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Download full textParker, Franklin; Parker, Betty – 1990
The Chinese university students who protested in Spring 1989 were concerned about inflation, shortages of goods and services, and pay inequities. They disliked corruption, bribery, and unfair favoritism, and wanted more press freedom and more independence for their student organizations. Most of all, they wanted more dialogue with aging leaders…
Descriptors: Activism, Change, Communism, Current Events
Peer reviewedFrelick, Bill – Social Science Record, 1987
Discusses methods of teaching about the history of genocide and the potential for its occurrence today. Encourages students to confront commonly-held beliefs in order to understand human rights abuses. Studies current genocidal tendencies, such as those in Iran, to demonstrate the "latent potential in all of us to allow such evil to occur."…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Current Events, Genocide, Modern History
Rossman, Michael – Learning, 1982
A science teacher relates his feelings as he discussed modern warfare with his sixth-grade students. The students' reactions to moral questions and issues behind civil defense procedures and radioactivity are also discussed. (FG)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Current Events, Elementary Education
