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Peer reviewedSolovitch-Haynes, Syma – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1996
Describes a class project where New York City second graders worked with the community board of transportation to rename a street for an African American woman. The students succeeded in renaming 134th Street in honor of Mary McLeod Bethune, an African American educator. (MJP)
Descriptors: Blacks, Citizenship Education, City Government, Civics
Dowling, Susan – School Library Journal, 1997
Discusses how, with support from Library Power, a national initiative that stresses collaboration between librarians and teachers, positive changes were brought about in an elementary school in a primarily lower-income section of Brooklyn. The students recreated the Cinderella story and made a multimedia presentation, and the library was…
Descriptors: Change, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedEllis, Barbara Carter – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes the experiences of an elementary school resource room teacher in Staten Island (New York) in using community service learning (CSL) with special education and reading resource students. Students planned and carried out a cupcake sale to benefit UNICEF. Parent participation was an important part of the process. (SLD)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Helping Relationship
