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Download full textRemias, John – 1971
The third unit of grade 12 of the FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271) examines the role of business, industry, and labor and how they interact with the government and the military. The unit deals with the concepts of power theory, corporation, corporate power, unions, union power, and mass society. Power theory…
Descriptors: Business, Grade 12, Industry, Institutions
Calpin, Thomas – 1971
The third of the tenth grade sequence of the FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271) examines the political and economic theories and realities of Communism as practiced in the Soviet Union. A brief introduction to Communist China is also included in the unit. The intent of the unit is to enable students to grasp many…
Descriptors: Communism, Economics Education, Government Role, Grade 10
Burch, Norman – 1971
The tenth grade unit of the FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271) deals with the political-economic systems in the United States. The first unit of the sequence focuses specifically on capitalism in a democracy. The document deals with both the theoretical and practical aspects of capitalism. The theoretical section…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Citizen Role, Economics, Economics Education
Jamison, Sandra; Campbell, Bruce – 1971
The ninth grade unit of the FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271) studies the economic and political realities of the inner city. This document, the first unit of the 9th grade section, deals with the ecological crises involving pollution and its causes. Specific problems include air pollution, pesticides, herbicides,…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Ecological Factors, Ecology, Environmental Education
Malone, Helen – 1971
The socialism unit of the tenth grade level of the FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271) explores a selected history of socialist thought and the theoretical model of socialism. Three case studies of socialism are explored: Great Britain, Sweden, and Israel. The case studies are designed to answer questions concerning…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Economics Education, Government Role, Grade 10
Price, Earl – 1971
This seventh grade unit is one of a sequential learning series of the Focus on Inner City Social Studies (FICSS) project developed in accordance with the needs and problems of an urban society. A description of the project is provided in SO 008 271. This unit studies ways in which political parties are both the source of many of our values and the…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
Kennedy, Wallace; Hols, Marge – 1971
After two years of planning, the Minneapolis Schools began a unique Urban Arts Program during 1970-71, funded under Title III of the Elementary Secondary Education Act. Urban Arts is an arts school without walls for junior and senior high school students who leave their home schools part of every day during school hours to study with professional…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
Doran, Sister Mary Catherine – 1971
The second unit of the 11th grade section of the FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271) examines social change in the United States through ideas and non-violent protest. The unit looks at the peaceful protests portrayed in politics, art, music, and writing demonstrating that peaceful protest is an accepted part of…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Conflict Resolution, Demonstrations (Civil), Dissent
Dunne, Wallace J. – 1971
This seventh grade unit is one of a sequential learning series of the Focus on Inner City Social Studies (FICSS) project developed in accordance with the needs and problems of an urban society. A description of the project is provided in SO 008 271. The purpose of the seventh grade curriculum is to promote the awareness and clarification of…
Descriptors: Collective Settlements, Family Attitudes, Family Role, Family (Sociological Unit)
Drews, Pearl – 1971
This eighth grade unit is one of a sequential learning series of the Focus on Inner City Social Studies (FICSS) project developed in accordance with needs and problems of an urban society. A description of the project is provided in SO 008 271. The basic purpose of this eighth grade curriculum is to study the contributions of various ethnic groups…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Ethnic Studies, Grade 8
Lyden, Michael – 1971
Violent protest by blacks, youth, and labor is the focus of the third unit of the 11th grade FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271). The unit examines how violent protest has affected social change in the United States in politics, institutions, and behavior. Specifically the unit includes civil rights case studies;…
Descriptors: Black Leadership, Civil Rights, Demonstrations (Civil), Dissent
Grand Rapids Public Schools, MI. – 1971
The purpose of the Grand Rapids Educational Park project is to develop the best possible working model of an area center located in downtown Grand Rapids, which would offer specialized courses for junior and senior students residing in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. This report documents a 3-year pilot project, from the summer of 1968 through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bus Transportation, Cooperative Programs, Educational Environment
Gay, Geneva; Stroud, Marion – 1971
Social change and the ideas, feelings, and hopes of man which lead to the development of his institutions are the major focus of the eleventh grade FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271). The units examine how the forces of stability and change culminated in the creation of the major historical documents which are the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Constitutional History, Governmental Structure, Grade 11
