This resource is designed to enhance learning about topics in United States history. The reproducible time lines are easy to use and is designed to encourage students to research other dates and events of the era under study. Suggestions are given for classroom use. The introduction has instructional subjects, such as: "12 Great Ways To Use…

These C-SPAN lesson plans focus on U.S. presidential campaign 2000 events. The six lesson plans are titled, as follows: (1) "Campaign Overview"; (2) "Campaign Kickoffs"; (3) "Primary Caucuses"; (4) "National Conventions"; (5) "General Election: Presidential Debates"; and (6) "General Election:…

A shrinking number of Americans are interested in politics?a trend pronounced among younger citizens. Politicians, academics, civic leaders and others are scrambling to find solutions. This study was commissioned by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) and focuses on local political parties.…

Reports on a study that sought to identify those factors which were successful determiners of initial school budget election outcomes. The research focused on a sample of some 200 New York State school districts, half of which experienced budget defeats in the Spring of 1972. (Author/JF)

This new curriculum project in the social studies is designed to draw upon a variety of sources, to have students gain political knowledge and skills in such a way that they are immediately applicable, to be a non-partisan, practical course. (Author/JB)

Uses voting and interview data to support the argument that political actors, who are responsible for electing or appointing members of a State Board of education, regard the office as one of low salience; and, as a consequence, they engage in political behavior ill-suited to securing highly qualified State board members. (Author/ JH)

Author urges schools to respond to the challenge of the 26th amendment, both in curriculum and context. (MB)

Demonstrates how urban-socio-political geographers may use findings from research in political science, sociology, and education to analyze a city's voting patterns on school levies. (JM)

Concludes that voters need a frame or a point of reference for determining the campaign relevance of issues and that, therefore, framing is a crucial consideration in the media agenda-setting process. (FL)

Experiment dealt with selecting political candidates. Results provide some limited support for the hypothesized importance of matching information presentation formats to decision-making strategies. However, the most effective pattern of matching turned out to be in the opposite direction of the prediction. Discusses methodological issues. (PD)

Studies the effects of source valence, including source credibility, attraction, and homophyly, on voter preference in a Florida Democratic primary election campaign. Indicates that attitude homophyly is an excellent predictor of voter preference. (JMF)

After a long struggle for electoral equality, Blacks in Texas addressed themselves to educational equality. Through court cases, they pressured the state government for equal access to graduate and professional schools. The establishment of Texas Southern University as a separate Black facility was one response to this pressure. (RLV)

Presents one aspect that makes mathematics the final word in many discussions, the ideology of certainty. Argues that one way of challenging the ideology of certainty is to change classroom practice by introducing a landscape of discussion on chaotic nature where relativity, provisional starting points, different points of view, and uncertainty…

A recent study at a medium-sized private university demonstrates the efficiency and reliability of a touchtone electronic polling device for conducting telephone research for university groups. The study was conducted for a student group investigating off-campus housing conditions. (MSE)

Examines the relative influence of six communication modalities on voters' perceptions of lesser-known candidates during contested presidential primary campaigns. Indicates that interpersonal communication dominates all modalities in influencing voters' perceptions in the "distant phase" and persists into the "localized phase."…