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A Survey Of The Sources Of Historical Data And Materials Available For Use By Teacher And Pupils In The Study Of Northwest History At Junior High School Level, John Clark Malone Nov 1968

A Survey Of The Sources Of Historical Data And Materials Available For Use By Teacher And Pupils In The Study Of Northwest History At Junior High School Level, John Clark Malone

Graduate Student Research Papers

Were there sufficient sources of historical data and materials relating to Northwest History available for use in Central Washington and how much of this data and material was of a reading and interest level that could be used by junior high school pupils? Where were these sources and were there guides that could be used to locate them? It became the purpose of this study to make a survey of the sources of historical data and materials in Central Washington and to select them on the basis of interest, authenticity, usefulness, and availability and to arrange the information in the …


The Originality Of Fredrick Jackson Turner As An Historian And Teacher, Norman Gale Lamprey Aug 1965

The Originality Of Fredrick Jackson Turner As An Historian And Teacher, Norman Gale Lamprey

Graduate Student Research Papers

The originality of Frederick Jackson Turner can be recognized against a background consisting of evidence of his contributions to the two fields, history and teaching. The stage will be set by a short biographical treatment of Turner. This avenue of approach will lead to an elaboration of Turner's major historical interpretation. This concept will be described and two subordinate facets of his thesis will be examined briefly. The teaching aspects of Turner's career will be illuminated by analyzing the inseparable historian-teacher relationship and, in addition, the quality and lasting effects of his influence will be treated. It is not the …


Current Trends In The Junior High School, Darrell Lee De Gross Aug 1963

Current Trends In The Junior High School, Darrell Lee De Gross

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study is to trace the major curriculum developments in the junior high school since its inception in 1910 to the present.


A Unit On The Agriculture Economy In Mexico For Use In An Eighth Grade History Course To Facilitate The Teaching Of Economic Concepts, Lillian F. Hole Aug 1963

A Unit On The Agriculture Economy In Mexico For Use In An Eighth Grade History Course To Facilitate The Teaching Of Economic Concepts, Lillian F. Hole

Graduate Student Research Papers

This study was made to aid in teaching economic concepts in an eighth grade history unit on Mexico. The economic problems in Mexico, especially in the area of agriculture, are compared to similar problems in the United States to show that, though the problems in Mexico may be similar to problems that have developed in the United States, there are factors that make it necessary to use a much different approach in solving them.


Classical Greek And Modern American Education As Expressions Of A View Of Man: A Comparison And Evaluation, Barbara R. Whittaker Aug 1961

Classical Greek And Modern American Education As Expressions Of A View Of Man: A Comparison And Evaluation, Barbara R. Whittaker

Graduate Student Research Papers

This research is an attempt to recognize and compare the values and ideas which influenced Classical Greek education with those basic to the American Heritage, in order to determine what implications there might be for education in the future.