(2000). A Place at the Table: Struggles for Equality in America. Teacher's Guide [and Student Text]. "A Place at the Table" contains a teacher's guide, a 40-minute videotape and a 144-page textbook. The kit is designed to help students explore the historical, ongoing struggle to realize the national ideals of freedom and equality. This teacher's guide comprises 13 lesson plans (one for the video and one for each of the 12 chapters in the textbook); answers to objective questions are provided. If teachers wish to conduct an in-depth thematic course in U.S. history, they may choose to follow the entire guide. Teachers may also use the video lesson alone or select any of the chapter lessons in the guide for a one-day unit. The guide details classroom strategies for before viewing and provides suggested prompts for discussion, writing, and extension activities after viewing. The student textbook examines the courageous efforts of some "unsung heroes" who toppled barriers in education, voting, employment, housing, and other areas to participate more fully in…
(1974). Freedom of Expression, the Schools and the Burger Court. Peabody Journal of Education, 51, 2, 124-131, Jan 74. This article reviews the Supreme Court decision on the case of the "Sehome Eight," a case involving eight college radical-activists. It states that because of the plethora of such cases the court has indicated that similar appeals by dissenters may, in the future, have difficulty in reaching the Supreme Court. (JA)…
(1974). Slavery and the Post-World War II Historians. Daedalus, 103, 2, 1-16, Spr 74. Five major turning points are identified which have opened new lines of inquiry into the institution of slavery from the scholarship of the last 18 years in the United States. (Author/KM)…
(1974). Who Will Do the Women's Work?. Times Educational Supplement (London), 3068, 17, Mar 15 74. Article discusses the superficiality of the consultative document, \Equal Opportunities for Men and Women\. (GB)…
(1973). Politicians, Poor People and Human Rights. Journal of Intergroup Relations, 2, 3, 47-58, Spr 73. The human rights movement appears obsolete in America, and human rights workers seem to be marking time as they are forced to wait on a climate more conducive to action. (DM)…
(1972). Higher Education: Some First Amendment Considerations. NASPA Journal, 10, 2, 161-167, Oct 72. This paper examines three areas of student freedom of expression with which those in higher education must be concerned: (1) freedom of expression in the student newspaper, (2) freedom to hear off-campus speakers, and (3) freedom to assemble. (Author)…
(1972). Computing Minorities. Change, 4, 8, 36-38, Oct 72. Making certain that minority groups are well represented in student bodies is often difficult, as in the case of the University of Michigan where the student body numbers over 40,000. (HS)…
(1972). Delinquents and Tribal Courts in Montana. American Indian Culture Center Journal, 3, 2, 3-6, F 72. The Blackwolf" decision determined that American Indian tribal courts cannot transfer juveniles judged to be delinquent to the state for confinement at the state training school because this is beyond the state court's authority. (FF)…
(1972). Has Black Come Back to Dixie?. Society, 9, 7, 47-53, May 72. …
(1971). Chronicle of Race and Schools, December 1970-January 1971. Integrated Education, 9, 2, 50-60, Mar-Apr 71. …
(1971). Sex Discrimination in Higher Education: Constitutional Equality for Women?. Journal of Family Law, 10, 3, 327-343, 71. …
(1970). Are Students Disenchanted With Materialism?. Contemp Educ, 42, 1, 8-13, Oct '70. …
(1969). Racial Desegregation and Integration in Public Education. J Negro Educ, 38, 3, 276-284, 69 Summer. …
(1982). Duane Youngberg, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. Nicholas Romeo, an Incompetent, by His Mother and Next Friend, Paula Romeo on Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Syllabus, No. 80-1429, Argued January 11, 1982–Decided June 18, 1982. Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, v2 n4 p359-74. Opinions of the Supreme Court are presented on the case of Youngberg v. Romeo, in which the mother of a mentally retarded institutionalized adult petitioned for her son's rights under the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to safe conditions of confinement, freedom from bodily restraints, and habilitation. (CL)…
(1981). High Court Sets Standards for First Amendment Time, Place, and Manner Rules. Phi Delta Kappan, v63 n1 p60-61 Sep. Reviews the split decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in June 1981 that upheld the authority of the Minnesota State Fair to restrict the fairground solicitation activities of the Krishna religious sect. Discusses the relevance of the case to schools and colleges that constantly face problems concerning First Amendment rights. (Author/WD)…