Local Civics with National Purpose
Civic Education Origins at Shortridge High School
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This chapter will discuss the actual influence of Donnan on Dunn’s career, and why his rearticulation of her curriculum failed, due to his adherence to social efficiency. It will also use the example of Laura ...
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The conclusion will briefly discuss and summarize the main arguments to contextualize them holistically with the data contained in the book. It will also consider the end to Donnan and Dunn’s careers, which bo...
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This chapter will describe the changes and growth of Indianapolis and Shortridge High School around 1900. The introduction will also provide the arguments underlying this book. First, Laura Donnan’s pedagogy i...
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This chapter will focus on Arthur W. Dunn’s rise to a nationally known civic educator after leaving Shortridge. This chapter will make connections among Dunn’s awareness of progressive trends, his arrival at S...
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The introduction will introduce Shortridge High School and two of its faculty who will be the primary focus of this book: Laura Donnan and Arthur W. Dunn. These introductions will be followed by brief chapter ...
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This chapter will provide an overview of civic education in the United States around 1900. It will draw upon existing literature to situate city schools and their subsequent interest in developing civic educat...
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This chapter will focus on Donnan’s 1889 National Education Association (NEA) presentation, in which she outlined a framework for civic education in schools and developed a rationale for mandatory civics curri...
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This chapter will provide a full introduction to Arthur W. Dunn, who is well documented in the existing literature on civic education, the social studies, and community civics. However, the literature has focu...
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This chapter will provide an introduction to Laura Donnan and her celebrated career at Shortridge High School. It will begin by describing her upbringing and the various influences on her early life. It will e...
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This chapter will discuss several activities that were part of the extracurriculum at Shortridge or as they are known today: clubs, groups, sports, and academic teams. Donnan was sponsor for many of these extr...