Social and Cultural Studies I JB
Announcement
From April 20 until the end of the semester, the class meets at
Keigakukan(敬学館) 262.
Schedule
Textbook
Resources
Last updated: June 10, 2005
Schedule
TBA
Also see Web CT Calendar.
Textbook
Grodin, Elissa. D is for Democracy:
A Citizen's Alphabet. Victor Juhasz, illust. Boston: Sleeping
Bear P, 2004.
Resources
Listen to the author and the editor speak about the book.
'D Is For Democracy' Presents the A-B-Cs of Citizenship. Voice of
America Web site: http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2004-11-22-voa36.cfm
A fun and easy way to learn the basics.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids. The United States Government
Printing Office Web site: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html
The Constitution of the United States
"The Constitution of the United States." The National Archives
Experience. The United States National Archives and Records
Administration Web site: http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/constitution.html
Cantor, Gary, Edward Schaefer, 本名信行. Looking at American Law. 桐原書店,
1995年.
Avoiding Plagiarism
Academic Integrity Code. American University Web site: http://www.american.edu/academics/integrity/index.htm
A is for Amendment
Women in History. http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/index.html
Sigerman, Harriet. Biographical Supplement. (The Young Oxford History
of women in the United States, vol. 11) New York: Oxford University
Press, 1995.
B is for the Bill of Rights
C is for the Congress
D is for Democracy
Democracy in America: Tocqueville's America. American Studies Programs
at The University of Virginia Web site: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/home.html
E is for Elections
The Presidents of the United States. The White House Web site:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html
Vote! The Machinery of Democracy. National Museum of American History
Web site:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibition.cfm?key=38&exkey=54
target="_blank"
F is for Founding Fathers
George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens Web site:
http://www.mountvernon.org/
Monticello: Home of Thomas Jefferson Web site:
http://www.monticello.org/
Modern Democracy: An Interview with Phyllis O'Callaghan. Georgetown
University Forum. April 14, 2004. Georgetown University Web site:
http://www1.georgetown.edu/explore/news/index.cfm?ID=1825
G is for the Government
Democracy: An Interview with Gerald Mara. Georgetown University Forum.
October 27, 2004. Georgetown University Web site:
http://lumen.georgetown.edu/explore/news/?ID=1836
H is for House of Representatives
Educational Links. The United States House of Representatives Web site:
http://www.house.gov/house/Educate.shtml
Kids in the House. The Office of the Clerk Web site:
http://clerkkids.house.gov/congress/index.html
I is for Immigration
Just Curious: Immigration. Suffolk Web: A cooperative project of the
public libraries of Suffolk County, NY.
http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcssimmigration.html
Immigration: An Interview with Timothy Wickham-Crowley. Georgetown
University Forum. March 24, 2004. Georgetown University Web site:
http://lumen.georgetown.edu/explore/news/?ID=1822
Immigration and Borders. The U.S. Department of Homeland
Security Web site:
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/theme_home4.jsp
A Guide to Nauralization. The U. S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services Web site: http://uscis.gov/graphics/services/natz/guide.htm
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution.
National Museum of American History Web site:
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibition.cfm?key=38&exkey=78
J is for Judicial branch
Take the Jury Quiz! Legal Affairs. National Public Radio Web site:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4694776
At a Glance: The Changing U.S. Jury System. Legal Affairs. National
Public Radio Web site:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4695497
The State of the U. S. Jury. National Public Radio Web site:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4696196
Frontline: The Plea. Public Broadcasting Servise Web site:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/plea/
K is for Dr. King
Freedom: A History of US. PBS Web site:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/index.html
Choose Webisode 14.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University Web
site:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/index.htm
L is for First Lady
First Ladies' Gallery. The White House Web site:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/index.html
First Ladies: Political Role and Public Image. National Museum of
American History Web site:
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibition.cfm?key=38&exkey=65
M is for the Mint
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, US Department of the Treasury Web
site:
http://www.moneyfactory.com/
N is for our Nation's capital
'Washington Schlepped Here': Humorist Buckley Leads a Walking Tour of
D.C.'s Past. Weekend Edition - Sunday. June 1, 2003. National Public
Radio Web site:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1281154
O is for Oath of Office
Inauguration Quiz. National Archives and Records Administration Web
site:
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/inaugural_quiz/inaugural_quiz.html
P is for Political Party
Q is for the Questions
R is for Religious freedom
Quiz: Freedom of Religion. NOW. Public Broadcasting Service Web site:
http://www.pbs.org/now/quiz/quiz2.html
"God and Governemnt." NOW: Politics and Economy. September 26, 2003.
Public Broardcasting Service Web site:
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/churchandstate2.html
"The Ten Commandments Judge." NOW: Politics and Economy. June 10, 2005.
Public Broadcasting Service Web site:
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/roymoore.html