Scholars disagree about the implications of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action for history educators and curriculum developers. Some scholars contend that responding to these Calls to Action requires rejecting the discipline of history and historical thinking approaches currently being implemented in history and social…

The controversy over teaching British versus American English is irrelevant, since one acquires, at least in the productive aspect, a non-native variety of English. The relative value of area studies is also considered, as are realistic language situations and use of non-native speakers for recording FL material on tape. (IFS/WGA)

This social studies curriculum integrates the study of geographic, economic, historic, political and social features of nations in the Western Hemisphere with the development of key concepts and skills. While this curriculum focuses on the geographic and economic features of countries in the Western Hemisphere, it gives equal weight to the history…