An Exploration of Fifty Nifty Stages

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 330-334
Author(s):  
Sheryl A. Orman ◽  
Debra J. Schneider
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
The United States ◽  
Upper Elementary ◽  
Social Studies Curriculum ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Elementary Social Studies ◽  
The People

Studying the United Slates is a traditional part of the upper-elementary social studies curriculum. A common approach is for students to acquire facts about regions, states, capitals, natural resources, industries, agriculture, and tourist attractions and to work individually or in pairs to study one state in depth and to prepare a written or oral report. Despite these efforts, we continually hear that the people of the United States have a weak understanding of geography as well as of their responsibilities as citizens. A more effective approach to studying various aspects of the United States is needed.

A New Childhood Social Studies Curriculum for a New Generation of Citizenship

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cinthya Saavedra ◽  
Steven Camicia
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Democratic Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Social Studies Curriculum ◽  
Transnational Students ◽  
New Generation

AbstractTraditional concepts of civic education in the United States and the expanding horizons curriculum scope and sequence are challenged by globalization and transnationality because new understandings of citizenship are emerging. In our conceptual analysis, we reconceptualize social studies curriculum for childhood to meet these changes. First, we propose a theoretical framework synthesizing literature in the areas of multicultural, global, and democratic education. Second, we propose opening curriculum and research to the voices of students, especially transnational students. Such reconceptualizations have important implications for a social studies curriculum for childhood that is socially just and responsive to the changing sizes, types, and qualities of the communities with which students engage.

scholarly journals Pembuatan Aplikasi Berbasis Android sebagai Media Promosi Potensi Wisata di Kawasan Menoreh Samigaluh Kulon Progo

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rifqi Al Fauzan ◽  
Sudiartono Sudiartono ◽  
Galih Setyawan ◽  
Tika Erna Putri ◽  
Imam Fakhrurrozi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Community Service ◽  
The United States ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
Service Program ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Potential Area

The aim of our community service program is to create promotion media of tourist attraction located in Menoreh, Samigaluh District, Kulon Progo Regency. Menoreh has a lot of not well-developed potential tourist attractions. There are not many information that we can obtain in internet about Menoreh attractions. This can be viewed from low number of visitors in Menoreh. Therefore a good promotion media is needed to solve the explained problem. Menoreh is a very potential area not only because of its natural resources but also because the government through the Ministry of Tourism establish Menoreh as a National Tourism Strategic Area (KSPN) Borobudur. There are many choices of promotional media that can be used, in this community service program we use Android-based application. Ministry of Communications and Information Republic of Indonesia in its official website predicts that by 2018 the number of active users of smartphones in Indonesia will exceed of 100 million users. Indonesia will be the country with the fourth largest smartphone active users in the world after China, India and the United States. From the that fact we can said that the promotion with smartphone-based application (by means of Android) is one of the most effective promotional methods today.

Thoughts on Constitutions: Occasioned by a Congress on Iceland’s Democracy

World Affairs ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 181 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-21
Author(s):  
Max J. Skidmore
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Public ◽  
Previous Effort ◽  
The People ◽  
Vested Interests ◽  
Fundamental Law ◽  
The U.S

On June 3, 2017, a “Congress on Iceland’s Democracy” met in Berkeley—an outgrowth of a previous effort in Iceland to “crowd source” a new constitution. The citizens of Iceland had led their parliament to create a new and extraordinarily representative convention consisting of citizens more-or-less chosen randomly from all walks of life. The convention functioned completely in the open and excluded all politicians. The result, approved overwhelmingly in a 2012 national referendum, would truly have been a “constitution of the people.” Despite the approval by huge majorities, in 2013, it failed in parliament as a result of fierce lobbying by vested interests against the provision that Iceland’s natural resources would be constitutionally mandated to benefit the public, rather than continuing to be held by private owners. Regardless of its prospects for success, Icelandic efforts should be of great interest to all constitutional scholars, and to those scholars and practitioners who seek a more open and inclusive way to formulate policy, including constitutions—the fundamental law of a state. Intended to stimulate further debate, this essay pursues some initial reflections on the U.S. Constitution specifically, and of constitutions in general. It also examines the role of elites, especially in constitutional formulation, and here pays special attention to the United States.

“The Greatest Nation on Earth”

2017 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah K.M. Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Manifest Destiny ◽  
The United States ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
Texas Revolution

Between 1820 and 1827 approximately 1,800 U.S. citizens immigrated to northern Mexico as part of that country’s empresario program, in which the federal government granted foreigners land if they promised to develop and secure the region. Historians have long argued that these settlers, traditionally seen as the vanguard of Manifest Destiny, were attracted to Mexico for its cheap land and rich natural resources. Such interpretations have lent a tone of inevitability to events like the Texas Revolution. This article argues that the early members of these groups were attracted to Mexico for chiefly political reasons. At a time when the United States appeared to be turning away from its commitment to a weak federal government, Mexico was establishing itself on a constitution that insured local sovereignty and autonomy. Thus, the Texas Revolution was far from the result of two irreconcilable peoples and cultures. Moreover, the role that these settlers played in the United States’ acquisition of not just Texas, but ultimately half of Mexico’s national territory, was more paradoxical than inevitable.

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