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Download full textWestern Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1971
This is a progress report of a project in the process of developing an interdisciplinary secondary school curriculum on the Canadian urban environment. The primary goal is to encourage constructive involvement in urban life and community decision-making, and develop a personal and social competence that will engender a greater commitment to the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Community Study, Concept Teaching, Ecology
Western Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1971
The broad area selected by the Calgary Project was the development of a curriculum on urban aesthetics. During their work in 1970-71, they concluded that the best way to develop visual awareness was through the conceptual development of the visual components or the images and elements of design in terms of human values of urban areas. The modular…
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Study, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
Western Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1971
Project SURT, The Study of Rural-Urban Transition, deals with the dynamics of Canadian society. The interdisciplinary curriculum to be produced will be instrumental in assisting tenth and eleventh grade students in two or three months, to assess the changes which are occuring in selected Canadian Communities, and to gain some proficiency in…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Study, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
Allen, Charles L.; Burke, Marguerite V. – 1971
The overall objective of this project is to develop an interdisciplinary social science curriculum to encourage elementary school children to view, in an historical perspective, the emergence of a Canadian identity and its relationship to continuing Canadian concerns; and, to examine his own identity and values, the identity of others, and his…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Community Study, Concept Teaching
Western Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1971
The curriculum material the Nanaimo District Senior High School curriculum development project is designing is based on the City of Nanaimo and its environs. The problem selected for their substantive research is the socio-political process in a growing city including the role and impact of: 1) civil service, elected officials, voters, and…
Descriptors: City Government, Civics, Community Study, Concept Teaching
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Elementary Curriculum Development. – 1969
The overall social studies recommended program is described in SO 000 675. Here, the grade 4 program deals with the various racial and ethnic groups and the famous people who have contributed to the greatness of our country. The treatment is developed in a chronological historical sequence from the explorers and discoverers to the industrialists,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Citizenship, Community Study, Concept Teaching
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1971
This curriculum guide describes a course on urban studies for high school seniors. A major aim is to help students understand the nature of cities and towns. Themes are intended to stimulate inquiry into urban problems and present opportunities for concept formation and problem solving by encouraging direct experience with the environment. It is…
Descriptors: Community Study, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Guides, Environmental Education
