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Bisland, Beverly Milner – Online Submission, 2008
In this study a group of elementary teachers use illustrations, rather than written text, to introduce their students to the peoples and places of the ancient silk routes. The illustrations are from two picture books; "Marco Polo," written by Gian Paolo Cesaerani and illustrated by Piero Ventura (1977), and "We're Riding on a…
Descriptors: Illustrations, World History, Picture Books, History Instruction
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Bisland, Beverly Milner – Social Studies, 2010
One way that people learn, remember and communicate is visually. We combine past experiences with new visual information to construct meaning. In this study, elementary teachers introduced their students to the peoples and places of the ancient silk routes using illustrations from two children's picture books, "Marco Polo," written by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Visual Learning, Elementary School Teachers
Dowson, Martin, Ed.; Devenish, Stuart, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
Religion and spirituality make critical contributions to an inclusive vision for the welfare of minorities, the marginalized and other disadvantaged groups in societies and cultures around the globe. Religious movements and spiritual traditions work to improve social outcomes for disenfranchised groups by enriching educational, political, and…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Social Justice, Education
Kuehner, Trudy – Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2007
On October 21-22, 2006, FPRI's Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education hosted 46 teachers from 26 states across the country for a weekend of discussion on teaching about China. Sessions included: (1) Classical Chinese Thought and Culture and Early Chinese History (Victor Mair); (2) State and Society in Late Imperial China (Matthew Sommer);…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asian Culture, Asian History, Democracy
Kuehner, Trudy – Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2007
On May 5-6, 2007, FPRI's Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education hosted 41 teachers from 17 states across the country for a weekend of discussion on Living Without Freedom. The Institute was held at and co-sponsored by the National Constitution Center and the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia. Individual sessions included; (1) The…
Descriptors: International Education, Freedom, Death, Foreign Countries
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Spence, Jonathan D. – Social Education, 1986
Provides an overview of important social, political, economic, and military events in China during this 150-year period. Identifies five broad eras within the period which teachers should highlight in their classes. (JDH)
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, History Instruction, Secondary Education
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Lo, Joe Tin-Yau – Comparative Education, 2004
Since 1997, Hong Kong's reintegration with China has been founded on the principle of "One Country, Two Systems", which serves to guarantee the sustainability of the capitalist system in Hong Kong under the rule of the socialist motherland. This paper is an intra-cultural and inter-regional comparative study of the curricula of two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, History Instruction
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Grossman, David – Social Education, 1986
Describes cultural and temporal problems in learning about contemporary China. Provides an introduction to the other articles on China in this issue of the journal. (JDH)
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction
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Paine, Lynn – Social Education, 1986
Presents three theories or "perspectives" for studying recent changes in China: the modernization perspective which views changes as a form of evolutionary development, the cyclical perspective which interprets changes as the ebb and flow of normal phases, and the dialectical perspective which assumes changes stem from unresolved…
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, History Instruction, Secondary Education, Social Change
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Chang, Michael – Social Education, 1986
Presents one elementary, one middle school, and two high school lesson plans designed to teach about changes which have occurred in China. (JDH)
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Social Change
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Kang, Sunjoo – Social Studies, 2003
In this article, the author explores the conceptual framework of South Korea's high school world history curriculum, and the problems it has faced related to Eurocentrism and Sinocentrism. Through a description of the development of current and past curriculua, the author intends to make clear that in the traditional conceptual framework of Asia…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Historians, History Instruction, World History
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Parisi, Lynn, Ed. – Social Education, 1986
Provides a detailed description of nine ERIC resources designed to aid instruction about China. Included are teaching units, collections of activities, and teacher background material developed between 1981 and 1984 for use in elementary and secondary school settings. (JDH)
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction, History Instruction
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Hettig, David; Pozzetta, George E. – Social Studies, 1974
This bibliographic review of books discussing the events involved in the loss of China to communism in the five years after World War II identifies basic resources on China, works mostly from the American point of view owing to the lack of availability of objective Chinese Scholarship. (JH)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communism, Foreign Policy, History Instruction
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Paine, Lynn – Social Education, 1986
Describes six distinct periods of development in China's recent history in terms of their differences in international developments, agriculture, industry, and education and culture. (JDH)
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Chinese Culture, Educational Trends, Foreign Policy
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Cogan, John J. – Social Education, 1986
Presents views of four Chinese visiting scholars regarding social, political, and economic conditions in China. Contemporary conditions are contrasted with previous periods, exposing some of the misconceptions which are typical of U.S. citizens who have failed to keep up with China's development. (JDH)
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Cultural Exchange, History Instruction, Intercultural Communication
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