Describes nine ERIC documents, selected specifically for secondary and college-level history teachers, and provides ordering information. The documents cover such topics as teaching about the U.S. Constitution, Asian studies, writing strategies in advanced placement history courses, the Northwest Ordinance, and critical thinking. (GEA)

Provides educational resources for teaching geography from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). Includes units on the Model United Nations, China, Middle America, and the United States. Resources stress themes of economic, political, and social interactions and interdependence. Provides simulations, maps, sample tests, and lesson…

Presents 11 ERIC documents selected specifically for secondary and college-level history teachers. Six documents examine the role of history teachers, with materials ranging from a rationale for teaching history to practical classroom applications in the field. Five documents include resources for teaching about the U.S. Constitution. (GEA)

Focuses on a variety of materials on US/USSR relations available from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service. Includes documents relating to Soviet viewpoints, a scholarly discussion of the future of superpower relations, a booklet on arms control, a course outline on human rights, and a secondary unit on US/USSR ideologies, world views, and…

The Military Curriculum Project at the National Center for Research in Vocational Education has been responsible for reviewing approximately 1,400 military courses and selecting those which are applicable to civilian vocational and technical programs. The course materials have been found to be useful as classroom materials and as curriculum…

Lists and describes some resources on teaching world history that are available from the Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC). Articles cover periodization, humanistic approaches, hierarchical organization of knowledge, skills in world history, teaching about Japan to students in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, global history, and a…

Teaching psychology and sociology is the topic of this annotated bibliography. The following kinds and amounts of materials are cited: (1) 9 citations from "Resources in Education" (RIE); (2) 11 citations from "Current Index to Journals in Education" (CIJE); (3) 39 commercially available "Student and Teacher…

Presents abstracts of six ERIC documents selected specifically for secondary and college level history teachers. Includes sources on geography, evaluation of heroes and heroines in textbooks, images of war in the United States, alternative programs in social studies methods course design, teaching the U.S. Constitution, and global education…

Recently, there has been a movement to put religion and its influence on history back into the social studies curriculum. This ERIC Digest discusses: (1) reasons for including religion in the curriculum; (2) how religion is currently treated in the school curriculum; (3) guidelines for teaching religion in the classroom; and (4) resources…

Addressing the increasing importance of listening skills in the business world, this annotated bibliography contains 22 items from the ERIC database from 1979 to 1988. The sources cited in the first section of the bibliography are primarily concerned with teaching techniques and strategies for teachers of secondary and higher education business…

Discusses the appeal of adolescent novels and the debate over whether to include them in the curriculum. (CRH)

Presents summaries of 12 documents from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system that address genocide and its place in history. Includes documents that stress teaching from a human rights perspective and incorporate critical thinking. Explains access to the documents. (NL)

Teaching civics, political science, and government at all levels is the topic of this annotated bibliography. The following kinds and amounts of materials are cited: (1) 8 citations from "Resources in Education" (RIE); (2) 9 citations from "Current Index to Journals in Education" (CIJE); (3) 42 commercially available…

A collection of resources for high school history and government teachers and their students, this volume treats core ideas on constitutional government in the United States. James Madison's ideas as found in "The Federalist Papers" are examined in conjunction with their counterpoints in essays of the Anti-Federalists. This volume…

An overview of Career Resource Centers (CRCs) is presented. CRCs are described as places where students can go to find career information, find a summer job, or take a vocational interest inventory; where teachers can go to find career education materials or to arrange a field trip; or where guidance counselors can go to hold group sessions,…