Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - History of Childhood

Columbus Day/Indigenous People Day

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:01:02 -0500

Start: Oct 9 2006 - 12:00am

End: Oct 9 2006 - 11:59pm

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This day commemorates the arrival of Christopher Columbus.

Constitution Day

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:16:51 -0500

Start: Sep 17 2006 - 12:00am

End: Sep 17 2006 - 11:59pm

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On this day in 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document that laid out how the young nation called the United States of America would govern itself.

Memorial Day

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:11:02 -0500

Start: May 29 2006 - 12:00am

End: May 29 2006 - 11:59pm

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Memorial Day

Emancipation Day

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:07:41 -0500

Start: Apr 16 2007 - 12:00am

End: Apr 16 2007 - 11:59pm

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On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act, For the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia.

Patriotism For Children, Then and Now

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:40:01 -0500

Dorothy Rich, founder and president of the nonprofit Home and School Institute, Megaskills Education Center reflects on her experiences as a child during World War II— and what she sees as the very different experience today's children are having of growing up in wartime.

Massive Persistence

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:26:53 -0500

It's the ultimate back-to-school story: about 80 middle-aged Virginians are heading back to the classroom--more than four decades after their educations were derailed by the state's "massive resistance" campaign, which led some Virginia communities to shut down their public schools rather than integrate them. Connect for Kids Editor Susan Phillips spoke to recipients of Virginia's new Brown v. Board of Education scholarships.

National Museum of the American Indian: Filled with Educational Opportunities

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:17:55 -0500

The newest, and presumably last, museum to win space on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. opens this week with much expected fanfare. Once the celebration is over, museum leaders hope to get down to the serious business of overcoming stereotypes and teaching kids about the American Indian past, present and future.

Brown v. Board: Lessons for Tomorrow

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:07:34 -0500

The 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court school desegregation ruling in Brown v. Board of Education has produced an outpouring of reminiscence and evaluation. Today, amid national attention to the issues of school reform, school choice, and student achievement, Connect for Kids editor Susan Phillips asks what's next for our public schools.

Children's Health: A Brief History

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:30:51 -0500

The emergence of the school nurse a century ago in the New York City Schools is part of the evolution of children's health care in this country. As part of our ongoing project Kids in America: 500 Years of Change Connect for Kids highlights some of the critical moments in that evolution.

School Nurses in a New Age

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:15:55 -0500

As the field of school nursing enters its second century, changes in law and society have transformed the profession: school nurses now supervise children on complicated meds, help kids manage chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes, and look for signs of depression, drug or alcohol abuse. Nevertheless, reports Rob Capriccioso, they are a frequent target of school budget cuts.

Kids in America: 500 Years of Change

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:04:09 -0500

Connect for Kids launched a special project intended to bring a sense of the past to our understanding of the present. We hope it will demonstrate connections; for example, between Benjamin Syms—1634 bequest of eight cows and 200 acres of land to establish a free school in Virginia, to today's hot political issues of school vouchers and national educational standards. Jan Richter explains the roots of "Kids

From Presidents to Children: History in Letters

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:58:22 -0500

From the admonitions of George Washington to his young relatives, to words of encouragement from Richard M. Nixon to the son of a political rival, the letters of U.S. Presidents to children and young people offer a glimpse at the evolving relationship between our political leaders and their youngest constituents. As President's Day approaches, Connect for Kids offers a selection of some of these letters from the book Dear Young Friend, edited by Stanley and Rodelle Weintraub.

9/11 As History

Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:40:02 -0600

The Families and Work Institute's new project, "9/11 As History," provides free, Web-based, downloadable curriculum tools to aid teachers in talking with their students about September 11. Lesson plans and resources are age-sensitive and include various topics, such as heroes, values, social and civic values.

Whatever Happened To...

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:43:54 -0500

Connect for Kids is all about making things happen for children—and about celebrating the people who put kids first. For this Fifth Anniversary edition, we thought we would revisit the subjects of some of our stories, and see where they are today.

African-American Community History, Online

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 07:10:11 -0600

For school-aged children and families who want to understand more about how one community reflected the historic changes in the national racial climate between 1940 and the 1990s, the Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County has created a multi-media portrait of a place in the grip of history.