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U.S. Constitutional Rights and Minorities

degree throughout the 1950s and 60s. Although 46.4% of all American women between the ages of 18 and 65 now work outside the home,...

Hispanic American Children and Type II Diabetes

In sixteen pages this paper considers the reasons behind the predisposition of Hispanic American children to Type II diabetes. Fi...

Nineteenth Century Life and the Market Revolution

In five pages a letter written from a mid nineteenth century perspective of an adult answers questions regarding American life whe...

Exploitation and Promotion of Child Labor by the U.S.

In five pages this paper presents the argument that many Americans exploit and promote global child labor without even knowing it....

Negative Effects of Single African American Motherhood

other American kid does, but what she lacks is an intact family with a live-in father (Ingrassia, 1993). She was born to a 16-yea...

Chinese Culture and Parenting Approaches

2002). Furthermore, the idea of mien (face) is very important in the Chinese culture and very directly related to respect and t...

Latin American Drugs, Children, and the National Political Influence of Global Organizations

which they have had to beg, steal or sell themselves simply to stay alive. Street Children and Drugs Scanlon, Tomkins, Lynch, an...

English Families During the Middle Ages

Protective Services on her. Spanking or any other type of corporeal discipline is frowned upon by most child experts. And when a w...

Gender Representation in the Television Series Married with Children and The Cosby Show

dealt with it. But were the gender roles closer to the mark than other shows at the time? Perhaps. Clair Huxtable exampled the Af...

Article on Conflict in Classroom, a Critique

stations. They practiced karate moves on the new carpets. Some of them even learned how to read, but none of them as quickly as ...

Zora Neale Hurston's 'The Gilded Six Bits' and Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use'

are putting their own histories together, and finding out about who they really are. Mamas relationship with her two daugh...

Global Environmental and Children's Health and the Foreign Policy of the United States

Clearly there is a problem. Due to many technological advances and increasing worldwide populations, there are more and more...

Child Labor and American Foreign Policy

leaves them little or no time to attend school (Sweatfree Schools, 2003). In...

The 'Other' America in Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here

This paper consisting of five pages investigates the environment that two young African American boys experience in their Chicago ...

American Family as Viewed by Playwright Sam Shepard

understanding of family life, much as do shows like The Simpsons and Malcolm in the Middle. Families are not always polite to one ...

2 African American Poets/Cullen & Hughes

and "Dont you fall now-" (line 17)(Hughes 1255). She concludes by emphasizing the point that she is still going, still climbing, ...

African American Culture and Child Rearing

community. Case workers admitted that they sometimes believe that African-American men in general are absent, peripheral or abusiv...

Women's Roles in American Cinema Since 1967

bed, or even beginning to become amorous might secure a PG rating, but during that time period, blatant sexuality in film was not ...

The Model Minority Myth

Dr. Nakanishi points out that that a large number of Asian American students attend "multiracial, low-income...low-performing scho...

A Case Study

inexperienced teacher whose pedagogical approach to teaching is not geared to a fourth grade level. What are the different perspe...

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996

approximately twenty percent, according to Heritage Foundations Robert Rector. However, in spite of the fact that the numbers did...

Native American Ritual and Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko II

In five pages this paper considers the customs and rituals of Native American culture and their influence on child development as ...

Jonathan Kozol's Amazing Grace

In this analysis consisting of five pages the way in which the nation is treating its children as represented in Kozol's text is d...

Children and Parental Alcoholism

In ten pages this paper examines the negative impact of parental alcoholism on American children. Seven sources are cited in the ...

Comparing American and African Children

In six pages children in America and children in Africa are examined in this comparative analysis. Five sources are cited in the ...

Changing American Values After the 1960s

either his parents or his country, and as he grew he took those values and opinions as his own. Having been born into a loving Ca...

Inner City African American Boys in Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here

Soon after meeting Kotlowitz, Lafayette told him that "if" he grows up, he wants to be a bus driver. Kotlowitz notes that the adol...

American Concert Dance Periods

time to waste. Indeed, nothing could be further from the truth, as is clearly demonstrated by the following four American Concert...

Impact of Media Violence on American Youth

This paper examines the affects of television violence on American children. The author provides statistical data to support his ...

Aspects of Asian Culture

In two pages Asian culture is examined in terms of a brief historical overview, religious practices' description, family significa...