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Benade, Judith A. – 1985
Biographies of five men who dedicated their lives to fighting for the independence of India are presented. Mohandas K. Gandhi, born in 1869, spent his life in non-violent resistance to the many injustices being perpetrated against the poor and needy of India. Born in 1876, lawyer Mohammad Ali Jinnah was close in ideas, hope, and spirit to Gandhi.…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Biographical Inventories, Biographies
Peer reviewedHughes, Paul – Social Education, 1984
The Aboriginal Australians traditionally were a homogeneous people, living as hunter-gatherers and dispersed across Australia. Today there are 176,300 Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia--more than one percent of the country's population. Their history and current problems are examined. (RM)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Background, Elementary Secondary Education, Resource Materials
Peer reviewedHurst, Herschel – Social Education, 1984
Australians are known for their egalitarian spirit, manifested by a dislike of social pretension and affectation. A brief history of the country from the time of its establishment in 1788 as a dumping ground for Britain's unwanted criminals to the present is presented. (RM)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Traits, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSawer, Geoffrey – Social Education, 1984
Australia is an independent nation-state, federally constituted under a democratic parliamentary system. Being part of the Commonwealth of Nations, with feelings of loyalty to the Crown, Australia is also a democratic monarchy. Its political structure is discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Government (Administrative Body), Governmental Structure
Peer reviewedThomas, Tony – Social Education, 1984
Australia has one of the highest standards of living in the world. Agriculture, grazing, and mining are the mainstays of the country's economy. Since the end of World War II, Australia has developed an advanced industrial base that manufactures a wide range of goods, from automobiles to clothespins. (RM)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Area Studies, Economic Climate, Economic Development
Peer reviewedJaffa, Herbert – Social Education, 1984
Cultural freedom involves the ability to recognize and participate imaginatively in the exploration of one's own environment for the sake of one's self and one's people and the ability to transcend that environment and speak to all people. Australian artists, writers, poets, music, and oral literature are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Artists, Australian Literature, Authors
Download full textSlobin, Mark – 1977
The music of the peoples who inhabit either Central Asia or the Volga-Ural region of Asia is explored in this document, which provides information that can be incorporated into secondary or higher education courses. The Central Asian music cultures of the Kirghiz, Kazakhs, Turkmens, Karakalpaks, Uighurs, Tajiks, and Uzbeks are described and…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies, Cultural Education
