The Social Studies in Fifty Typical Junior Colleges in the United States

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected almost every corner of the globe, nations largely closed their borders and restricted or completely halted immigration. This stance, while understandable, raises questions about how ideas of inclusivity and immigrant rights can be maintained in the midst of chaos and insecurity. This article based in the framework of critical border and migration studies provides an overview of the evolution of immigration policies during the crisis and examines how social studies teachers can problematize assumptions of restrictive immigration policies during times of uncertainty and connect the current situation with past times of crisis. Though this is relevant to teachers from all countries, there is a particular focus on the United States context. Central to the argument is that the ideals of a more open and inclusive immigration system must be maintained even during times of fear and panic. This work builds upon pedagogical scholarship on immigration in the social studies classroom while applying these ideas to the problematic and unique circumstances of immigration during a pandemic.

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Civic/citizenship education and the social studies in the United States of America

Routledge International Companion to Education ◽

10.4324/9780203639061-63 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 889-905

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Studies ◽

United States Of America ◽

Citizenship Education ◽

The United States ◽

The Social

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International Education through the Social Studies in Schools of the United States

Report of the Annual Meeting ◽

10.7202/300273ar ◽

1945 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 75

Author(s):

Howard E. Wilson

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Studies ◽

International Education ◽

The United States ◽

The Social

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The American Federal Executive: A Study of the Social and Personal Characteristics of the Civilian and Military Leaders of the United States Federal Government.W. Lloyd Warner , Paul P. Van Riper , Norman H. Martin , Orvis F. Collins

The Journal of Politics ◽

10.2307/2127535 ◽

1964 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 712-715

Author(s):

Herbert Emmerich

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

The United States ◽

Military Leaders ◽

The Social

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An Attack on the Separation of Powers? Strategic Climate Litigation in the Eyes of U.S. Judges

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13158335 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (15) ◽

pp. 8335

Author(s):

Jasmina Nedevska

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Climate Change ◽

United States ◽

Separation Of Powers ◽

The United States ◽

Checks And Balances ◽

Climate Politics ◽

The Social ◽

Domestic Courts ◽

Research Plan

Climate change litigation has emerged as a powerful tool as societies steer towards sustainable development. Although the litigation mainly takes place in domestic courts, the implications can be seen as global as specific climate rulings influence courts across national borders. However, while the phenomenon of judicialization is well-known in the social sciences, relatively few have studied issues of legitimacy that arise as climate politics move into courts. A comparatively large part of climate cases have appeared in the United States. This article presents a research plan for a study of judges’ opinions and dissents in the United States, regarding the justiciability of strategic climate cases. The purpose is to empirically study how judges navigate a perceived normative conflict—between the litigation and an overarching ideal of separation of powers—in a system marked by checks and balances.

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“The Future of Archaeology Is Antiracist”: Archaeology in the Time of Black Lives Matter

American Antiquity ◽

10.1017/aaq.2021.18 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-20

Author(s):

Ayana Omilade Flewellen ◽

Justin P. Dunnavant ◽

Alicia Odewale ◽

Alexandra Jones ◽

Tsione Wolde-Michael ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

North American ◽

The United States ◽

Heritage Preservation ◽

Social Unrest ◽

Black Lives Matter ◽

The North ◽

Road Map ◽

The Social ◽

The Future

This forum builds on the discussion stimulated during an online salon in which the authors participated on June 25, 2020, entitled “Archaeology in the Time of Black Lives Matter,” and which was cosponsored by the Society of Black Archaeologists (SBA), the North American Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG), and the Columbia Center for Archaeology. The online salon reflected on the social unrest that gripped the United States in the spring of 2020, gauged the history and conditions leading up to it, and considered its rippling throughout the disciplines of archaeology and heritage preservation. Within the forum, the authors go beyond reporting the generative conversation that took place in June by presenting a road map for an antiracist archaeology in which antiblackness is dismantled.

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