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Thomas, Paul F. – Horizon, 1982
Designed for students in grades 7 through 12, the paper presents illustrative resource materials for teaching concepts related to geographic regions. Emphasis is on giving students an understanding of the interrelationship between regional characteristics and human behavior. The paper introduces students to the following notions: environmental…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Environmental Influences, Geographic Concepts, Geographic Regions
CUSO Development Education, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1986
This kit provides materials about South Africa for activists and educators and the Canadian public. The materials provide ideas for communicating the information and moving people to action. They include a user's guide with a kit overview and suggestions for its use; an educator's handbook on South Africa, which applies a popular education…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, African Culture, African History
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Clark, Tina M. – OAH Magazine of History, 1990
This student paper, a first place winner in the 1987 National History Day competition, relates events of the first college textbook controversy in the United States. In 1947, University of Wyoming trustees authorized reviewing textbooks for "subversive tendencies." Faculty and trustees successfully negotiated the controversy, resulting…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Communism, Conflict Resolution, Controversial Issues (Course Content)