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Pledging allegiance : the politics of patriotism in America's schools
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Pledging allegiance : the politics of patriotism in America's schools

Author: Joel Westheimer
Publisher: New York : Teachers College Press, ©2007.
Series: Teaching for social justice series.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Pledging allegiance.
New York : Teachers College Press, c2007
(OCoLC)622384340
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Joel Westheimer
ISBN: 0807747505 9780807747506 0807747513 9780807747513
OCLC Number: 71288719
Description: xix, 219 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Foreword / Howard Zinn --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
1. Once upon a time when patriotism was what you did / Gloria Ladson-Billings --
No Black in the Union Jack : the ambivalent patriotism of Black Americans / Charles M. Payne --
2. Educators in the war on terrorism / Pedro Noguera and Robby Cohen --
"Children are the living message we send to a time we will not see" / Delaine Eastin --
3. The psychology of patriotism / Michael J. Bader --
Second fiddle to fear / Denise Walsh --
4. On patriotism and the Yankees : lessons learned from being a fan / Deborah Meier --
Patriotism, nationalism, and our jobs as Americans / James W. Loewen --
5. Another way to teach politically without P.C. : teaching the debate about patriotism / Gerald Graff --
Pledging allegiance / Walter C. Parker --
6. Patriotism is a bad idea at a dangerous time / Robert Jensen --
Patriotism makes kids stupid / Bill Bigelow --
7. Celebrating America / Diane Ravitch --
Teaching patriotism--
with conviction / Chester E. Finn Jr. 8. Hearts and minds : military recruitment and the high school battlefield / William Ayers --
Weapons of fatal seduction : Latinos and the military / Héctor Calderón --
A small space of sanity / Studs Terkel --
9. Is patriotism good for democracy? / Joseph Kahne and Ellen Middaugh --
I solemnly swear / Joan Kent Kvitka --
10. Patriotism and ideological diversity in the classroom / Diana Hess and Louis Ganzler --
Toeing the line and the law : first amendment rights in schools / karen emily suurtamm with Edwin C. Darden, Esq. --
11. "Patriotism, eh?" : the Canadian version / Sharon Anne Cook --
12. Patriot acts : this isn't the first time / Cecilia O'Leary --
Patriotism's secret history / Peter Dreier and Dick Flacks --
13. Politics and patriotism in education / Joel Westheimer --
Poetry and patriotism / Maxine Greene --
Patriotism by the numbers / Cindy Sheehan --
Resources for educators --
Notes --
About the editor and contributors --
Index.
Series Title: Teaching for social justice series.
Responsibility: Joel Westheimer, editor ; foreword by Howard Zinn.
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