A study of Japanese ways of coping with pollution, urbanization, and industrialization offers an opportunity for the social studies student to gain intercultural perspectives on the continuing problems of a modernizing society. Three perspectives on ways of coping are presented to illustrate the concept. (Author/JH)

Excerpted from The People's Republic of China,'' No. 4 in the Issues in United States Foreign Policy series, the material discusses (1) Profile, (2) Customs, Etiquette, and Rhetoric, (3) Women in the P.R.C., (4) Cuisine, (5) Medicine and Health, (6) Education, (7) Language, and (8) Communes and Agriculture. (JB)

The selections of Chinese writing included in this feature are an attempt to help listen to the collective voice of China, to provide teachers with materials which will help students place themselves within the Chinese culture. The article is divided into sections entitled Poetry, Peking Opera, Picture Story Books, Crosstalk, Kuaiban (Chinese…

This is a discussion of the ten guidelines drawn up at the German Studies Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, 1972, entitled "Teaching Postwar Germany" in America. (Text is in German.) (TL)

In the cultivation of worldminded attitudes, the social studies teacher cannot assume that student interaction with culturally different art will necessarily enhance empathic cosmopolitan attitudes. Pitfalls to be aware of are cited in this article. (Author/JH)

This document lists, by college and university, language and area study programs available at a particular school. Over 100 schools are included, and more than 200 programs are listed. Each entry provides the school address, program title, languages involved, and the name of the professor in charge. Information was compiled from material provided…

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…

Culture courses, currently popular, can bring increased enrollments to language departments. Presented here is an outline of some reasons for offering culture courses, teaching methods employed, and problems encountered. (CHK)

This compilation lists more than 900 references to books, journals, and manuscripts which focus on the lives of the inhabitants of the western and southwestern area of the United States of America. Bibliographical data, including sources, are provided. The documents are largely written in the twentieth century. (RL)

These materials are designed as four modules: geography, foods, the kitchen, and culture and are to be used singly or jointly as a unit on Japanese food and culture. Common ingredients of Japanese food, nutritional information, methods of preparation, and illustrations of utensils and eating implements are given in conjunction with cultural…

The principal essay, by James E. Harf, describes the state of the art and prescriptions for the future in undergraduate international studies. It points out that undergraduates at some prestigious research-oriented universities and at small, prestigious liberal arts colleges have exposure to international education, but that at the overwhelming…

This unit is designed to accompany a video presentation that focuses on India from the perspective of a participant in the Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad Program. This unit can be incorporated with a study of India's land, history, and geography. The text provides a narrative as students view contemporary pictures of India and is intended to…

This teaching booklet on Sweden is one in a series of four, developed within the framework of the Associated Schools Project of UNESCO with a view to promoting education for international understanding. The purpose is to enable students to learn more about the lifestyles of their peers in Sweden--their school and family life, aspects of their…

Discusses the importance of learning about Asian languages and cultures, and suggests ways in which colleges and universities can introduce these languages. (AM)