Pledging allegiance
Subtitle: the politics of patriotism in America's schools
By: Joel Westheimer, editor ; foreword by Howard Zinn.
Contributors: Westheimer, Joel.
Series: The teaching for social justice series
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780807747506; 9780807747513
Subjects: Education -- Political aspects -- United States; Patriotism -- Study and teaching -- United States; Critical pedagogy -- United States; Patriotism -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-206) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 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; title: 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; title: The psychology of patriotism / Michael J. Bader. Second fiddle to fear / Denise Walsh; title: On patriotism and the Yankees: lessons learned from being a fan / Deborah Meier. Patriotism, nationalism, and our jobs as Americans / James W. Loewen; title: Another way to teach politically without P.C. : teaching the debate about patriotism / Gerald Graff. Pledging allegiance / Walter C. Parker; title: Patriotism is a bad idea at a dangerous time / Robert Jensen. Patriotism makes kids stupid / Bill Bigelow; title: Celebrating America / Diane Ravitch. Teaching patriotism; title: with conviction / Chester E. Finn Jr; title: 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; title: Is patriotism good for democracy? / Joseph Kahne and Ellen Middaugh. I solemnly swear / Joan Kent Kvitka; title: 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.; title: "Patriotism, eh?" : the Canadian version / Sharon Anne Cook; title: Patriot acts : this isn't the first time / Cecilia O'Leary. Patriotism's secret history / Peter Dreier and Dick Flacks; title: Politics and patriotism in education / Joel Westheimer. Poetry and patriotism / Maxine Greene. Patriotism by the numbers / Cindy Sheehan.