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Whither Soviet Studies: Back to Basics?

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Hantula, James – Clearing House, 1981

The author traces changes in American social studies teaching about the Soviet Union over the past 30 years. He finds that these changes parallel shifts in the political mentality from the Cold War, through detente, to America's renewed suspicion following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. (SJL)

Descriptors: Area Studies, Communism, Course Content, Curriculum Development

Teaching about Russia and the Soviet Union.

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Mehlinger, Howard D; Rabinowitch, Alexander – Social Education, 1981

Introduces a cooperative project undertaken by the USSR Ministry of Education and by various educational institutions in the United States to assess what youth in each country learn about the other country from geography and history textbooks. The objective was to minimize misinformation. (DB)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction