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Peer reviewedSorenson, Mary Eileen – Social Education, 1989
Describes the evolution of one teacher's efforts to incorporate valuable information concerning Southeast Asia into the history classroom. Discusses the "Understanding the United Nations, Parallel Histories: United States and Vietnam and International Development in a Global Context" curriculum which was the culmination of this teacher's…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, History
Sewell, John W.; Mathieson, John A. – 1982
This booklet examines the emergence of the so-called 'third world' of developing nations in the 1980s. The third world nations are widely diverse in history and culture, economic structure and political orientation. These new developing countries can affect the interests of the United States in significant ways, either individually or…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Development, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy
Linowitz, Sol M. – 1980
This booklet examines one of the most tragic and dangerous paradoxes facing the nations of the world at the end of the 20th century: hunger amid plenty. Even though the world does not lack for food, the problem lies in the distribution and power of ownership. There are serious moral, economic and political reasons why the U.S. in particular should…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Food, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy
Snyder, Sarah A. – 1994
This teacher's guide presents teaching suggestions and presentation materials about women's rights around the world in terms of equal access to education, health care, employment, land, credit, technology, and political power. Implications of these inequities are explored through the concept of sustainable development. The lesson is divided into…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Citizenship, Developing Nations, Development
Mukai, Gary; And Others – 1995
This unit introduces students to the diversity of rice culture and rice-based farming systems in Asia and the Pacific. Students examine issues related to the needs of the future global population. Six rice-producing countries are under study: Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, and Thailand. The lessons include: (1) "Rice in…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies, Developing Nations
Snyder, Sarah A. – 1994
This teacher's guide presents teaching suggestions and presentation materials about how daily human activities, such as energy use, add pollutants to the atmosphere. The lesson is divided into seven parts and can be taught in two or more class periods. Student handouts include: (1) "Total Energy Use by Fuel Type, 1991"; (2) "Facts…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Climate, Conservation (Environment), Developed Nations
