Author: Daniel Shogan, Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History Students will learn about the 1883 Massacre in Danville, Virginia as an example of racist mob violence against African Americans. Within the context of the massacre, they will be shown primary documents from the event. These documents will provide the students with not only a lens into the Danville of the nineteenth century, but also provide them with an opportunity to think critically about the biases present in some of the documents. After careful discussion of the events and outcomes of the massacre, the students will be given vocabulary worksheets that help to define and underline the most important elements of the narrative.

Do you think that a majority vote is always the fairest way to reach a consensus? Think again! In this video, Professor Diana Thomas of Creighton University explains that it is very easy for a savvy politician to dictate the winner of a vote using Condorcet’s Paradox.

Does Democracy Matter in My Life?- Own It! Handbook is the guide book for a transformative after-school, trauma-informed enrichment program. It provides five  lessons & activities about essential elements of American democracy since the 1780s. Own It! also nurtures academic skills, personal growth and leadership. It uses history to connect our past to our future, as part of the Own Your History® (OYH) Collection. But Own It! is not “school” and it differs from traditional approaches to history.  Own It! helps students learn more about themselves, as well as their community and the country. Own It! enhances students’ engagement in being creative, making things happen, and  achieving goals. Its mission is to help them step up and enrich their lives, especially by understanding that they live in history. 

Professor Philip Cowley defines a political concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on voting at 16.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education

Professor Philip Cowley, Professor of Parliamentary Government, School of Politics and International Relations

Professor Philip Cowley is Professor of Parliamentary Government at The University of Nottingham. He is an expert in British politics, especially political parties, voting and Parliament. His research interests and project activities cover backbench behaviour and dissent in the House of Commons 2001-5 Parliament; research on the current Parliament and issues to do with political engagement, the disconnection between politicians and the public and ideas for parliamentary reform imported from outside the UK.

Professor Philip Cowley has also conducted previous research on moral debates in British politics and the British Conservative Party and studied the behaviour of British MP's since the election of Tony Blair as Prime Minister. He is author of Revolts and Rebellions, Parliamentary Voting under Blair and editor of the British General Election of xxxx series, with Dennis Kavanagha, having taken over from David Butler, after his 50+ years involved in the project.

Professor Philip Cowley defines a political concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on voting at 16.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education

Professor Philip Cowley, Professor of Parliamentary Government, School of Politics and International Relations

Professor Philip Cowley is Professor of Parliamentary Government at The University of Nottingham. He is an expert in British politics, especially political parties, voting and Parliament. His research interests and project activities cover backbench behaviour and dissent in the House of Commons 2001-5 Parliament; research on the current Parliament and issues to do with political engagement, the disconnection between politicians and the public and ideas for parliamentary reform imported from outside the UK.

Professor Philip Cowley has also conducted previous research on moral debates in British politics and the British Conservative Party and studied the behaviour of British MP's since the election of Tony Blair as Prime Minister. He is author of Revolts and Rebellions, Parliamentary Voting under Blair and editor of the British General Election of xxxx series, with Dennis Kavanagha, having taken over from David Butler, after his 50+ years involved in the project.

Professor Cees van der Eijk defines a political concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on voting as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education

Professor Cees van der Eijk, School of Politics and International Relations

Professor Cees van der Eijk is Professor of Social Science Research Methods, and Director of Social Sciences Methods and Data Institute at the University of Nottingham.

Before joining Nottingham he was Professor of Political Science the University of Amsterdam, following two Lectureships and Readership in Methodology. He has been a Research Fellow at NIAS (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences and Humanities), a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is member-correspondent of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences.

Professor Cees van der Eijk defines a political concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on voting as a political concept.

Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.

May 2010

Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education

Professor Cees van der Eijk, School of Politics and International Relations

Professor Cees van der Eijk is Professor of Social Science Research Methods, and Director of Social Sciences Methods and Data Institute at the University of Nottingham.

Before joining Nottingham he was Professor of Political Science the University of Amsterdam, following two Lectureships and Readership in Methodology. He has been a Research Fellow at NIAS (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences and Humanities), a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is member-correspondent of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences.

At Amsterdam Professor van der Eijk was Dean of Education, and remains on the Directors Boards of the Amsterdam School of Communication Research and the Dutch Foundation for Electoral Research (SKON). He also serves on the Executive Board for the Social and Behavioral Sciences of NWO (the Dutch National Science Foundation), and was between 1991 and 1996 the President of the Dutch Political Science Association.

He has taught guest lectures or short courses at other universities in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Ireland, Britain, Germany and the USA, and to government and commercial audiences.

This learning experience explores one of the tenets and demonstrations of citizenship by exploring the legacy of voting in the United States, including who was allowed to vote, and who was not, as well as actions for students to take when they recognize unfairness.