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Peer reviewedLofland, John – Teaching Sociology, 1996
Describes an undergraduate seminar where each student's central task was to select a specific social movement/social change organization, collect data on it, and write a 20-page sociological analysis. The results were disappointing, with most students presenting a historical chronology accompanied by a compilation of facts. Discusses possible…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Educational Experience, Experiential Learning, Public Affairs Education
Peer reviewedField, Sherry L. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1994
Maintains that during World War II the nature of elementary social studies changed significantly. Concludes that, as a result of enhanced and broadened activity during the war years, elementary social studies emerged as an important curricular field. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Services, Educational Change, Elementary Education
