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Fredericks, Anthony D. – 1990
This book is designed to help students use their geography knowledge in real-life situations and explorations. The approach emphasizes problem-solving activities in which students can use higher-level thinking skills together with basic geographical facts. The activities are organized into two groups--Daily Problems and Extended Challenges.…
Descriptors: Geographic Concepts, Geographic Location, Geographic Regions, Geography
Harris, Chauncy D., Ed. – 1985
The purpose of this extensive annotated bibliography is to assist libraries in the United States, Canada, and other countries to identify, select, and secure publications of value in geography that are appropriate for the purposes and resources of each library collection. More than 2900 entries, published between 1970 and 1984, are arranged by…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Atlases, Conservation Education
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1966
Five resource units constitute the Kindergarten level of the Project Social Studies curriculum. The five units, on the theme of earth as the home of man, are preceded by a grid showing the concepts, generalizations, sequential development of skills, and attitudes appropriate to each unit. All the units follow a similar format, consisting of an…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Fundamental Concepts, Geography
Stanford Univ., CA. Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education. – 1994
This curriculum unit teaches students about the basic physical and political geography of Africa and introduces or reviews fundamental geographical concepts and vocabulary in an African context. The unit offers a geographic introduction to the map of Africa with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa in terms of its examples and information. Each of the…
Descriptors: Cartography, Foreign Countries, Geographic Concepts, Geographic Location
Stanford Univ., CA. Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education. – 1993
This curriculum unit introduces students to the travelers and traders from the early part of the Han-Roman times up to the 14th century who took great risks in pursuit of silk. A variety of activities explore the development of the Silk Road trade routes, including journal writing, small group reading and writing activities, role play and…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Interrelationships, Foreign Countries
Stanford Univ., CA. Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education. – 1994
This curriculum unit teaches students about the basic physical and political geography of Asia and introduces or reviews fundamental geographical concepts and vocabulary in an Asian context. Each of the unit's five lessons can be integrated into the curriculum where it best suits students' needs, but it is suggested that the unit be taught as a…
Descriptors: Cartography, Foreign Countries, Geographic Concepts, Geographic Location
Blankenship, Glen; Tinkler, D. William – 1994
These lessons, designed for high school classrooms, focus on the country of Germany in teaching the five themes of geography (location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region). The lessons can be used individually via integration into the curriculum or collectively used as a complete stand-alone unit. The lessons are desigend…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Curriculum Guides, Foreign Countries, Geographic Concepts
Mank, Evans R. – 1967
Building upon Course I, this teaching guide for the first of four units of Course II introduces the secondary student to geographic concepts and generalizations of the physical world to which man has related over time. All units of the second course emphasize the process of development whereby man, coping with given conditions in his physical…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Geographic Concepts, Geography, Geography Instruction
Wise, John H. – 1975
Today's students in the Western world show a widespread lack of basic world knowledge. Geography graduates in a Canadian and an Australian university were asked to locate 75 major cities in the world. The results indicated a wide knowledge of cities in the Western world but little knowledge of cities in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Only…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education

Zevin, Jack; Corbin, Steven S. – Social Studies, 1998
Provides an overview of the research concerning students' perceptions of foreign nations. Compares and contrasts the various measurement techniques including the two most commonly used; semantic differential scales and pair comparisons. Suggests methods for alternative analysis and offers recommendations for future research. Includes a sample…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Foreign Countries, Geography, Knowledge Level
Backler, Alan – 1987
Recognizing the importance of geography instruction, this packet was designed to provide sources of materials and information to aid the classroom teacher in preparing geography lessons. Global geography and map skills are emphasized. Materials included in the listings are: (1) professional organizations; (2) journals and newletters; (3) ERIC…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Atlases, Audiovisual Communications, Educational Games
de Souza, Anthony R.; Porter, Philip W. – 1974
Helping undergraduate college geography students understand the processes and forces which, in the name of modernization, continue to intensify a world spatial disequilibrium in the relations of people and resources is the purpose of this resource paper. It presents current ideas in social science research on modernization and development with…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1971
The teaching guide for an elementary geography in-service course provides a framework for broad geographic understandings. The emphasis is upon helping teachers better understand the structure of geography themselves so they may implement a social studies program in which students use the facts of geography to develop understandings of basic…
Descriptors: Climate, Cognitive Objectives, Elementary School Teachers, Geographic Concepts
Brewer, J. Gordon – 1978
This book provides an introduction to basic sources of selected information about geography for both student and librarian. The objective is to identify the most useful, significant, and authoritative sources of general geography and within each branch of the subject. Written in a narrative style, the book emphasizes recently published reference…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Atlases, Bibliographies
Blankenship, Glen; Tinkler, D. William – 1998
This packet contains five lessons related to the five themes of geography: location; place; human-environment interaction; movement; and region. The lessons are designed to support the teaching of courses in world geography, U.S. government/civics, and economics from a comparative U.S./German perspective. Lessons include: (1) "Location of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Civics, Cultural Education, Culture