Identifies the advantages of computer-based multimedia (CBM) in history education and provides the rationale for developing CBM resources on Scottish social history. Provides a description of the CD-ROM "Doon the Watter" and discusses its use in schools. (CMK)

Provides an excellent annotated bibliography of children's trade books, fiction, poetry, and miscellaneous works about the Oregon Trail. Includes a concise overview of the hardships faced by settlers as they followed the trail during the westward expansion. A bibliography of reference sources at the end of the article also is very useful. (MJP)

Interviews with 154 elementary school students in Northern Ireland and the United States found that students in both countries were very interested in history and learned about history from family and the media, as well as school. However, the two groups of students had different views on the importance of history and reasons for studying it.…

This book is designed for use in elementary social studies methods classes, as a source for discussion in advanced curriculum classes, and as a personal reference for elementary social studies teachers. This book has four major divisions with each division offering a list of lesson ideas. Part 1, "Contexts for the Social Studies," includes: (1)…

This document presents information on Nigeria for use in the elementary classroom. A basic theme of the text is change. Nigeria is currently in a state of change, as are most developing countries. North American children often have an idea of African people as poor and backward. In this text, Nigerian people are presented as a people with a rich…

Part of an international series of amply illustrated, colorful, small size books for children ages 5 to 10, this volume describes various aspects of life in India. Customs, religions, languages, housing, work, food, clothing and festivals of the people of India are presented. A discussion of the 15 main languages in India and the Indian love of…

Designed to accompany an audiovisual filmstrip series devoted to presenting a visual history of life in America, this guide contains an elementary social studies (grades 2-6) unit on the American city over the last century. Using authentic visuals including paintings, posters, advertising, documentary photography, and cartoons, the guide offers…

Designed to accompany an audiovisual filmstrip series devoted to presenting a visual history of life in America, this guide contains an elementary school (grades 2-6) unit on American food over the last century. Using authentic visuals including paintings, advertising, label art, documentary photography, and a movie still, the guide offers…

This paper summarizes the suggestions offered by investigative committees of U.S. historians from the 1880s to the present concerning the importance of studying history in public schools, what should be included, and how it should be taught. An integrative approach to learning, combining history with English and geography, as suggested in reports…

This unit on Wyoming's early settlement and ethnic groups provides concepts, activities, stories, charts, and graphs for elementary school students. Concepts include the attraction Wyoming held for trappers; the major social, economic, and religious event called "The Rendezvous"; the different ethnic and religious groups that presently…

These instructional materials on Chinese Americans for elementary students were developed through the K.E.Y.S. project (Knowledge of English Yields Success). The contents include a "social introduction," which emphasizes the fact that the Chinese American is not a foreigner; information about immigration; Chinatown; jobs and income;…

These instructional materials on Korean Americans for elementary students were developed through the K.E.Y.S. project (Knowledge of English Yields Success). Information is included about early immigrants, the second generation, student groups, war brides, recent immigrants, and third and fourth generations. A chart of traditional and modified…

In this bibliography, elementary and secondary level teachers will find a variety of teaching materials available on Canada. It is a revision and update of a bibliography published in 1971 (ED 062 219). This edition contains materials published primarily in the 1960s through 1974. One section provides over 500 references to history, social…

One hundred and ninety-four books, teachers' guides, film strips, and films, published or produced between 1932 and 1967, are listed in this annotated bibliography on black history. The first portion of the bibliography is an annotated list of background materials to provide teachers with a fuller view of the black in American history, African…

Discusses a program developed by the Seattle (Washington) Art Museum which conducts teacher workshops and student tours so that museum resources can be used effectively in the educational process. Including lectures by museum officials and University of Washington scholars, the program provides resources and strategies for teaching about the tea…