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Smith, Ben A.; And Others – 1988
In this age of world-mindedness, children should develop an appreciation and understanding of people of other cultures. This document contains some of the material presented in a workshop on teaching children about the cultures of the Pacific Rim through the use of folklore and folktales. A dialogue from Peter Parley's Adventures of James Jenkins…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Culture
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Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2012
The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2011 proceedings, see ED518589.]
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Technology, Social Studies, Annual Reports
Graves, Norman J., Ed. – 1978
Fifteen papers about the secondary geography curriculum are presented. Two papers from the Netherlands present a conceptual model for planning curriculum units and the relationship between the cognitive development of children and adolescents and the conceptual structure of geography. The Danish paper discusses geography's role in developing…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Guides, Curriculum Problems
Connecticut Council for the Social Studies. – 1977
The document consists of six papers dealing with major national and international issues in the 20th century. The papers were presented at a 1977 Yale University conference convened for the purpose of providing factual information on important historical issues to high school classroom teachers and encouraging the teachers to develop curriculum…
Descriptors: African History, Agriculture, Asian History, Attitude Change