As it becomes increasingly essential to include China in the social studies curriculum, teachers are faced with the challenges of finding appropriate, high-quality resources, and, more fundamentally, of engaging students with a culture and a place far removed from their own. Film and video can address both issues, and there is a wealth of…

Suggests how to incorporate conventional textbooks into innovational teaching in high school social studies courses. Suggestions include: ask students to alter time lines in textbooks according to their own interests, examine bias of textbook author, react to author's language, and focus on daily life during a particular historical period. (DB)

Explains how the pictures in history textbooks are potentially useful as teaching aids in social studies courses. Illustrations (reproductions of paintings, historical photographs, woodcuts, lithographs, and engravings, etc.) are important because they may be the only primary source materials to which students will be exposed. (Author/DB)

Presents tips to teachers of slow-learning junior high and high school students in social studies courses. To help teachers make the material in the textbooks more interesting to students, the article suggests developing an instructional strategy and creating reading guides geared to their students' reading level. (DB)

Shows how "3-2-1 Contact," a public television science series, was applied to social studies instruction, identifying "Sesame Street" and "Square One TV" as additional educational resources produced by Children's Television Workshop. Lists classroom materials available for use with CTW programs, states U.S. copyright…

Provided is an annotated listing of sound filmstrip programs and 16mm films for teaching social studies at the intermediate and secondary levels. Specific topics include money; interest rates; disarmament; and the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the US government. (RM)

Reviews the creation and content of the public television series "Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery." Summarizes the four constituent programs: (1) "Terrible Transformation (1562-1750)"; (2) "Revolution (1750-1805)"; (3) "Brotherly Love (1791-1831)"; and (4) "Judgment Day (1831-1861)." Introduces contents of special journal…

Presents an overview of the Public Broadcasting Service and its educational functions. Examines the educational services offered by public television, identifying educational programs available and some being developed. Describes LEARNING LINK, an interactive service featuring data bases, computer conferencing, and information resources accessible…

Presents television as an instrument through which adolescents can gain social experience and strengthen social development. Examines the link between watching television and social relationships, discussing how television viewing can provide "blueprints" for behavior in social situations. Lists four steps for using television as a learning tool.…

Highlights the potential for television as an instructional medium. Recognizes that television is a fact of life and a major determinant of what citizens know about history. Concludes that television has helped to create the information age, and the challenge of the information age needs to be addressed by our schools. (GEA)

Provided is an annotated listing of filmstrips and videocassettes or 16mm films which can be used in elementary and secondary social studies classes. (RM)

Lists and briefly describes an array of educational resources relating to Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. Includes notable books, organizations, videos, audio cassettes, software, educational kits, and simulations. Collections of art, photographs, and cartoons also are available. Includes price and ordering information. (MJP)