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1. Yale U. Press Strikes Deal with Russian Archive to Open Stalin's Papers to Scholars (EJ771401)
Author(s):
MacWilliams, Bryon
Source:
Chronicle of Higher Education, v53 n44 pA13 Jul 2007
Pub Date:
2007-07-06
Pub Type(s):
Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Peer-Reviewed:
No
Descriptors: University Presses; Archives; World History; Access to Information; Leaders; Social Systems
Abstract: At some point in 1938, Joseph Stalin sat down, alone, and literally rewrote history -- marking up a draft of "The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union", which would be published by the party's Central Committee in 1939. First, the Soviet leader used a gray pencil. Then he switched to quill and indigo ink. He scribbled in the margins and wrote over text, deleting words and entire phrases by drawing lines through them. Scholars say that Stalin's annotations reveal a great deal about the dictator, who ruled the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. The marked-up manuscript is part of Stalin's personal library, which was recently declassified by Russian authorities. Since Stalin apparently did not keep a diary or other personal documents, his library provides a rare window into his mind. The Russian archive and Yale University Press have struck a deal to digitize that library and some 440,000 other documents. The press will also publish books -- in both Russian and English -- featuring research gleaned from the library. The archive includes Stalin's copies of books by Lenin, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, and Leon Trotsky. The collection also includes correspondence between Stalin and important party functionaries from 1919 through 1952 -- a period that covers the height of the Great Terror of the 1930s, World War II, and the germination of the Cold War. Researchers will find letters from Stalin to foreign leaders, such as U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the American ambassador to the Soviet Union, Averell Harriman. The first documents will probably be made available for study in 2009. As the Cold War recedes into memory, avenues to publishing scholarship on the era may be shrinking. The opening of once-closed Russian archives may jump-start that research. The Stalin collection demonstrates how the dictator personally orchestrated Soviet life at every level -- from the price of sausage and the allocation of nails among factories to matters concerning atomic energy and intercontinental ballistic missiles. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
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2. Feet and Syllables in "Elephants" and "Missiles": A Reappraisal (EJ763981)
Zonneveld, Wim; van der Pas, Brigit; de Bree, Elise
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, v21 n1 p29-36 Jan 2007
2007-01-00
Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Yes
Descriptors: Phonology; Case Studies; Comparative Analysis; Phonemes; Syllables; Foreign Countries; Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
Abstract: Using data from a case study presented in Chiat (1989), Marshall and Chiat (2003) compare two different approaches to account for the realization of intervocalic consonants in child phonology: "coda capture theory" and the "foot domain account". They argue in favour of the latter account. In this note, we present a reappraisal of this argument using the same data. We conclude that acceptance of the foot domain account, in the specific way developed by the authors, is unmotivated for both theoretical and empirical reasons. We maintain that syllable-based coda capture is (still) the better approach to account for the relevant facts. (Contains 3 figures and 8 notes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
3. "To Be...or Not To Be": The U.S. Response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Eleventh Grade Activity. Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE): Connecting California's Classrooms to the World. (ED470341)
Krup, Carol
N/A
2002-00-00
Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Descriptors: Grade 11; High Schools; International Relations; Persuasive Discourse; Position Papers; Presidents of the United States; Primary Sources; Social Studies; State Standards; Student Educational Objectives; United States History
Abstract: During the post-World War II era, the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union became strained. Both countries feared that one would target the other with atomic warheads placed on missiles. Fear of a nuclear holocaust occupied the thinking of many people as they went about their daily activities. As a member of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EX-COMM) during President John F. Kennedy's administration, you (the student) are familiar with these fears that U.S. security could be so compromised or even lost by the presence of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) in the hands of enemies and possibly targeted at U.S. cities. Today, October 16, 1962, you receive a memo from the President's office that a U-2 airplane flyover has provided aerial photographs of Soviet missiles in Cuba. Your task is to advise President Kennedy about an appropriate and effective U.S. response to the apparent Soviet missile installation in Cuba. Your duty is to prepare a policy brief with recommendations for U.S. reaction to the news from the U-2 airplane. A policy brief contains background information to support a particular position which you recommend to the President. This activity plan outlines the process for implementing the task; provides an extensive resource list; gives learning advice; discusses evaluation; and presents reflection and conclusion questions. The teacher notes give grade level/unit; discuss California history/social studies standards; state a lesson purpose; suggest length of class periods; and list teacher resources. The plan also outlines detailed teaching steps and suggests lesson extensions. Contains two student handouts. (BT) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
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4. Secrets of Lost Empires: Family Activity Book. (ED448059)
Whitman, John D.; Gaffney, Dennis
2000-00-00
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Hands on Science; Science Activities; Science Instruction
Abstract: This family activity book features information on the background and filming of five stories. "Pharaoh's Obelisk" questions how ancient Egyptians transported and raised stone obelisks. "Roman Bath" studies how Romans built bathhouses and attempts to build a working Roman bath. "China Bridge" investigates the structure of the China Bridge and recreates the bridge. "Medieval Siege" builds two possible designs of missiles called Warwolfs, which were built for King Edward I of England. "Easter Island" explores the huge stone statues on the island and tries to build one. (YDS) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
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5. CNN Newsroom Classroom Guides. April 1999. (ED429563)
1999-04-00
Descriptors: Cable Television; Class Activities; Current Events; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Educational Television; Elementary Secondary Education; Feature Stories; Learning Activities; News Media; Programming (Broadcast); Social Studies; Teaching Guides; World Affairs
Abstract: These classroom guides, designed to accompany the daily CNN (Cable News Network) Newsroom broadcasts for the month of April, provide program rundowns, suggestions for class activities and discussion, links to related World Wide Web sites, and lists of related news terms. Top stories include: NATO includes Belgrade in its targets, three U.S. soldiers are captured in Yugoslavia (April 1-2); NATO missiles damage Yugoslavia's infrastructure, conditions of Kosovar-Albanian refugees, NATO rejects the Serbian government's cease-fire offer, Serbians force refugees back to their villages, NATO intensifies airstrikes as the exodus of Kosovar-Albanian refugees continues, and Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's visit to the United States (April 5-9); relief efforts to Kosovar refugees, Montenegrin citizens refuse to serve in the Yugoslav army, Macedonian refugees in Radusha struggle to survive, President Clinton found in civil contempt of court for his testimony in the Paula Jones lawsuit, U.S. taxpayers face the annual deadline, and the Balkan crisis (April 12-16); Kosovar Albanians from Europe return to Kosovo, the United States and Serbia use televised propaganda to gain international support, shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton (Colorado), Americans struggle to understand why the shooting occurred, and President Clinton visits a high school to talk about the shooting (April 19-23); Americans mourn the death of the school shooting victims, tensions between Yugoslavia and NATO continue to increase, the Yugoslavian conflict causes economic repercussions in Macedonia, Yugoslavian conflict escalates, and CNN holds town meeting in response to Littleton shootings (April 26-30). (AEF) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
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6. CNN Newsroom Classroom Guides, September 1996. (ED399929)
1996-09-00
Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Descriptors: Cable Television; Class Activities; Current Events; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Educational Television; Elementary Secondary Education; News Media; Programming (Broadcast); Social Studies
Abstract: These classroom guides, designed to accompany the weekday Cable News Network Newsroom broadcasts for the month of September, provide program rundowns, suggestions for class activities and discussion, student handouts, and lists of related news terms. Topics covered include: the Iraqi ground force attack on the Kurd faction in Arbil; the U.S. launch of missiles against Iraq; Iraq challenge of the expanded no-fly zone; and Hurricane Fran causes power outages and flooding across North Carolina (September 3-6); U.S. east coast residents begin cleanup after Hurricane Fran; President Clinton urges Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Syrian President Hafez Assad to restart Mideast peace talks; the United Nations General Assembly approves a nuclear test ban treaty; United States sends more warplanes to Iraq; Hurricane Hortense strengthens; Olympic Park bombing investigation update; and the United States deploys more fighter planes and a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf (September 9-13); U.S.-Iraq policy; Bosnians hold elections for new government; Space shuttle Atlantis encounters problems after lift-off; Commission on Presidential Debates refuses to allow Reform Party candidate Ross Perot to participate in debates; U.S. troops head to Kuwait; Atlantis and MIR dock and Shannon Lucid begins journey home; and Internet privacy (September 15-20); President Clinton and Bob Dole prepare for debates while Ross Perot prepares for a lawsuit and media campaign; Boris Yeltsin's medical condition; violence in Pakistan; nuclear test ban treaty does not necessarily mean the end of nuclear weapons; violence on the West Bank between Israelis and Palestinians; Mideast peace process continues to unravel; and Shannon Lucid returns home (September 23-27); and President Clinton invites Mideast leaders to peace summit (September 30). (SWC) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
7. What Does Resistance Look Like in Non-Academic Discourse? (ED357350)
Herndl, Carl; Taylor, Vicki
1993-04-00
Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Descriptors: Case Studies; Cultural Context; Discourse Communities; Higher Education; Ideology; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Communication; Professional Personnel; Resistance (Psychology); Social Influences; Sociocultural Patterns; Technical Writing; Writing Research
Abstract: Teachers of advanced technical and professional writing need to provide credible ways in which their students can extend the cultural critique the teachers try to engage them in into the world outside the classroom. The nature of resistance in nonacademic discourse can be explored to help both the teachers and students think through the imposing tyranny of the "real" professional discourse. The concept of resistance fills the gap between the constraining power of ideology and institutions, and the possibilities for agency and social action. Using Anthony Giddens' theory of "structuration" as a basis to understand resistance in complex social structures, a study was conducted at the White Sands Missile Range, a test facility for missiles, electronic warfare devices, and other operations. The study asked: whether professional nonacademic writers recognize the ideological issues that organize their discourse; whether they recognize that the "reality" with which they deal is institutionally constructed and interested; whether they recognize that they operate from a subject position constructed by institutional power; whether these professionals try to change the discursive and social relations within which they work; and finally, to what end do they push for change--that is, to what social and political values are they committed? A biologist in the environmental division was chosen for a case study since it was suspected that the professional interests and ideology of a civilian biologist would conflict with those of the military command of the facility. All her professional writing was closely examined. Results indicated that: (1) ideological issues of quantification versus qualification appeared regularly; (2) the institutional realities are not accepted as natural, but ideologically constructed; and (3) the biologist understood the tensions inherent in her position. (RS) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
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8. Educational Leadership and the Crisis of Democratic Culture. UCEA Monograph Series. (ED366086)
Giroux, Henry A.
1992-00-00
Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Descriptors: Administrator Education; Critical Theory; Criticism; Educational Administration; Educational Sociology; Elementary Secondary Education; Hermeneutics; Higher Education; Inquiry; Language; School Restructuring
Abstract: While examining the broader educational reform movement from a critical perspective, this essay focuses on the national political manifestation of that movement--America 2000. In contrast to more traditional critiques of America 2000, this analysis argues the basic conflict between this reform effort and an "emancipatory definition of substantive democracy." The current infatuation with the market is strongly criticized and the case is made that current reforms, including America 2000, present an agenda that abstracts equity from excellence and social responsibility. What has been valorized in this new language of leadership is an elitist view of schooling based on a celebration of cultural uniformity, the reprivatization of public schools, uncritical support for remaking school curricula in the interest of labor-market imperatives, and a return to the transmission model of learning. In conclusion, prospective and existing educators and cultural workers should be given the opportunity to develop the following elements of a language of critique and possibility: (1) a language of historical perspective; (2) a language of social criticism; (3) a language of remembrance; (4) a language of critical imagination; and (5) a language that challenges the "money-and-missiles sense of reality." (LMI) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
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9. U.S. Policy in the Persian Gulf: New Beginnings. (ED318648)
Husbands, Jo
1989-00-00
Collected Works - Proceedings; Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Disarmament; Foreign Countries; Foreign Policy; International Relations; National Security; Social Sciences; War
Abstract: For 40 years the primary objectives of U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf have been to assure access by the industrialized nations to the region's oil and to prevent those resources from falling under the control of the Soviet Union or any other hostile power. The recent events in Iran, the Iran-Iraq War and its aftermath, the maneuvering of a powerful post-war Iraq, increasing Soviet activism, and the proliferation of chemical weapons and ballistic missiles call for an examination of what political, economic, and military elements will best serve future U.S. policy and interests in the region. Few conference participants saw any prospects of a genuine peace in the region in the near future, and most agreed there was little threat of Soviet intervention. Participants agreed that a fundamental reassessment of U.S. policy in the region was necessary. They identified several key issues but disagreed on potential outcomes. The major issues for U.S. policy consideration include: (1) the need to shift U.S. attention from deterring the Soviets toward a focus on forces in the Persian Gulf; (2) an exploration with the United Nations to diffuse the Shatt al-Arab River as a trigger for renewed conflict; (3) a reevaluation of U.S. military presence in the region based on the perception of a decreased Soviet threat; (4) an assessment of the opportunities for active U.S. diplomacy in the Gulf; (5) an examination of the potential for developing multilateral regimes for the purpose of promoting rapprochement among the Gulf states; and (6) a determination of what efforts can be made to find a regime to limit both chemical and advanced conventional weapons proliferation. The report could be used as background information for teachers or by secondary level students. (JB) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
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10. Missiles and Markets: A Superpower View. (EJ368184)
Lamy, Steven L.
Social Education, v52 n3 p196-98 Mar 1988
1988-00-00
Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Descriptors: Foreign Policy; International Relations; Political Attitudes; Political Influences; Political Issues; Social Studies; World Affairs
Abstract: Discusses the belief system approach to foreign policy analysis which recognizes that individual, national, and international attributes contribute to a group's world-view. Identifies three U.S. belief systems and states that the geopolitical view, which aligns the world into zones of U.S.-USSR influence, has been predominant toward the Pacific region since Truman's presidency. (GEA)
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