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Facing History and Ourselves, 2004
Facing History and Ourselves is a nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote a more humane and informed citizenry. As the name Facing History and Ourselves implies, the organization helps teachers and their students make…
Descriptors: Death, Foreign Countries, War, Violence

Swartz, Avonna Kessler – Social Education, 1992
Describes a doctoral student's experiences on a trip to Turkey. Discusses the Southeast Anatolia Project involving dam building on the headwaters of the Euphrates to provide electricity and irrigation. Suggests the experience as an example demonstration of complexities of human and environmental interaction and other themes of geography. (DK)
Descriptors: Archaeology, Change, Construction Programs, Elementary Secondary Education