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.....grand overarching themes connecting American history with the history of the world is the theme of population migration. The American narrative is frequently framed as a narrative of continual migration. American migration patterns have continually shifted, from the prehistoric migrations of people via the Siberian land bridge and early Viking migrations to North America through the more familiar American narrative of the first pilgrims arriving from England. Both McKeown (2004) and Tyrell (2007b) points out, educators need to be careful to avoid repeating the Eurocentric or even purely Anglocentric narrative of migration. Migration is not a static process that has clear beginnings and endings, but is an ongoing process in which groups of people gradually shift their identities as well as their geospatial surroundings. Kupperman (2002) warns educators against perpetuating the "central myth" of an American history that simly started in the east with the pilgrims and ended in the Pacific. The "true beginning" myth, as Kupperman (2002) calls it, is both Anglocentric and outright false given that "America was international before it was national," (p. 105). Educators in an 11th grade classroom can frankly discuss patterns of population migration in ways that encourage discourse on immigration and identity formation.In fact, a...
Identity has been a salient theme in American history partly because of the construction of American identity through the perpetuation of the American mythos. American identity has radically changed over time, reflecting alterations in social norms but also in shifting allegiances. Regionalism has also impacted differential identity patterns. Haomaolaoinen & Truett (2011), for example, show how borderlands actually share more in common with each other than their neighboring regions because borderlands are characterized by "cultural mixing," "situational identity" construction, "spatial mobility," and also "ambiguities of power," (p. 338). Because identity is closely linked with the social construction of power, discourse on identity in history is important in an 11th grade high school classroom.
A third overlapping theme or pattern in American and world history is related to globalization. McKeown (n.d.) urges 11th grade history teachers to address globalization not as if it is a static era of history but rather a dynamic concept. Globalization refers to more than just economic trade but to identity and population migration, too. As McKeown (n.d.) puts it, globalization is "a sense…
Walt Whitman, American Author & Poet About his Life: Walt Whitman, an American poet was born on May 31, 1819 and a son of Long Island and the second son of Walter Whitman, a house builder, and Louisa Van Velsor. It was at the age of twelve Whitman began to learn the printer's trade, and become acquainted with the works of Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Then at the age of 17,
GAP stands for Guadalupe Alternative Programs and stands to serve St. Paul's Latino youth living on the West Side for the last fifty years. Programs like GAP have existed to promote the wellbeing of St. Paul's, Minnesota's Latino student population by offering services like counseling, educational programs, emergency resources, and job assistance (GAP, n.d.). While GAP still assists the Latino student population, times have changes and the Latino population has
Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor. Specifically, it will focus on the use of comedy/humor, foreshadowing, and irony in the work. Flannery O'Connor is one of the South's most well-known writers, and nearly all of her works, including this short story, take place in Southern locales. Her work embodies the Southern lifestyle, which includes close family ties, attention to family roots, and a more laid-back and
Thus, we assume that children gifted in the arts are every bit as intellectually endowed as those with academic gifts. The relationships among giftedness, talent development, and creativity are challenging areas of research. Because researchers lack consensus about what constitutes creativity itself, progress in developing operational definitions of "creativity" has been slow (Clark & Zimmerman, 1992-page 344; Csikzentmihalyi, 1996; Hunsaker & Callahan, 1995-page 2). Although some scholars agree that creative
Pioneering Jazz Musician, Sidney Bechet About Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet was a pioneer jazz musician who changed the music of his time into a unique art form. Considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians of New Orleans, Bechet was an innovator on both the clarinet and saxophone. His music changed jazz music forever and inspired countless musicians of all types. Bechet was born in New Orleans in May 1897. He was
143). Moreover, the global neglect of women (in terms of science) is reflected in the fact that women have been excluded as experimental subjects in drug research, Rosser continues. Certainly pregnant women have been excluded from experiments with pesticides and radioactive materials, but beyond that Rosser explains that "…these drugs and materials are then used without ever having been tested on women" (1991, p. 143). And yet notwithstanding their exclusion