The first three issues for 1977 of The Social Science Teacher are presented. Each issue is devoted to a special topic relevant to social science instruction in elementary and secondary grades in England. The February issue contains five articles focusing on the teaching of politics. Included are discussions of politics as a compulsory course, an…

A social studies curriculum project is described which presents a blueprint for a Colorado community social profile study and suggests ideas for design of a national community model. The purpose of the project, intended for use on the elementary, intermediate, and secondary levels, is to help students develop skills to deal with mobility from…

Seventeen articles about environmental education teaching in Britain are contained in this publication. Several case studies describe interdisciplinary approaches which are potential growing points for curriculum development. The book is arranged in three sections. After defining environmental education, the first section reviews objectives for…

This guide is designed to aid social studies classroom teachers develop and implement programs using the community as a social sciences laboratory. The document describes how to prepare a social profile of the community. Based upon the Colorado System-Based Social Science Project which was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the study…