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Peer reviewedFagan, Edward R. – English Journal, 1976
Teachers should draw from the resources of their economic, educational, governmental, and religious communities in teaching composition. (DD)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Resources, Community Study, English Instruction
Moore, Donald R.; And Others – 1971
The Metro School's educational program is built on these premises: 1) students must have control over the directions of their own learning; and, 2) resources of the city, including businesses, cultural institutions, and community organizations must become a laboratory for learning. Three of the documentary reports of the program are included in…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Study, Educational Programs, Experimental Programs
Peer reviewedMcVeigh, Lynne – Social Studies Journal, 1975
Presents a secondary school social studies unit that lets the urban instructor and student create a project in commemmoration of the bicentennial from community resources. (ND)
Descriptors: Community Study, Instructional Materials, Research Projects, School Community Relationship
Download full textMendelson, Lloyd J. – 1971
The curriculum overview, intended for secondary teachers, describes the general objectives, methodology, and units of the Wingspread project. Goals of the project are to prepare individuals to function in a complex society; to promote academic and social development through personal and direct involvement with problems in a metropolitan society;…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Schools, Community Study, Course Descriptions
Sandell, Stephen; Haley, Frances – 1973
Students and faculty of the New City School are housed in a single open room of a reconditioned building in an industrial area of St. Paul. Students come from St. Paul's neighborhood high schools, night school, and Open School. They may attend a nine-week session in the morning or afternoon for 2 1/2 hours. The eleven permanent staff members are…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Study, Educational Innovation, Environmental Education
Talmage, Harriet; Mendelson, Lloyd J. – 1971
This paper, presented in 1971 at the National Council for Social Studies Conference in Denver, advocates structuring elementary and secondary social studies programs around social intelligence in the Deweyan sense rather than building them around ideology. Too often programs espousing an ideology are touted as the best approach toward solving…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Schools, Community Study, Conference Reports
Chicago Board of Education, IL. – 1971
This ethnic studies unit for secondary grades offers students an opportunity to become familiar with a metropolis and its components as they relate to the ethnic and racial composition of its populous. The aim is for students to gain an understanding of the various contributions made by the composite ethnic groups to a city; to be aware of the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Housing, Community Resources, Community Study
