Adapted primary literature (APL) refers to an educational genre specifically designed to enable the use of research articles for learning biology in high school. The present investigation focuses on the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of four high-school biology teachers who enacted an APL-based curriculum in biotechnology. Using a…

Middle school history teachers confront the same challenge every day: how to convey the breadth and depth of a curriculum that spans centuries, countries, and cultures. In "Making History Mine", Sarah Cooper shows teachers how to use thematic instruction to link skills to content knowledge. By combining thought-provoking activities and rich…

Published to commemorate the Constitution's bicentennial year and remind Americans that books and the life of the mind are vital national traditions, this volume contains both an essay, "Well Acquainted with Books: The Founding Framers of 1787," by Robert A. Rutland, and James Madison's List of Books for Congress, 1783. The essay…

December 10, 1988, marks the 40th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Declaration represents the first comprehensive, global statement on basic human rights, embracing many of the values long held by U.S. citizens; and it urges all peoples and all nations to promote respect for the…

Examples of primary source materials that can be used in a U.S. history survey course are presented to illustrate the use of primary documents to provide insight into how particular individuals or groups reacted to specific events. An introduction to the documents and their significance in U.S. history is provided, along with suggestions for class…

Discussed was the subsequent disappearance of a special Washoe basket, deputing Washoe contributions to early Nevada history, which was presented to the United States President in 1914 by Sarah Jim, youngest daughter of Chief Jim, 1st Washoe chieftain. (JC)

In 1939 and 1948, John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy visited the Middle East, both while seniors in college. This article consists of two letters written to their parents from Palestine assessing the problems of their day between Arab and Jew. Questions to stimulate classroom discussion are included. (Author/RM)

This is a guide for recording one's family history. With the use of tape recorders, recording or home videotape systems and simple interviewing techniques, anyone--child or adult--can easily prepare oral biographies to track their families' chronicles. The guide presents instructions for interviewing relatives and friends. Included is a…

Intended to furnish researchers with the location of source material relating to New Netherland, this guide describes the documents and collections held by United States repositories and provides accessibility to them by noting available printed or manuscript translations and indicating whether copies of the originals have been collected for the…

This examination of the impact of primary sources on the recording of history includes a short background section noting the development of interest in these sources, and a presentation of their characteristics and the various types that are available. A discussion of primary sources in research, prefaced by some examples of their use, traces…

Microfilm publications from the U.S. National Archives held by the Arkansas University library are listed. Full bibliographic citations and film call numbers are given for the materials, which include selected collected papers, correspondence, dispatches, and general records of U.S. government officials and departments from the early 19th to the…

Political and technical difficulties of cataloging a collection of 5000 Islamic documents on science and astronomy are discussed. Much of the material in these manuscripts was compiled between the ninth and 15th centuries. (JAB)

The origins of trigonometry, several trigonometric terms, and some theorems of plane trigonometry are discussed. (MN)

The paper's concern in exploring oral history practice is its use for the collection of oral recollections for mediate or immediate scholarly purposes. (Author/NQ)

A general historical background for the development of some common formulas concerning length, area, and volume is given through a discussion of various written records. (MN)