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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"US History"”.
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Intercultural education in US history, 1781-1865
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1947. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive.
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Perceptions of Curriculum Alignment and Student Achievement in US History Courses in an Urban Characteristic Georgia School
… individuals who teach and support United States History courses in an urban characteristic Georgia high school. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the school principal, US History teachers, the assistant principal for instruction, and the assistant principal that supports and …
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College and Career Readiness of First Time in College Social Studies Students
… exploring the understandings and expectations of US history educators at the secondary and post-secondary levels. It is important to study how the realist philosophy inherent in state-mandated standards clashes with teachers’ and students’ understandings of what is real and to understand value …
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Prohibition Era Rochester: A Family Affair
… upon a wide variety of sources, including oral history from the author’s family who were directly involved in the illegal sale of alcohol in Rochester. These stories offer unique insight into the heretofore-undocumented side of the speakeasy operators. The combination of oral history and more …
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We Are A New Race:' Booker T. Washington's Use Of African American Spirituals In The Creation Of A New Negro Image
<p>This study examines how Booker T. Washington used music to project a New Negro image to the American public while also instilling the qualities of this New Negro into his students. Washington hoped to uplift the African American race by challenging racial caricatures prominent in American …
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Protest without repression : protest policing and nonviolent resistance in the US
… of and build support for the protesters. And US history has many examples of these repression backlash benefiting protesters, from the Birmingham bus boycotts to the "Bonus Army" March on Washington, to the Kent State shootings. However, in the United States, and in other western democracies, …
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PEDAGOGY OF POST 9/11 UNITED STATES: MUSLIM AMERICAN STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES, TEACHERS' PEDAGOGIES, AND TEXTBOOKS' ANALYSIS
<p>The events and aftermath of 9/11 continue to cause life changes for many Americans, particularly Muslim American students who have experienced socio-cultural and pedagogic exclusion, harassment and discrimination due to ignorance and misunderstandings. Teachers must inform their students about …
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History Electives in High School: Making Social Studies Engaging
… school students in California are missing out on history. Many students may not see it that way, but that is because they have little understanding of what it means to appreciate history. The traditional high school history survey courses, US History and world history, provide an overview of …
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"We Are Not What You Think": Cultural Memory, Group Identity and Resistance in Contemporary Ethnic Historical Fiction
This thesis analyzes how contemporary works of US ethnic historical fiction employ culturalmemory as counter-myth to challenge exclusionary discourse about US history. In thischallenge lies the potential for social justice by centering the experience of marginalized groupsin memory discourse to …
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“AMERICANS ALL?” – MESSAGES IN MINIATURE
… Progress Administration project called the Museum Extension Project (MEP) operated in the latter half of the 1930s in at least twenty-four states including Indiana. A product of this visual aid program was the twelve-inch miniature figure dressed in clothing to reflect periods in US history …
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Agency risk in CMBS default resolution : a case study of the Peter Cooper Village - Stuyvesant Town mortgage loan default
… The current real estate downturn has not only pushed delinquencies to a historic high but has also inflicted losses to bondholders. When losses are realized through foreclosure, junior bondholders can have the face amount of their investment significantly reduced with no cash payment, while the …
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Informing a transformative multicultural approach: Seeking a content form and a medium for Illinois Indian resources for preservice social studies teachers
… tenet of multicultural education: We must more thoroughly acknowledge US diversity by incorporating authentic ethnic heritage in social studies. The purpose of this study was to investigate recommendations, from three levels of educators, on content form and medium for preservice social …
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A spatiotemporal analysis of Army base distributions in the contiguous United States from 1800 to 1900
The cartographic exploration of US Army fort and personnel variation in the contiguous United States has been well developed in the past, but not nearly enough to capture the essence of this interesting historical geography. In order to address this shortcoming in the geographical literature it was …
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A spatiotemporal analysis of Army base distributions in the contiguous United States from 1800 to 1900
The cartographic exploration of US Army fort and personnel variation in the contiguous United States has been well developed in the past, but not nearly enough to capture the essence of this interesting historical geography. In order to address this shortcoming in the geographical literature it was …
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Molls, Madams, and Masterminds: Challenging Perceptions of Women in Organised Crime in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century USA.
… they have experienced significant levels of exclusion from organised crime narrative. Through its investigation into perceptions of women in organised crime during this period, this thesis demonstrates how those perceptions have solidified into contemporary thinking about organised crime. …
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Robert Zemeckis, Hollywood & the American Dream, 1978-1994
… an astonishing run of commercial success at the US box-office, with eight of the eleven movies he made between 1984 and 2004 becoming top ten hits in their respective years of release. These included two year-end number ones in Back to the Future in 1985 and Forrest Gump in 1994. Taking …
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The Jacob A. Riis-Theodore Roosevelt Digital Archive
… Digital Archive is a digital archive focused on the Progressive Era in US history, which lasted from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. During the Progressive Era, reformers from the American middle class made significant strides in addressing social issues in urban areas …
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Understanding the Impacts of Extreme Weather on the Power Transmission Infrastructure: A Machine Learning Approach to Quantifying Risks and Enhancing Grid Resilience
<p>This doctoral dissertation focuses on the resilience of power transmission infrastructure in tropical coastal environments, particularly in the face of extreme weather events such as hurricanes. The research is anchored on the case of the passage of Hurricane Maria in the Island of Puerto Rico …
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Burnout in the Trenches: Unpacking the Systemic Forces Impacting Community Mental Health Clinicians
Across United States (US) history, individual and population-based mental health has been overlooked or outright dismissed within the health care system. In 1955, 77% of all mental health treatment episodes took place in an inpatient setting, and only 379,000 episodes of treatment were provided in …
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