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Download full textAmerican Forum for Global Education, New York, NY. – 1998
Latin America's rapid change in recent years has prompted the American Forum for Global Education to take a closer look at this important and dynamic region. This booklet summarizes how Latin America should be viewed in today's global world and highlights strategies for teaching these ideas. The booklet consists of the following four sections. The…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Neeson, Eileen; And Others – 1985
This social studies curriculum integrates the study of geographic, economic, historic, political and social features of nations in the Western Hemisphere with the development of key concepts and skills. While this curriculum focuses on the geographic and economic features of countries in the Western Hemisphere, it gives equal weight to the history…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
Lyle, Sue; Roberts, Maggy – 1990
This resource packet includes a teacher's guide, reproducible student worksheets, posters, activity cards, and a music audiotape: "Song of the Forest," with a booklet of lyrics. The teacher's guide suggests interdisciplinary activities which meet the United Kingdom's National Curriculum requirements and encourage active learning as…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Ecology, Elementary Education, Environmental Education
Rhoades, Roxanne – 1995
This guide offers a closer look at Paraguay as a landlocked republic in the heart of South America. The activities emphasize the interaction between the people and their land and pertain to three academic levels. Activities for grades 3-5 include: (1) "Packing for Paraguay"; (2) "Where in the World Are We Going and How in the World…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Durkin, Mary C.; And Others – 1969
The primary emphasis of this teaching guide for a grade 6 social studies course is on the people of the societies which exist in Middle and South America. Five units, each organized around a main idea, are suggested: (1) "Cultures change in varying degrees when they come in contact with another culture." (2) "Though all cultures…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Hawkins, John N. – 1975
This handbook is an annotated bibliography of 1,347 instructional materials for teaching about Latin America. Existing materials are identified that can be used by precollegiate teachers of all subject areas. The handbook is arranged by grade levels--preschool and kindergarten, grades 1-3, grades 4-6, grades 7-9, grades 10-12, and ungraded. Within…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Audiodisc Recordings, Bibliographies
