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…

Graduate education in the humanities struggles with weighty traditions, constrained (fiscal) resources, and a legacy of elitism and cultural homogeneity. As the makeup of graduate students becomes ever more diverse in terms of income, ethnicity, sexuality, citizenship, and disability, graduate programs are working through the challenges and…

States that works concerning hispanic studies traditionally deal with analyses of the Spanish language or with literary works. Emphasis is made on the need for an interdisciplinary approach. (Text is in Spanish.) (NCR)

A number of ways to integrate foreign language education and social studies are given from the perspective of a social studies teacher. An area studies course might include the foreign language component as well as social studies, art, music, and historical perspectives. Such a course would also include special evening and weekend activities.…

A "German Semester" concentrates four or five simultaneous courses in German language; literature; art and music; science, philosophy and psychology; and social sciences, with faculty as well as outside lecturers from the various disciplines. (CHK)

Every language teacher is automatically a teacher of culture. The language teacher is an instructor of culture in the same way that an instructor of history or anthropology teaches those disciplines. To prepare for teaching the culture, the training of language teachers should include pre-service and in-service activities and materials…

Isolation of language study from other disciplines in Australia, and the resulting decline in foreign language learning, are described. The desirability of integration of foreign language and social science study is discussed. (RM)

Because of its exciting use of rhythm and its variety, African music is an excellent musical culture for study. Seventh and eighth grade students, with no prior musical training, learned to play African instruments and dance the Adowa, a traditional dance of the Ashanti people of Ghana. (RM)

The cultural approach to the teaching of social studies program for the seventh grade level was developed by the teachers of Montgomery, Alabama under an ESEA Title III grant. Major objectives of the program are to stimulate students to develop an awareness of their place in history by studying the cultures preceding them, and to encourage…

This curriculum guide is the outgrowth of a program developed by The American Forum for Global Education to help New York City teachers improve the teaching of Japan in their classrooms. The resource guide provides an interdisciplinary perspective on Japanese culture for secondary teachers and students. In addition to suggested classroom…

Social studies and foreign language teachers can use these two units to teach sixth-grade students about the cultures of Canada and Mexico. The units focus on the traditions, customs, and languages of the two countries. Each unit includes a rationale statement and description, a listing of goals and objectives, learning activities, addresses to…

The guide outlines a course of study for elementary students on the history, geography, language, and general culture of China. Course objectives are to identify the major mountains, the major cities, and the types of climate affecting each region of China; locate and record on a time line the important events in the development of Chinese…

The teachers of second languages and the teachers of social studies share a weighty responsibility to help students move toward global understanding and multicultural awareness. Possible areas of cooperation between the two disciplines, as well as constraints, are discussed. (RM)

This resource guide provides background and source material about the Turkey for secondary teachers and students. In addition to suggested classroom activities, there are background readings and notes for the teachers that can be used for enrichment lessons with students. Each chapter views a single question from multiple perspectives. The six…