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Blog for Students in American History Course of Mr. Huffman: 31 October 2014

My Time with the U.S. History Course Classes at CCECHS

Prepare to discuss the topics surrounding the Election of 1860 and Critical Thoughts for the Day.

Your textbook provides the following Standard Course of Study Objectives

Sectionalism and nationalism: events, issues and personalities

Trace events between the Mexican War and Civil War

Analyze and assess causes of Civil War

Interpret social and political messages of cartoons

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Why does Dr. Noran L. Moffett believe that U.S. History for High School students and Civics are the essential courses to assuring the future of the American Republic?

BECAUSE....

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."

by:  Thomas Jefferson

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"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong."

Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

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LET US VIEW & COMPARE Images from Video and Lessons from your Textbook

From your review of the video clip, what questions emerge about what you have read, what you believe and what might have happend if President Lincoln had not won the election of 1860?

some terms that I believe you should know:

I use the term enslaved Africans instead of slaves to describe Black people who were subject to involuntary Servitude in the States that legalized Slavery.

What term does the constitution use?

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What were the list of compromises that were passed to prevent the Civil War?

Why was the Dred Scott Decision the end to these efforts?

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LET US VIEW & COMPARE contemporary songs that have an origin have messages that can be traced to the History of the U.S.A and Lessons from your Textbook

Who wrote the lyrics to this song and the music?

Where did they attend college and what does that college and Fayetteville State University share in common?

How does the song tell a story of what you are study and why?

Thanks for having me and post your thoughts and QUESTIONS!

No judgement!

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Why do you think the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic was inspirational song for the Union Troops?

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Other important video clips for the era of History from 1860-1877:


The significance of the song: The Battle Hymn of the Republic:

With words and a version in contemporary times by Ms Houston that was done to honor our troops

Phil Bailey "Children Of The Ghetto"

Educators: How Does Stress Impact Students?: Prepared for the Georgia Educational Research Association Annual Conference

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Educators: How Does Stress Impact Students?

Tanya M. Hudson Ed.D, Fayetteville State University Following
Noran L. Moffett, Fayetteville State University Following

Room 218

Proposal track

Research Project

Session Format

Presentation

Abstract

Stress-coping strategies are identified by researchers as conditions used suitable to a situation when adolescents have a change in their environment or a stressor that they cannot control. The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the impact of stress-coping strategies on perceived stress levels, levels of intrinsic motivation, and self-efficacy. According to the research, stress results from an imbalance between the requirements of the environment and one’s ability to cope with it (Aldwin, 2007). The inquiry was conducted in a high school of convenience where the researcher had access to the students available to participate in this mixed method design.

The use of suitable coping strategies depends on several factors. Three researched-based stress-coping strategies were examined. Emotion-focused, avoidance-focused and problem-focused skills were implemented into the study and focus group was used to embed the quantitative findings into the qualitative survey results. Research has shown that adolescents often benefit when they can combine one or more coping strategies to address the stressor. Since strategies have benefits and costs associated with them, it is necessary to identify the long lasting stressors adolescents face in order to find a response related to or based on the context of the stressor.

The descriptive analysis of the pre-survey and post-survey, implementation of strategies and an open –ended discussion data collected were analyzed to determine the impact stress-coping strategies have on perceived stress levels, intrinsic motivation, and self-efficacy. A Chi-Square Goodness of Fit was used to indicate the distribution of responses along with the percentage of agreement between respondents on the whole item. The researcher combined three instruments into one survey to measure the students’ perceived stress levels, levels of intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy. The pre-survey and post-survey design was performed to determine a correlation in these three variables. The data from the quantitative and qualitative design combined were used to answer the three questions and to review any possible correlations of the three variables to determine a relationship using a Pearson correlation and t-test. Results, strengths of the study and limitations are discussed in the final dissertation.

Keywords

Stress/coping, Adolescents, Motivation, Self-efficacy, Stress-coping strategies

Digital Commons@Georgia Southern - Georgia Educational Research Conference: Avoiding the Dissertation Syndrome: Reflections from 'New Docs'

Digital Commons@Georgia Southern - Georgia Educational Research Conference: Avoiding the Dissertation Syndrome: Reflections from 'New Docs'
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Avoiding the Dissertation Syndrome: Reflections from "New Docs"

Noran L. Moffet, Fayetteville State UniversityFollow
Yolanda Brownlee Williams Ed.D, Fulton County SchoolsFollow
Melanie M. Frizzell, The Edumind CorporationFollow

Session Format

Symposium

Abstract

Abstract From the reflective experiences shared by participants in focus groups at GERA and informal settings, the relevance the conceptual factors related to the completion of doctoral students seems to be a consistent matter. The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) has posted research based and reflective information related to Graduate Schools attempts to address these pressing issues of doctoral degree completion (“Chapter 3: What University Administrators Can Do to Improve Completion Rates” Retrieved from www.gsnet.org). The voices of doctoral degree attendees and recent graduates should be centrifugal in the development of a symposium on the dissertation syndrome (2011). As a result, the foci for this symposium will be to hear the voices of recent completers of a doctoral program and review results from a soon to be defended case study on faculty engagement and academic scholarship as factors in the relationship between doctoral candidates and faculty. Additionally, the attendees will be offered a survey based upon the theory of the dissertation syndrome.

Keywords

Dissertation syndrome, ABD, Doctoral degree, Prospectus, Dissertation defense

As we prepare for American Education Week, I recommend these EWF songs for all educators!

Devotion

The EWF sound can lift you on a rainy day. The history of the group is significant for all who believe in the good of humanity.

Please visit this site for the youtube video of the documentary related to Earth Wind & Fire. Join my blog to discuss the music and messages that the Creator allowed to flow through the members of EWF.

Part 1 of EWF Documentary

EWF Story continued

Maurice White provides a glimpse into his development as a man and musician.

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EWF Story Continued

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