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Download full textBenoit, Ty – 2002
When archaeologists dig up the artifacts of ancient civilizations, they make discoveries and attempt to find out what life was like for ancient people. Students in the classroom explore the civilizations of the ancient world attempting to answer questions about how people lived thousands of years ago. In this activity for grade 6, students, in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Anthropology, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries
Sargent, Marcia; Baral, Wanda – 1996
This simulation allows students to participate in the "ways" of ancient Chinese history and culture. The unit is organized into five major phases or "li's." Students may spend about one week on activities in each "li" which focuses on a major aspect of Chinese history, culture, or geography. In each "li"…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies, Chinese Culture
La Porte, Mark – 2000
In this interdisciplinary curriculum unit, students examine and debate the relationship between China and Tibet. Students are expected to produce a mock television report covering topics related to the Tibet question, such as historical issues, the policies of the U.S., Chinese, and Tibetan governments, and human rights concerns. Students are…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Grade 10
Peer reviewedWasta, Stephanie; Scott, Margaret Grant; Marchand-Martella, Nancy; Harris, Robert – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1999
Describes the organization and learning activities of a unit on Chinese folk tales in an inclusive third-grade classroom. The unit features scaffolding of integrated strategies, ongoing assessment, challenges and accommodations, and collaboration with the special-education teacher. Benefits of the approach in a social studies class are noted, such…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Disabilities, Diversity (Student), Educational Strategies
Desler, Gail – 2000
In this grade 6 interdisciplinary language arts and social studies unit, students are required to assume the role of a team and describe their country's participation in trade along the Silk Road. Countries represented in the unit include Egypt, Italy, Iraq, India, Israel, and China. The team is asked to create a display showing artifacts, journal…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Asian History, Cooperative Learning, Evaluation
Cox, Milton D., Ed.; Richlin, Laurie, Ed. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1990
This annual journal's premier issue features the work, thoughts, adventures, and musings of distinguished and respected teachers. An introduction reports that the journal was born of the desire by faculty to recognize college teaching as a profession and to bring to it its own language and traditions and to establish an academic culture for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Style, College Faculty, College Instruction
Orem, Richard A., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 41 papers and 11 poster session presentations from a conference on research-to-practice in adult, continuing, and community education. The following are among the papers included: "Learning in a Multicultural Environment" (Mansur Abdullah, Cory Eisenberg, Willard C. Hall Jr., Pauline Valvo); "How to Engage in…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
