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Barger, Harry D.; And Others – 1985
Unit 3 of a six-unit series on Indiana state history designed to be taught in Indiana secondary schools tells the story of Indiana from 1829 to 1908. Chapter 1 discusses national issues in an Indiana context. The effects of social movements such as Abolition, the underground railroad, and the Fugitive Slave Law on Indiana politics are examined.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil War (United States), Political Influences, Political Issues
Download full textMcGowan, Patrick J. – 1980
The syllabus outlines a college level international relations seminar with a neo-Marxist theoretical orientation. The objective of the seminar is to present an historical and comparative approach to a study of the evolution of the international political economy. Following an introduction explaining seminar objectives, grading, and course…
Descriptors: Bias, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides, Diplomatic History
Sprague, Gregory A. – 1978
The paper discusses rationales for simulation gaming and describes "Spiegeldorf," a socio-historical game which simulates socioeconomic conditions in early 1930 Germany and Nazi party tactics used to gain mass support. Objectives are to identify characteristic Nazi tactics and points of political ideology, describe German social classes…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Educational Objectives, European History
Burke, John G.; And Others – 1979
Controversies involving science, technology, and society are explored in 15 articles written by historians, social scientists, management consultants, engineers, and experts in the history of science. Technological development in an historical context is the central theme of the booklet. Major issues discussed include effects, preconditions, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Developed Nations
Munshi, Kiki Skagen; Scheiber, Jane L. – 1979
This volume contains the Viewer's Guide to accompany the ten-part television series component of a multimedia instructional program on relationships among science, technology, and society. The major objective of the program is to make college level course material available to the general public through cooperation of newspapers, public…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Creative Thinking
Weiss, Helen; Weigel, Margaret – 1980
Designed for use in the intermediate grades, this interdisciplinary unit helps students examine traditional and modern roles of women. Fourteen lessons focus on women's activities in colonial America, reasons for women's discontent, the women's rights movement of the 1800's, changes in the roles of women, enfranchisement of women, women's role…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Feminism, Instructional Materials, Interdisciplinary Approach
Burke, John G., Ed.; Eakin, Marshall C., Ed. – 1979
Questions of technology and change are explored in approximately 70 essays written by university and research scholars, consumer advocates, political philosophers, engineers, and bureaucrats. The book is part of a multimedia series developed to present college level course material to the general public through cooperation of newspapers, public…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Books, Change Agents, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
