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NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES JOURNAL

Volume 32, #2

Las Vegas 2006 National Technology and Social Science Conference

Table of Contents

The General Aggression Model as a Framework for Understanding Torture
and Genocide
Arlin James Benjamin, Jr., Oklahoma Panhandle State University

Assessing Black-White Differences in Household Financial Well-Being Using
Financial Ratios and a Subjective Measure
Richard R. Bieker, Delaware State University

Factors Influencing Agricultural Land Values in Nebraska
Deborah Bridges, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Intelligent Design: What is the Hypothesis?
Jack Call, Citrus College

Bridging the Gap: Integrating Research with the Teaching of General
Education Courses
Robert C. Evans, David V. Witkosky, Auburn University Montgomery

Failed States – The New Threat to America
Martin E. Goldstein, Widener University

“Wealth Does Not Go Beyond Three Generations”:
A Chinese Proverb – Is it Fact
or Fiction?
Theodore Tin-Yee Hsieh, Judson College

Welfare-to-Work Implementation: The New Face of Paternalism
Roberto Marie Ike, Lincoln University

“Standard” Americans? The National Standards for Civics and Government
Samuel J. Katz, Ohio Wesleyan University

Ruffles and Flourishes: Teaching about U.S. Government Using the Television Show: Commander in Chief
Bill Kirtley, Central Texas College

Using Familiar Tools to Develop Curricula:
Reshaping ID for Teachers in
Media Studies
Jason Knowles, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Training Agendas for Social Workers in a Culturally Sensitive Practice
Peter Kwok Chei Li, University of Akron

Better Nutrition for Low Income Families:
Can the Food Stamp Program Become
More Effective?
Kimberly A. Libby, Central Washington University

Toward Peace: Peaceful Policy Methods in the Middle East a Deterrent to Future Terrorism
Marty Eileen Maley, Central Washington University

Diversity in the Classroom and its Effects on Teaching and Learning
James Mbuva, National University

Assessment of Online Learning Environments Using the OCLES (20)
Robert McClure, St. Olaf College

Teaching History in the Bilingual Elementary School Classroom
María E. Morales, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

The International System as Political Cinema:
The Chaos of Power in Akira
Kurosawa’s Ran
James F. Pasley, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

Family Therapy with Poverty Level African-American Families
Melvyn C. Raider, Wayne State University

The New Libertarian Classroom: Applying the Insights of John Stuart Mill
to the University’s Lecture Condition

Frank Taylor III, Allen Francis Ketcham, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Chinese Adolescent Individualism & Collectivism in the Parent-Adolescent Relationships
Baomei Zhao, University of Akron; Stephan M. Wilson, University of Reno;
Peter Li, University of Akron

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