This packet is a primary/elementary instructional package targeted at grades K-3 with interest level extending to adult. The lessons of each topic draw heavily on interpretation of photographs and address the topics of physical and cultural geography, basic needs, community services and community helpers, transportation and communication,…

This packet is designed for middle school classrooms. The four lessons correspond to the typical curriculum pattern of world cultures, geography, and government. The materials focus on national studies and state studies from a comparative U.S./Germany perspective. The lessons include: (1) "Culture and Perspective Taking on the Federal…

The social studies curriculum for grade 4 in Manitoba, Canada, is presented. The focus of this guide is communities around the world. Some objectives are to explore: (1) various human and natural features of the earth's surface; (2) ways in which people communicate about location on the earth's surface; and (3) implications of different levels and…