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Becker, Laurence – 1985
This four-lesson unit, designed for use with high school students, examines economic development in Africa. Lesson 1, "What Is Development?" has students investigating terms such as development, third world, North, and South. In lesson 2, "Resources and Culture," students learn that people define resources based on their own…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Download full textCalifornia Univ., Berkeley. Office of Resources for International and Area Studies. – 2001
This annotated bibliography focuses on recent children's literature that deals with other cultures. The books in the bibliography are set in or about Africa (29 selections), Ancient Egypt (3 selections), East Asia (20 selections), India (7 selections), Latin America (3 selections), Middle East (5 selections), and Russia (9 selections). The…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Childrens Literature, Cultural Context
Simpson, Sam – 1975
Two contrasting cultures are briefly examined in this unit of study for elementary school students. The student's pamphlet outlines the significant aspects of Swazi and Tepotzlan societies, highlighting customs of the two cultures from birth through death. Objectives of the lessons and exercises provided in the teacher's manual are to help…
Descriptors: African Culture, Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education
Lynn, Karen – 1991
This annotated bibliographic collection of resources on Africa including non-fiction, fiction, texts, poetry, draft papers, addresses, periodicals, film, records, and travel agencies is designed to aid secondary students and their teachers interested in research on Africa. An instructional approach is taken, drawing upon examples to demonstrate…
Descriptors: African Studies, Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Educational Resources
FOSTER, ROBERT J.; O'NAN, DAVID T. – 1967
THIS REPORT LISTS RESOURCES THAT MAY BE USEFUL TO INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR AREA TRAINING PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY IF THE TRAINEES ARE BEING SENT TO DEVELOPING NATIONS. PART I GIVES DESCRIPTIONS, SOURCE DATA, AND EVALUATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT FILMS LIKELY TO BE OF MORE THAN AVERAGE VALUE IN AREA TRAINING. IT ALSO CONTAINS ITEMS CONCERNED WITH…
Descriptors: American Culture, Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Bibliographies
Foreign Service (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. Foreign Service Inst. – 1972
Sub-Sahara Africa is covered in this bibliography prepared for use in training programs. Consisting of nearly 500 citations which date from 1940 to the present, topics covered include: POPULATION, Traditional Cultures, Religion, Art, Literature, History, Colonialism, Economic Development, Agricultural Modernization, Education and Manpower,…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, African Literature, Area Studies
Foreign Service (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. Foreign Service Inst. – 1971
This selected bibliography focuses on the Near East and North Africa. Among the topics covered are: Documentary Collections, History, Politics, and International Relations, Islam and the Islamic World, the Arabs, Geography, Art, Literature, Education and Sociocultural Patterns, and Economics, Labor and Oil. An introduction to the series is in SO…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Arabs, Area Studies
Nziramasanga, Caiphas T. – 1995
This paper briefly describes the historical development of the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) from its roots in 1980 and examines the work of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) today. The objectives of the SADCC are listed from the 1980 declaration and the achievement of those objectives are assessed.…
Descriptors: African History, African Studies, Area Studies, Black Studies
Hawkins, John N.; Maksik, Jon – 1976
Six hundred and sixty-two listings of instructional materials for teaching about Africa are presented in this annotated bibliography to help teachers identify materials that will assist them in developing courses and units of study. Materials are identified that can be used by precollegiate teachers of all subject areas. This handbook is arranged…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies
