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Proponents of educational programs in prisons argue that the social structure of a classroom environment can be used to rehabilitate people who have been incarcerated. Visit the Web site of the Center for the Study of Correctional Education (http://www.csusb.edu/coe/cg/csce/index.html).
  1. Click on "Activities," and then on "Academy." What might be some of the reasons that correctional educators need a different kind of training program than that used by other kinds of educators?
  2. In what ways are the special issues you would anticipate related to the structural environment of a correctional facility, if at all?
  3. This page states that educators at correctional institutions "play a vital role in the lives of their individual students." In your view, does the structure of a correctional institution make the role of the teacher more central than would be the case in an ordinary public school? Why or why not?
  4. Click on the link to "Research" and skim the article entitled "The History of Correctional Education." Whether or not correctional education should be provided is controversial, especially where adult offenders are concerned. What is your view? What might be some of the arguments for and against it?
  5. Are you surprised to read that correctional educational practices have had such an influence in public schools?
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The Web site of the Illinois Labor History Society (http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/index.html) contains extensive information on labor unions, strikes, and disasters in that state—past and present. Visit the site for an overview of labor history in Illinois.
  1. Click on "Illinois Labor History Sites," and select "Union Miner's Cemetery" from the map. Why is this cemetery important to labor-minded persons?
  2. Explain how the Union Miner's Cemetery is linked to an episode known as "The Virden Riot."
  3. Return to the homepage and click on "Labor History Articles." Scroll down the page and select "When Women Were Knights." Why was the preamble to the constitution for the Knights of Labor quite radical for its time?
  4. Who was Elizabeth Rogers, and why is she important in the history of Knights?





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