The SIRS Researcher November Spotlight of the Month topic is Character Education. As youth violence escalates, schools and communities are teaming up with parents to educate young people about respectful behavior and to help them differentiate between right and wrong.
Character education aims to incorporate lessons on character and morality in the classroom.
The November Spotlight on SIRS Researcher includes articles which discuss why children are rejecting traditional values and how this alarming trend has affected them. Articles also examine how the Columbine massacre has forced our society to examine its value system. The arts and crafts of Native Americans are melded by a rich heritage of customs, unique cultural characteristics and personal and often innovative styles and can be witnessed in their craft, art, design, literature, music, dance, film and performance. Native Americans are influencing mainstream culture more than ever. People such as Joanne Shenandoah, an Iroquois folk music singer, and Tony Abeyta, a Navajo artist whose abstract style evokes the Native American experience, are just a few of the many talented Native Americans whose influence and popularity among the general public are growing.