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Trade Books, Comics, And Local History: Exploring Fred Shuttleworth’S Fight For Civil Rights, Jeremiah Clabough, Caroline Sheffield

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

This one-week project utilized the trade book Black and White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene Bull Connor (Brimner, 2011) to explore non-violent advocacies during the 1950s and 1960s civil rights movement. Students read selected excerpts from the trade book and created a comic narrative to convey their understanding of the civil rights advocacies of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth in Birmingham, Alabama. The students were able to accurately portray Rev. Shuttlesworth’s actions in a cohesive narrative using evidence from the trade book within their comics. The students demonstrated a solid understanding of non-violent advocacies, and why these methods …

"Comic"Ally Calling For Cultural Competency: Using Graphic Narratives To Teach Social Justice In The Writing Classroom, Travis Moody

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Teacher/Indigenous Partnerships: Building Engagement And Trust For History And Social Science Education, Evan J. Habkirk Dr.

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

No abstract provided.

Issue 49, Beth Heldebrandt

NoteBooth

Harjo book focus of Big Read, COVID impacts, Library wins Bud May award, Post Amerikan project completed, Faculty Spotlight: Nan (Tina) Wang, Faculty Interview: Brad Tolppanen

2020 Booth Library Annual Report, Library Services

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Issue 48, Beth Heldebrandt

NoteBooth

EIU Comic Con, Fashion Exhibit, Study room reservation system, Bill Schultz interview

2019 Booth Library Annual Report, Library Services

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Fifth Grade Students’ Disciplinary Literacy Using Diverse Primary And Secondary Sources, Tara L. Richeson

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

This study analyzed students’ use of diverse sources for a history-based writing assignment on Abraham Lincoln. Participants includes 41 students in a fifth grade self-contained classroom in rural Illinois. The study was conducted during students’ 30-minute writing period, every day for six weeks. During this time period, students close-read trade books and primary sources to collect research on Lincoln. Students also gathered additional information during their field trip to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Students synthesized their information from the various sources and organized the notes to write an informational, history-based writing piece on Lincoln. Students were required …

Writing Cross-Culturally: A Mental Health Fotonovela For The Younger U.S. Latino Population, Isabella Garza

Undergraduate Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Selections From The Grafx Collection, Ellen Corrigan

Ellen K. Corrigan

Introductory text, captions, and installation photograph from “Selections from the GraFX Collection,” an independently curated exhibit on display at Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, August-September 2010. Features highlights from the library's collection of graphic novels.

Selections From The Grafx Collection, Ellen Kathryn Corrigan

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Introductory text, captions, and installation photograph from “Selections from the GraFX Collection,” an independently curated exhibit on display at Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, August-September 2010. Features highlights from the library's collection of graphic novels.

Selections From The Grafx Collection, Ellen Corrigan

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Introductory text, captions, and installation photograph from “Selections from the GraFX Collection,” an independently curated exhibit on display at Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, August-September 2010. Features highlights from the library's collection of graphic novels.

Greetings From Illinois: The Booth Library Postcard Collection, Ellen Kathryn Corrigan

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Caption text from "Greetings from Illinois: The Booth Library Postcard Collection," an independently curated exhibit on display at Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, August-September 2009, promoting the newly-launched digital collection.

Greetings From Illinois: The Booth Library Postcard Collection, Ellen Corrigan

Ellen K. Corrigan

Caption text from "Greetings from Illinois: The Booth Library Postcard Collection," an independently curated exhibit on display at Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, August-September 2009, promoting the newly-launched digital collection.

Volume 23, Number 1, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Community News; Uppers/Downers; 1994 Predictions; Think About It; FDA Targets Food Supplements; Bioregionalist Perspectives: A Quest for Human Identity and Survival; Anarchy, Revolution, and Christ; Anarchy, Revolution, and Crestwicke; Ms. Hippie; Notes from a Local "Lefty" and Small Business Owner; Rittenhouse Letters: Responsibility and the Rape Culture; Attention Meat-Eaters; Diet Styles of the Rich and Fatuous; Famous Larger-Than-Life Crossword Puzzle; Voice for Choice; Homebirth: Fighting for Another Reproductive Right; Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Public Aid; Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Issues

Volume 17, Number 5, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Animal Rights: How Far Do They Go?, Film Review: Mississippi Burned, Comic Book Album Documents CIA Thuggery, At Home in the Police State, Musical Reflections: Remembering the Tom Robinson Band, CD Review Readers Agree: Just Say No--to Homophobia, Bush-Whacking; Bloopers, Blunders, and Nancy, Too; In Search of the Mythical Sun, FDA Okays Mail Order Drugs, Normal Vegetarian Cuisine, 'Roseanne' Strikes a Blow for Fatness, Jim and Tammy Faye ... Come Clean, "And Now Presenting the B.(unch) O.(f) P.(ricks)!", Cool TV for Young People

Volume 17, Number 3, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Post Writers Review 4 Quick Lunch Joints in Downtown Normal, Universities Host Blanditude and Disease, Ugly American Trappers Convene, Symbolic Actions at Missile Sites Net Busts, Flaming Atheist Explains Her Point of View, Gays Take Over...At Least on These Pages, Miscellany, Ms. Hippie Gives Invaluable Advice on Boys and Sex, Bad Kids vs. Redneck Pigs, AIDS Awareness Week

Volume 17, Number 1, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

A Look at the Ideal Future of Birthing, OSHA Works Against Safety and Health, Brutal and Dangerous Rabbit Factory Approved, Community News Breakthroughs, Underground Artist Remembered, Movie Review in Alternative Form, The Controversial Ask Ms. Hippie, Is God Dead? You Tell Us, Nancy Reagan Ridiculed and Berated, Praiseful and Vitriolic Letters, Presidential Candidates' Stands on Gay Rights, The Underground Barfly Hits Mugsy's and Pub II

Volume 16, Number 4, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

No abstract provided.

Volume 15, Number 9, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Mayor Sells West Side for $2.50, Panelogical Pinheads, Comic Book Heroine Saves Central America, Censorship More Dangerous Than Porn, Is That My Phone or Their Cash Register?, National Guard in Central America, Polite Dialog with Madigan Ends in Horror, Army Wants Peace Groups out of High Schools, Civil Rights March Invades All-White Town, Platoon: Insight Through Murder, Miscellaneous Animal Victories (for Once), Attitude Problems, California Dreamin' 'Bout Leavin', The Underground Glutton

Volume 15, Number 8, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Dying for Dollars, Women's Music Musings, Welcome in 1987--50s Style, Special Comic Pull-out Section, Miscellaneous Animal Outrages, Scandal Scorecard, U.S. Student Delegation Visits El Salvador, Be All That You Can Be: Anywhere but the Military, What's in a Name?

Volume 15, Number 7, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

A Vacuum Cleaner That Really Sucks, PVC Plastic Pollutes Environment, Animal Outrages, Stone Soup Really Cooks, Pope Declares Open Season on Gays, The Rebirth of Wonder Woman, AIDS Testing in the Military: A New Witchhunt?, Have a Roly-Poly-Holy X-mas, You'd Better Watch Out, 'Tis the Season, Enforcing Draft Registration, Public Access Comes to Bloomington-Normal, Ex-CIA Agent Confirms Our Deepest Fears

Volume 13, Number 1, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Our Father Who Art in Classrooms, The New Slavery, Workers' Rights--Where Do You Turn?, A Joy to Rent From?, Bloomington City Council Shuns Rights Debate, Patrolman Tom Sanders Sued Third Time, Rights Violations Due to Police Dept. Policies, Citizen Informant Spies for Secret Police, Water Dept. Home Invasions Halted Then Resumed

Volume 12, Number 6, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

'Give Peace a Chance' Exhibit Opens in Chicago; Sandinistas Defended at ISU; Lynn Webster Show Stuns IWU; The Rich Get Richer; Vet Fleeces Animals, People; Gay Fathers Shatter Stereotypes in Bloomington; Storm Troopers on Highway 51; AIDS, God and the Fear of Death; Making the Most of Leper-hood; McApartheid: Activists Score Victory; Japan: Industrial Utopia or Sweatshop?; When the Right Calls, Answer

Volume 11, Number 6, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Movie Trivia Quiz, Cops Quack Down, Our Millionth Subscriber, Plastification Award, Book Review, Ronnie the Rat, GI Joe, Gay Diseases, Briggs Lawsuit, Texas & Philly Gay Laws, Falwell, South Africa, Revolution in the Streets, Phony Heroin, Draft, Naturopathy, Birth, My Sister the Punk Rocker, Drastic Plastic, Robin Plan, Miscellaneous Outrages, Culture Fest

A Pilot Study Of A Sex Education Program In A Sheltered Workshop Using A Cognitive-Behavioral Model Based On Rational Emotive Therapy, Jacqueline A. Rieck, Thomas E. Frederick

Masters Theses

This pilot study was developed to teach people with mental retardation about their own sexuality, appropriate community behaviors, and to develop within them a basic sense of responsibility for their own actions. Problems in social/sexual behaviors have been consistently quoted as reasons for high recidivism rates, as well as difficulties in community living, vocational placement, and other generalized stereotypes about mental retardation. Often the public remains uninformed about, does not recognize, and/or feels that sexual rights for people with any mental differences should not exist. Additionally, when any form of sexuality was expressed by such people it resulted in shock …

Volume 4, Number 7, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

MEG Paranoia & Other Tales, Bicentennial Poll, Offensive Stars and Stripes

Volume 1, Number 8, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Back to School Supplement

Commission on the University, Survival Section for ISU, "Punishment" by Perry Noyes Mason, Learning Experiences, You CAN Always Get What You Want, Culture Counter, Joe Vanist, People's Food Gets It On, Student Stores, The Black and White and Read All Over Book, Women's Center, The Red Flag, An Alternate Flag, Liberation News, Service, Women's Liberation and How It May Become Anti-Women, Myths About Working Women, Local Gynecologist Lusts After Patients, Prevent the People AID Contracts Revealing, Conventional Politics, War Tax Resistance, Is Good Health Care Subversive?, The Straight from Mandrill Shit, Jesus Now: Hogwash and Holywater

Volume 1, Number 7, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

The Obscenity Issue

Daver Berlo and the Amazing Excellence Machine, Local Bookstore Busted, Culture Counter, the Red Flag, Toilet Training, An Alternate Flag, Agribusiness in America: This Land is Their Land, Face of the Enemy, Joe Vanist, Short Snorts, Let's Eat, Free Ma Bell, The Straight Shit, People's Food, The AMP (Arrogance Monopoly Affluence), Is Good Health Care Subversive?, I Fought the Monster Ni-Xon from Mars!

Identifying Students In The Junior High School Who Have Emotional, Social, Or Educational Handicaps, Ralph J. Ankenbrand

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.