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Leppert, Ella C.; Payette, Roland F. – 1970
This report focuses on the background and development of three sequential courses for grades 8, 9, and 10, and the findings and evaluation on these new instructional materials prepared by the Social Studies Research Committee. Part I of this report makes explicit a set of seven Basic Assumptions about reasons for change in the social studies. Part…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Curriculum Study Centers
Leppert, Ella C. – 1968
The material in this secondary teacher's manual, Economics: Choice Making, the second of three sequential units in Course I, provides a foundation upon which subsequent courses will build. Objectives are for students to grasp economic principles which serve as fundamental tools needed to analyze basic facts and institutions of modern economic…
Descriptors: Capital, Concept Teaching, Consumer Economics, Economic Factors
Leppert, Ella C.; Halac, Dennis – 1967
The instructional materials in this teaching guide for Course II, Unit IV, follow and build upon a previous sequential course described in SO 003 169 offering ninth grade students a study on the development of Western European Civilization. Focus is upon four periods of high development: The High Middle Ages (12th Century), The Renaissance (15th…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, European History
Leppert, Ella C.; Smith, Rozella B. – 1968
This secondary teachers guide builds upon a previous sequential course described in SO 003 173, and consists of three sections on the classical civilizations--Greek, Hellenistic, and Rome. Major emphasis is upon students gaining an understanding of cultural development and transmission. Using an analytic method, students learn to examine primary…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Area Studies, Cognitive Processes, Concept Teaching
Leppert, Ella C. – 1968
This secondary level instructional unit on India is the second of three cultural areas comprising Course III, "Cultural Areas of Today's World," and follows the first sequential social studies unit on Africa described in SO 003 516. A major objective is for the student to comprehend the characteristics and value structure of India and,…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Affective Objectives, Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies
Leppert, Ella C.; Johnson, Ellen – 1967
The material in the Course III, Unit I, secondary teacher's manual builds upon earlier sequential courses and provides a foundation for the study of two other cultural areas. Objectives are for students to broaden their cultural understanding and awareness emphasizing main ideas about Africa. Students will analyze why a tremendous regional…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, African Culture, Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies