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Cole, Judy – Communication: Journalism Education Today (C:JET), 1989
Describes how an intensive journalistic writing course motivated students by combining journalistic writing with a school-history research project. (MM)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Course Descriptions, English Instruction, Journalism Education
Peer reviewedDesmarais, Gerald – New England Journal of History, 1997
Describes a project using city and town archives to explore important issues in U.S. history for Advanced Placement American history courses. Relates how town death, birth, or marriage records can be used by students as the stimuli for research projects on larger trends in demographic, social, or political history. (DSK)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Archives, Higher Education, History Instruction
Peer reviewedHenry, Michael – Social Studies, 1991
Discusses a survey of 56 advanced placement (AP) U.S. history teachers. Explores the scope of AP history and types of posttest activities used after Advanced Placement examinations. Concludes that public school courses developed more deeply into post-1960 events than the private schools did. Describes movies, debates, simulations, and local…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Curriculum Research
