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Download full textWestern Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1972
The Powell River Project proposed to design a curriculum with the Canadian urban environment as a major focus, using elementary teachers as developers (ED 055 018). This progress report contains individual summaries from seven elementary teachers, outlining the process of determining the children's knowledge of self and of the world around them.…
Descriptors: Community Study, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Berger, Michael L. – 1976
Inquiry techniques are described in which students investigate geographic phenomena in microcosm. The objective of this strategy is to enable students to examine geographic concepts and generalizations on a level which they can easily understand. Specifically, strategies for investigating and analyzing self-contained buildings and planned…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Study, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
Watford, Robert; Haley, Frances – 1973
ISSUES, an intermediate-grade social studies program, actively involves 2,000 Kansas City students of their urban communities. Psychological and sociological perspectives on urban problems stress helping children to better understand social realities, their peers, and themselves. The students spend approximately half of their social studies time…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Problems, Community Study, Experiential Learning
Western Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1971
Project SURT, The Study of Rural-Urban Transition, deals with the dynamics of Canadian society. The interdisciplinary curriculum to be produced will be instrumental in assisting tenth and eleventh grade students in two or three months, to assess the changes which are occuring in selected Canadian Communities, and to gain some proficiency in…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Study, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
Mid-Continent Regional Educational Lab., Inc., Kansas City, MO. – 1972
Innovative Social Studies: Urban Elementary Schools, known as ISSUES, is a social studies program actively pursuing the profound social problems of our times by daily student involvement with solutions as part of the curriculum. Upper elementary and junior high students increase their understanding in active participation in community problem…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Community Study, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education
Schools Council, London (England). – 1970
The purpose of this information booklet is to look closely at the organization of the educational experiences of two fourth-year forms in two English urban secondary schools who studied some features of their immediate environment. The first 6 week field project, Houses and Flats: A Planned Enquiry into the Local Area, involved 34 low ability boys…
Descriptors: Community Study, Comparative Education, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Environmental Education
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1971
This curriculum guide describes a course on urban studies for high school seniors. A major aim is to help students understand the nature of cities and towns. Themes are intended to stimulate inquiry into urban problems and present opportunities for concept formation and problem solving by encouraging direct experience with the environment. It is…
Descriptors: Community Study, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Guides, Environmental Education
