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Download full textSchell, Suzanne B., Ed. – Journal of Museum Education, 1988
This issue focuses on heritage education, the goal of which is to introduce the historic built environment directly into elementary and secondary school curriculums. Kathlyn Hatch discusses how heritage education's linkage with historic preservation can help students relate to society. Earl Jones assesses the status of heritage education,…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architecture, Buildings, Built Environment
Bigelow, Bill, Ed.; And Others – Rethinking Schools, 1991
This periodical critiques the traditional views of Christopher Columbus and his voyages to America and looks at current issues that affect Native Americans. More than 50 essays, poems, historical documents, and articles are featured, including: "Columbus and Native Issues in the Elementary Classroom" (Bob Peterson); "Bones of…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Studies, American Indians
Peer reviewedCampanella, Alfred J., Ed. – Social Education, 1984
A compilation of nine social studies activities suitable for immediate application in the classroom includes teaching ideas for middle school, secondary school, and college teachers. Activities include the use of (1) geographic skills to understand the use of solar radiation and available wind power, (2) questions to help students understand…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Liberties, Critical Thinking, Experiential Learning
Morrow, S. Rex, Ed. – Virginia Resolves, 1994
These two issues of "Virginia Resolves" provide articles of interest to the social studies reader and provides ideas for social studies instruction and curriculum. The fall issue features seven articles: (1) "Death and the Young Child" (Rosanne J. Marek); (2) "Simulations: Bibliography for the Middle and Elementary…
Descriptors: Biographies, Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Death
White, Sheida – Focus on NAEP, 1994
In spring 1994, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) collected information on student achievement in reading, U.S. history, and geography at grades 4, 8, and 12. To provide a context for interpreting NAEP findings, the project collected background information from students, teachers, and school administrators using separate…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Elementary School Teachers
Marklund, Inger, Ed.; Otter, Annica, Ed. – School Research Newsletter, 1985
Described is the Man in a Changing Society (MIS) project in which K-12 Swedish children use parish records to study and research local history. Church records in Sweden contain detailed information about individuals living during the 18th and 19th centuries. To make this information accessible to researchers, the Swedish church records are being…
Descriptors: Churches, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation
Kuhmerker, Lisa, Ed. – Moral Education Forum, 1983
An overview is presented of an elementary-level social studies core curriculum at Fieldston Lower School (in New York City) in which the moral and ethical development of students is seen as a priority. Fieldston Lower School is one of three branches of the Ethical Culture Schools. Article 1 focuses on the modification of the traditional elementary…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Howlett, Charles F., Ed.; And Others – Journal of Historical Inquiry, 1987
Secondary level student historians used oral history interviews, local records, newspapers, and personal events to depict the story of their town, Amityville, New York. Students chose their own topics, researched available materials, and wrote the papers. Many of the articles are enhanced with interesting local photography. An illuminating picture…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Community Study, Family History, High Schools
White, Sheida; Akhtar, Sahar – Focus on NAEP, 1995
This newsletter introduces the 1994 NAEP U.S. history assessment, which tested a representative sample of 22,000 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-grade students across the United States. This issue presents a context for understanding the U.S. history assessment. The newsletter is divided into the following sections: (1) "The NAEP U.S. History…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Pittman, Susan Peters, Ed. – ESR Journal, 1990
Dedicated to Seth Kreisberg, this document is the first journal issue of the Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR). It begins with "The Real Ropes Course: The Development of Social Consciousness" (Shelley Berman). The other articles are presented in five sections. The first section, "Our Relationship to Society," contains:…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Conflict Resolution, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Lee, Ronald T., Ed.; And Others – 1987
Ideas about the arts and their place in the classroom are elaborated through this series of essays. "Radio Plays: A Close Encounter with Another Medium" (Norton A. Roman) discusses the use of old radio plays in the classroom. "Dynamic Dinosaurs" (Kathy Vajda) describes teaching a unit on dinosaurs to a kindergarten class.…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Creative Art, Creativity
Hardesty, Carolyn, Ed. – Goldfinch, 1990
This issue of "The Goldfinch," a magazine of Iowa history for young people, features articles, stories, and activities concerning the history of persons and institutions that have cared for the children of Iowa. Among the articles included are "What about the Children?""Iowa's Orphan Annie"; and "When Children…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Child Advocacy, Child Rearing
Fichera, Virginia M., Ed.; Straight, H. Stephen, Ed. – Translation Perspectives, 1997
The collection of essays on use of languages across the curriculum (LAC, LxC) at the State University of New York at Binghamton includes: "Language Resource Specialists as Agents of Curricular Internationalization (An Overview and Evaluation of Binghamton University's LxC Program)" (H. Stephen Straight); "'But Do They Learn French?'…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Capstone Experiences, College Curriculum, Communications
Sewall, Gilbert T., Ed. – Social Studies Review, 1992
This documents consists of 12 issues of a journal that seeks to provide information and reviews concerning social studies textbooks; each issue consists of 16 pages. Contents in the 12 issues include: (1) California control over textbook content; (2) "skills" teaching in elementary-level social studies texts; (3) readability formulas;…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Economics Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
Franklin, Sharon, Ed. – Writing Notebook, 1992
This journal on writing instruction focusses on writing as a way of teaching social science. History, like science, needs to be taught as an evolving base of knowledge, rather than reverence for the way the story was told in the past. Integrating primary source materials with literature, both in language arts and social science, will help students…
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Rights, Computer Assisted Instruction, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
