A Sixth-Grade Watershed Studies Project
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A 2.5 page paper that describes a watershed studies project by a 6th grade classroom. The essay provides an overview of the project and discusses how it was expanded by the students themselves. The writer comments on the success of the project and its impact on students. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PGwtrshd.rtf

A Slice Of Life From Kozol's Amazing Grace
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A 5 page analysis of author Jonathan Kozol's book Amazing Grace. It is about children and how this nation is treating them. It is a disturbing book because it highlights the injustices that are still prevalent in our system and the ways this impacts the members of society who have the fewest resources to fight against themóchildren. The writer focuses exclusively on the sixth chapter as a representative section of this work. No additional sources cited.
Filename: KozolAm

A Sociological Perspective Of School Violence
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An 8 page exploration of the sociological reasons behind school violence. Proposes that children engage in deviant behavior when social controls are either ineffective or absent and that two of these social controls are parental punishment methodologies and the media. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: Socviol.wps

A Study Curriculum of Literature, Art and Music “to Make Life Worth Living”
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A 5 page paper which considers the purpose of humanities and a key curriculum of literature, art and music to be studied which demonstrates the beauty of life. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGlife.rtf

A Visit to a Child Care Facility
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A 4 page account of a visit to a child care facility. This paper evaluates the facility’s structural and staff resources. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPchldcrFacility.rtf

Abstinence-Based Sex Education Programs vs. Broad-based Sex Education Programs
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This 12 page paper that provides an overview of the basic arguments for abstinence-based sex education programming and a comparative view of broad-based approaches. This paper argues that in certain populations, there is a distinct need for broad-based sex education programs in order to reduce the chances of teen pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MHsexed2.wps

Academic Achievement and Children from Single or Two-Parent Homes
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This 10 page report discusses the differences that exist in academic achievement of children from a single parent home and those from homes in which two parents are present. Convincing arguments have been made for all sides of the question. In fact, there are those researchers who believe that it is not possible to accurately determine a child’s academic progress or capability based on just the issue of whether they are from one- or two-parent family homes. For example questions should be asked about socio-economic status, whether the child has a meaningful and positive relationship with the parent living outside the home, and if the child’s parent has never been married, has been widowed rather than divorced, and whether or not one of the parents is a step-parent. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWacad12.wps

Academic Cheating
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This 5 page paper discusses academic cheating: why students do it, how they do it, and what can be done about it. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVAcChet.rtf

Academic Day/Meeting with Teachers
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A 3 page essay that offers a first-person account of meeting with a teacher to learn of problems and progress in the fourth grade. Written from the parents' perspective. No bibliography offered.
Filename: khmttea.rtf