the decisions in the school are made at the top–by the principal for the whole school and by the teacher for the whole class–and the people below are supposed to blindly obey, the… [PDF]

Leonard, Donald E. (1992). Your Court. How the Rhode Island Judiciary System Works. First Edition and Teacher's Resource Book. The first part of this document, designed for middle school students, describes the Rhode Island court system. A history of the court in Rhode Island, an explanation of courts and their jurisdictions, the jury, appointment and duties of judges, court personnel, and sentencing are explained. An appendix outlines the rights of crime victims, the accused and defendants, and those found guilty. The second part of the document is designed for middle school teachers and contains a collection of sample lessons, graphics, and class activities for use with the student text, "Your Court." It includes a glossary of legal terms, activities to help students learn about the Rhode Island courts, and suggestions for additional resources. (RJC)… [PDF]

(1995). Highlights from the First World Congress of Education International. The papers in this volume reflect the general theme of the congress, "Educators United, Ready for Change." A theme that emerged during the conference concerned the need to fight structural adjustment programs, imposed by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund, which were destroying the educational and social infrastructure of many countries in the developing world, as well as in Central and Eastern Europe, and imposing "solutions" which did enormous harm to public education and to the work and living standards of teachers. A number of key debates and resolutions condemned this trend and demanded that Education International (EI) develop its own alternative strategies to build economic and social policies at the national and international levels, incorporating a strong commitment to public education. Another major theme that emerged was the issue of human and trade union rights, which engendered debates on a range of issues including women's rights, the…

Galloway, Margaret E. (1987). The Rhetoric of Prejudice and Public Policy Regarding the American Indian. This paper presents a review of written information concerning the American Indian that reveals stereotypes, prejudicial statements, and misrepresentation. While manifest destiny was the policy of the government during the late 1800s, social prejudice was used to develop a perception of the American Indians that justified removing them from their lands. Once the tribes became relatively subdued and restricted to tribal lands, social prejudice was expanded to reduce any influence Indians might possess. Older written documents, as well as contemporary literature, have maintained stereotypes of the Indians which depict them in a negative way and deny them the opportunity to excel. While many American Indians have won considerable acclaim in the fine arts, literature, crafts, and sports, prejudice remains. American Indians choosing to remain among their people on tribal lands are viewed as outcasts by society. Organizations representing the government to business groups have appointed…

Kannarr, Tina L.; Kinsler, Waren S.; Rainey, Susan J.; Reaves, Asa E. (1995). Hate Speech and the First Amendment. This document is comprised of California state statutes, federal legislation, and court litigation pertaining to hate speech and the First Amendment. The document provides an overview of California education code sections relating to the regulation of speech; basic principles of the First Amendment; government efforts to regulate hate speech, which have generally been unsuccessful; Supreme Court tests to determine the free speech rights of public employees; court decisions regarding clubs, student activities, and the Equal Access Act; and the legal definitions of a hostile environment and harassment (sexual and racial). (LMI)… [PDF]

Dahl, Robert A. (1996). Equality Versus Inequality. PS: Political Science and Politics, v29 n4 p639-48 Dec. Argues that political equality and democracy are attainable only through the distribution of access to political resources and the willingness to use them. Discusses the broad philosophical and sociological components that contribute to a system marked by advantage and inequalities, as well as opportunities for opposition and resistance. (MJP)…

Farrell, John S. (1997). Maintaining Order–and the Rights of Citizens. Update on Law-Related Education, v21 n2 p13-17 Spr. Discusses the constitutional protection of individual rights, particularly how they relate to the conduct of law enforcement. Summarizes a number of Supreme Court decisions and the legal precedents they established. Considers the various jurisdictions and duties of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. (MJP)…

Mock, Karen R. (1995). Focus on Human Rights. Canadian Social Studies, v29 n4 p2-4 Sum. Maintains that educators have been at the forefront in the quest for equal opportunity. Asserts, however, that there is resistance to recognizing and removing bias from the curriculum and instructional materials. Discusses challenges in implementing inclusive education in Canadian schools. (CFR)…

Parsons, William S.; Totten, Samuel (1991). Teaching and Learning about Genocide: Questions of Content, Rationale, and Methodology. Social Education, v55 n2 p84-90 Feb. Points out there has been an increase in curricular materials for the study of genocide. Maintains that teachers need a rationale for teaching about genocide to help them select appropriate content. Provides examples of rationales from leading educators and delineates three teaching models. Includes curricular resources and an eight-item bibliography. (SLM)…

Kohl, Herbert (1993). The Myth of "Rosa Parks the Tired." Teaching about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Multicultural Education, v1 n2 p6-10 Fall. Retells the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery (Alabama) bus boycott to reflect more accurately the cultural and historical background of the boycott and the conscious decision made by Mrs. Parks. Accurate examination of the story actually enhances a child's ability to identify with the issues and the protagonists. (SLD)…

Goncalves, Wande Knox (1997). The Underground Railroad: Developing a Literary Track to Slave Narrative. This paper offers a method of bringing to third-grade students an understanding of African-American contributions to the United States, the experience of slavery, and the struggle for freedom on the secretive Underground Railroad. The paper contains a list of eight primary sources to be used. Its lessons focus specifically on the skills necessary for a slave to successfully run to freedom, the inner workings of the Underground Railroad, the specialized knowledge of the runaways, and the major conductors along the line. The paper suggests 7 days as the number of class periods for the lessons. It gives a brief description of the activities, day by day, which include outside homework projects, the reading of specific stories, and student research and written recording of narratives collected. The paper also suggests extended enrichment activities. Contains 11 references. (CR)… [PDF]

(1996). Welcome to the United States. A Guidebook for Refugees. First Edition. This guidebook provides refugees being resettled in the United States with general information about what they will encounter and the services they can receive in their first months in the country. Available in several languages, the book is distributed to overseas processing agencies and refugees overseas who have been approved for U.S. admission. It is also distributed to service providers. Refugees are advised that most Americans value self-reliance and individual responsibility, but that in general people respect those who ask questions about the new culture they are entering. All refugees are assigned to a relocation agency as they enter the country, and housing is made available for the first month. The following topics are addressed: (1) pre-arrival processing; (2) the role of the resettlement agency; (3) community services; (4) housing; (5) transportation; (6) employment; (7) education; (8) health; (9) managing your money; (10) rights and responsibilities of refugees; and… [PDF]