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Mullins, Emmett R. – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1982
Describes a role-playing activity to help junior high school social studies students understand prejudice and South African apartheid. Students are divided into one large and one small group for a discussion on apartheid. The teacher gives candy only to the smaller group. Students discuss their feelings about being privileged or deprived. (AM)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Racial Bias
Bryan, Sam, Ed. – Intercom, 1983
These units of study and learning activities for use in secondary social studies classes will help students better understand the complex situation in South Africa and prepare them to make wise and effective decisions about U.S. policy toward South Africa in the crucial years ahead. (RM)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Area Studies, Bias
Lee, Christopher J. – 1999
This curriculum unit seeks to place South Africa's history in a world historical perspective. Although the unit cannot provide a comprehensive analysis of South Africa's place in the world, it does intend to provide an introductory framework by exploring the broad themes of settlement, economic development, and political development. It is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Area Studies, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Fenton, Thomas P., Ed.; Heffron, Mary J., Ed. – Third World Resources, 1987
A comprehensive guide to materials about the nation of South Africa for teachers wishing to study that area of the world is given. Part 1 of the guide provides a listing of organizations and books. Over 40 organizations involved in and concerned with issues about South Africa are provided in this section. Each listing provides the name of the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Books, Developing Nations, Educational Resources
Peters, John; Peters, Frances – 1983
Based on the novel and motion picture "Cry, the Beloved Country," this filmstrip program is a re-creation of the story of a black minister and a white farmer in South Africa whose lives are bound together in mutual tragedy. The three filmstrips examine the people, problems, laws, and institutions of South Africa and expose the evils of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Blacks, Creative Writing, English Instruction
Southern Education Foundation, Atlanta, GA. – 1996
This annual report defines three broad areas in which the Southern Education Foundation supports research. The first looks to what kinds of teachers will be needed in the future; the second asks how our best thinking can be translated into effective action; and the third asks how seamless education can be. Programs subsumed under education and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Area Studies, Black Colleges