1. Once upon a time when patriotism was what you did / Gloria Ladson-Billings
No Black in the Union Jack : the ambivalent patriotism of Black Americans / Charles M. Payne
2. Educators in the war on terrorism / Pedro Noguera and Robby Cohen
"Children are the living message we send to a time we will not see" / Delaine Eastin
3. The psychology of patriotism / Michael J. Bader
Second fiddle to fear / Denise Walsh
4. On patriotism and the Yankees : lessons learned from being a fan / Deborah Meier
Patriotism, nationalism, and our jobs as Americans / James W. Loewen
5. Another way to teach politically without P.C. : teaching the debate about patriotism / Gerald Graff
Pledging allegiance / Walter C. Parker
6. Patriotism is a bad idea at a dangerous time / Robert Jensen
Patriotism makes kids stupid / Bill Bigelow
7. Celebrating America / Diane Ravitch
8. Hearts and minds : military recruitment and the high school battlefield / William Ayers
Weapons of fatal seduction : Latinos and the military / Héctor Calderón
A small space of sanity / Studs Terkel
9. Is patriotism good for democracy? / Joseph Kahne and Ellen Middaugh
I solemnly swear / Joan Kent Kvitka
10. Patriotism and ideological diversity in the classroom / Diana Hess and Louis Ganzler
Toeing the line and the law : first amendment rights in schools / karen emily suurtamm with Edwin C. Darden, Esq.
11. "Patriotism, eh?" : the Canadian version / Sharon Anne Cook
12. Patriot acts : this isn't the first time / Cecilia O'Leary
Patriotism's secret history / Peter Dreier and Dick Flacks
13. Politics and patriotism in education / Joel Westheimer
Poetry and patriotism / Maxine Greene
Patriotism by the numbers / Cindy Sheehan
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