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Peer reviewedInsights on Law & Society, 2001
Focuses on the importance of voting by presenting articles from experts who work in civic organizations: (1) "Rocking the Vote: How We Can Reach Young Americans" (Kay Albowicz); (2) "A Bold New Direction in Civic Participation" (Melanie L. Campbell) and (3) "Voting--What's in It for Me?" (Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins). (CMK)
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics
Peer reviewedCrocco, Margaret Smith; Brooks, Della Barr – Social Education, 1995
Maintains that, although many suffrage supporters anticipated a new political age after passage of the 19th Amendment, women have begun to realize their electoral potential only in recent years. Describes the role of women in politics and political opinion from the 1920s to the present. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Constitutional History, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Carmines, Edward G.; Berkman, Michael B. – Political Science Teacher, 1988
Outlines the strategic setting of the 1988 U.S. presidential election, highlights what is at stake for each party, and considers those political issues that may affect its outcome. Examines domestic and foreign policy issues, stressing those that affect two key groups: northern workers and "have not/have little" white Southerners. (GEA)
Descriptors: Elections, Political Affiliation, Political Campaigns, Political Influences
Peer reviewedIrish, Ann B. – Social Education, 1988
Urges social studies educators to play an active role in getting out the 18-year-old vote. Offers suggestions for increasing high school senior voter registration and interest in voting. (JDH)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Civics, Elections, High School Seniors
Peer reviewedRothwell, Jennifer Truran – Social Education, 2001
States that after the election of 2000, there will be calls to abolish the electoral college. Discusses the creation of the electoral college. Addresses the four disputed elections in U.S. history: (1) 1800; (2) 1824; (3) 1876; and (4) 1888. Focuses on the reasons for and against the electoral college. (CMK)
Descriptors: Civics, Elections, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Role
Peer reviewedGans, Curtis; And Others – Update on Law-Related Education, 1988
Discusses several reasons for decreasing voter participation in the United States, specifically focusing on lack of voter participation by youth. Highlights recommendations for increasing young voter turnout. Presents three voting activity lesson plans for middle school students and three activities entitled "Increasing Participation in…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Elections
Download full textZuckerman, Michael – 1988
The defeat of the United States in the Vietnam War affected the dearest notions held by Americans of the nature of the national existence. That defeat determined, in the words of John Hellman, "the disruption of our story, of our explanation of the past and vision of the future." This appears most poignantly, perhaps, in school history…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
