Volume 2010, Issue 1 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS EDITOR: WILLIAM BENEDICT RUSSELL III February 25-26, 2010 – Orlando, FL Volume THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL 2010, Issue 1 STUDIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS The International Society for the Social Studies Annual Conference Proceedings VOLUME 2010, ISSUE 1 Editor WILLIAM BENEDICT RUSSELL III University of Central Florida Editorial Assistant CHRISTOPHER LAMMONS BUSEY University of Central Florida 2 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL Volume 2010, STUDIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Issue 1 The ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. All members of the International Society for the Social Studies receive an electronic version of The ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings. 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The International Society for the Social Studies Annual Conference Proceedings, Orlando, FL: The International Society for the Social Studies. 3 Volume THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL 2010, Issue 1 STUDIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Table of Contents African Proverbs as a Vehicle of Social Justice and Global 12 Understanding in the School Setting in the United States Lewis Asimen-Boahene Michael The Power and Potential of Photographs in Digital Age 13 Social Studies Instruction Michael J. Berson Doing Research in Developing Countries: A Kenyan Example 14 Karen Biraimah Teaching Transperency: Encouraging Critique of Textbooks in 16 the History Classroom Jeanette Blalock-Davis Jason Blalock Chasing away the “isms-Racism, Sexism, Classism, and 17 Ageism” with Multicultural Literature Sabrina A. Brinson Jeffrey M. Hawkins "Angry White Men": Using Hard Rock to Teach Students 21 About Social Injustice Christopher Andrew Brkich Timothy Barko How to do it! Methods and Strategies for History Instruction 23 Brad Burenheide Social Studies Teacher Education as a Catalyst for Change in 24 Urban Classrooms Christopher Lammons Busey 4 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL Volume 2010, STUDIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Issue 1 Persisting Issues and Interactive Value Activities Associated 26 with the War on Terrorism Jeffrey Byford Incongruence in Theory and Practice: Black English 31 Vernacular as Used in Society and Education Rebecca A. Campbell Canadian Teachers, Students, and Their Perspectives of US 32 Policies in the Curriculum Timothy G. Cashman Social Studies and Critical Race Theory: Centering the Native 44 American Experience Prentice Chandler Social Education in Chinese Government Case Study on China 45 Meteorological Administration Training Zhenghong Chen IT Resources and Perceived Organizational Efficiency among 50 Social Service Organizations Jae-sung Choi Mihyoung Cho Jayoung Cho Museum Education and Living History in the 21st Century 52 Patricia Walsh Coates Becoming a Reflective Practitioner: Learning from Exemplary 54 Civic Educators Jeffrey Cornett 5 Volume THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL 2010, Issue 1 STUDIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Measurement and Comparison of American College Students' 55 History Interests Yongjun Dan From the White House to Red Square: Poetry, Politics & 56 Paternalism in Russian Culture Tanisha N. Elliott Creative Age and Reformation of Life Cycle 57 Samah Faried Desktop Documentary Making and the Professional 60 Development of History Teachers Bruce Fehn High School Civic Leadership Training in a Collegiate Setting 61 Terri Susan Fine Douglas Dobson Preparing Students for the Challenges of Global Citizenship in 64 the 21st Century Madelyn Flammia Houman Sadri Be the Benevolent Ruler of Your Realm- with Happy Subjects 66 Betty Forbes Critical Thinking and Motivation: An Analysis of American, 67 German, and Russian Elementary Textbooks Tschuna Gibson Micol Hammack The Armenian Genocide: Teaching the 20th Century's First 70 Genocide in the 21st Century Thomas Glaser 6 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL Volume 2010, STUDIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Issue 1 What's the Least Known and Best Kept Secret in Social 72 Studies Education? Sam Gomberg New Media and Political Communication in India 73 Shikha Gupta Socio-Cultural Challenges Face by the Physically Challenged 75 Women in Education Santoshi Halder The Foundations of Democracy: The 19th Amendment 79 Ronald G. Helms Instructional Integrating Model of Related Subjects 80 Winida Jiaranai The Impact Women Contributed to the Haitian Revolution 81 Patricia Jordan Gina Sanchez Gibau The Status of Child Participation Rights in Kenyan Families 82 Thereseia Kinai International Comparative Education Studies: Re- 83 Conceptualization of Knowledge? Eva Klemencic Social Justice in the Undergraduate Elementary Education 88 Curriculum Jennifer Kohnke Starting from Scratch: Increasing Rwandan Women's 93 Participation in Politics and Reconstruction Laura Kroh 7 Volume THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL 2010, Issue 1 STUDIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Interdisciplinary International Education: Global and Local 94 Contexts Kathryn LaFever Inquiring into the United States Declaration of Independence 95 Glenn P. Lauzon Questioning and Controversial Issues: Techniques for 102 Engaging Students While Avoiding Potential Conflict Sean Lennon Social Studies in Single Sex Classrooms: An Initial Inquiry 105 Tim Lintner Social Studies and Special Education: Inclusive Co-Teaching as 108 a New Model of Instruction Tim Lintner Conceptions of Citizenship Education in Pre-Service 109 Elementary Social Studies Education Hilary Harms Logan Heritage and Museology: Claiming the Difference in European 113 Transnational Space Fernando Magalhes The United States Pledge of Allegiance: Views from High 119 School Students Leisa A. Martin International Citizenship as Portrayed in Adolescent 124 Literature Leisa A. Martin Lynn A. Smolen 8 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL Volume 2010, STUDIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Issue 1 Middle School Students' Views on the United States Pledge of 126 Allegiance Leisa A. Martin A Theoretical Study of Urban Community: Its Contemporary 131 Organization, Challenges and Prospects Yoshia Morishita A Comparison of Regular and Special Education Classroom 133 Teachers' Perceptions of Teaching Students with Disabilities Chavon Ann Niles The Rainbow Web: An Interconnected Model of Race and 134 Ethnic Relations in the USA Juilo Noboa Through Texas Eyes: Teaching a Distorted View of World 136 History Julio Noboa Student Created Tutorials as an Assistive Technology 139 Instructional Module Using Computer-Based Instruction Russell Owens A Game of Chess: Enriching Student Understanding of World 141 History Content with Chess John Pagnotti Universal Design for Learning (UDL) & Pre-service Teachers' 142 Knowledge Kimberly Pawling We Have Never Known What Death Was Before'- How We 145 Teach War in Social Studies Classrooms Mark Pearcy 9 Volume THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL 2010, Issue 1 STUDIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS The Effect of Music on One's Civic Mindedness 147 Anthony Pellegrino Christopher Dean Lee Benjamin J. Luongo III Sam Zakaria Social Issues and Cinema in the Social Studies Classroom 149 William B. Russell III Connecting Cinema and Character Development 151 William B. Russell III Stewart Waters A Few Good Women, 1969-1974: A Curriculum for Grades 6- 155 12 Karla M. Schmit Desktop Documentary Making and Narrative Development: A 157 Case Study of Students' Practices James Schul An Overview of Project Citizen 162 Landon Shephard John Pagnotti iStumped: Difficulties and Solutions to Contemporary 168 Interdisciplinary Approaches to History Keegan Shepherd An Examination of Social Studies Teaching Strategies 170 Sarah Smilowitz 10 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL Volume 2010, STUDIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Issue 1 The City as Classroom: Teaching In and With Historic Places 171 Barbara Slater Stern Mark Stern The Utilization of Peer Tutoring as a Tool in the Managing of 175 Multi Ability Classrooms Eddie Thompson Gordon Conwell Cultivating Leadership and Confidence Skills Among Entry 176 Level Social Studies Teachers Eddie Thompson Uncovering the Immigrant Experience with Historical Literacy 177 for the 21st Century Student Brooke Tolmachoff Mandy Byrd The Importance of Education 178 Miguel Ubiles Mainland China's Foreign Exchange Students' Conceptions of 180 Economics and Patriotism Juan Walker Incorporating Controversial U.S. Monuments into the Social 185 Studies Curriculum Stewart Waters Connecting the Classroom to the Community: Engaging 190 Students Through Service-Learning Jonathan White 11 Volume THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL 2010, Issue 1 STUDIES