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NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

2011 Volume 37 #1

CONTENTS    
Administrative Responsibility: Providing Resources for Students
with Special Needs in Inclusive Classrooms

Harvey R. Allen, Wendy A. Harriott, Monmouth University
1  
Differences between Black and White Household Financial Well-Being:
What Do Household Financial Ratios Indicate?

Richard F. Bieker, Delaware State University
8  
The Snake is the Carrot: Interactive Interpretive Programs Entice Teachers and
Students to the Herpetarium

Nancy Leffel Carlson, Lamar University
Laura Carlson Wise, Fort Worth Zoo
17  
Will You Still Need Me When I’m 64?: The Portrayal of Older Adults in Film
Janet Cosbey, Chris Ferralez, Rachel Kehr, Eastern Illinois University
26  
An Examination of Juveniles Being Tried As Adults: Influences of Ethnicity,
Socioeconomic Status and Age of Defendant

Russ K. E. Espinoza, Beth Joanne Ek, Herbert Alexander Espinoza,
California State University, Fullerton
30  
A Statistical Overview of Displaced Persons
Bruce A. Forster, University of Nebraska at Kearney/Arizona State University
38  
Disabilities as Depicted in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Frances Gates Rhodes, Texas A&M International University
45  
What’s the Rush? Refining the Education Spectrum
San Juanita G. Hachar, George R. Potter, Ramon Alaniz,
Texas A & M International University
52  
The Challenge of Homework in the Teaching and Learning of Social Science Statistics
Kelly L. Kandra, Jessica L. Armour, F. Andrew Eichler, Benedictine University
60  
City of Spindles: The Lessons of Lowell, Massachusetts
Bill Kirtley, Central Texas College
Pat Kirtley, Independent Scholar
67  
Fostering Resiliency in Students through Autobiographical Writing
Kristina LaGue, California State University, Bakersfield
73  
Utopian Theory, the Social Sciences, and the Politics of Democratic Reform
Samuel Martineau, John Kaurloto, DeSales University
79  
“Too Young to Die? The Evolving Views of the Supreme Court of the United States
on the Death Penalty for Juvenile Offenders”

Joseph A. Melusky, Saint Francis University (PA)
88  
What is it About Play that is Playful? Analyzing University Students’
Conceptions of Play

Lisa Marie Peloquin, Thomas Henricks, Elon University
98  
Understanding Why Constitutionally Speaking the Legislative Branch is the Most
Powerful Branch of the National Government

Darrial Reynolds, South Texas College
108  
Not in My Town: A Study of the Existence of Youth Gangs in One State: Georgia
Sharon Tracy, Georgia Southern University
113  
Preschool Children as Co-Curriculum Developers
Bizunesh Wubie,
Marshall University Graduate School of Education and Professional Development
120  

 
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