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35. Book Reviews

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Rood, Ronald J., primary, Billeck, William T., additional, Warder, Donald S., additional, Theler, James L., additional, Alex, Lynn M., additional, Bozell, John R., additional, Drass, Richard R., additional, Fawcett, William B., additional, Fuller, Michael J., additional, Oner, Charles E., additional, Zimmerman, Larry J., additional, Laubin, Reginald, additional, Laubin, Gladys, additional, Scott-Cummings, Linda, additional, Winter, Joseph, additional, O’Brien, Patricia J., additional, Artz, Joe, additional, Feagins, Jim D., additional, Schneider, Mary Jane, additional, and Harkin, Micheal, additional

Published
1993
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41. Teacher Knowledge and Use of Population Education Materials: Report from National Surveys.

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O'Brien, Patricia J., Huether, Carl A., and Philliber, Susan Gustavus

Subjects
TEACHING aids, POPULATION education, EDUCATION & demography, SECONDARY education, TEACHER training, EFFECTIVE teaching, SURVEYS
Abstract

The article discusses on the national surveys that examines the use and awareness of 20 population education materials of two national samples of population education teachers in the U.S. The surveys concluded that secondary school classrooms have not maximized the use of these educational materials. Researchers found out that necessary training of teachers in population education increases the use of these materials. The surveys also determined that in both national samples, the three most used books are 'Man and His Environment, 'Man and Environment,' and 'Environment and Population.'

Published
1978
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42. REVIEW ESSAY

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O'Brien, Patricia J.

Published
1985

45. Mississippian Solstice Shrines and a Cahokian Calendar: An Hypothesis Based on Ethnohistory and Archaeology

Author

O'Brien, Patricia J. and McHugh, William P.

Abstract

This article examines the hypothesis that early Middle Mississippians had a calendric system which tied agriculture and religious ritual together. It also suggests that to that end they built solstice shrines as a means of recording the passage of time through the behavior of the sun and the moon. Using data from structures having possible astronomical alignments, from historic-ethnographic-linguistic sources, and from agricultural planting cycles, a “Cahokian calendar year” is constructed. The year begins with the summer solstice and the Great Busk ceremony. At the next full moon the “great corn” is planted to be harvested at the autumnal equinox. At the winter solstice winter begins while the vernal equinox is marked by a ritual for the Great Sun, their ruler. At the next new moon after that rite a “little corn” is planted which is harvested at the Great Busk. In their five-day, thirteenth month, just before the Busk, all the fires in the society are extinguished to be relit at the summer solstice Great Busk ceremony.

Published
1988
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