Illustrates a method to introduce students to foreign countries and cultures by having students choose a country in which they would like to live and give a class presentation about it. As a result, students become resource persons, research skills are refined, cross-cultural information reservoir is created, and history and geography become real.…

Illustrates an innovative approach to teaching the 1932 Veterans' Bonus March on Washington DC. The teacher used instructional packets with 1930 nostalgia, the Pete Seeger album, "American Industrial Ballads," and film clips. An instructional guide is included. (GG)

Teachers today are being held accountable and being judged inadequate as a result of factors--curriculum requirements and school organization--over which they have little control. In spite of this, many teachers are making extraordinary contributions to education. Examples of educational innovations being used by secondary history teachers are…

The theory of using popular music to reveal issues of social change for classroom discussion is briefly explored. The major portion of the article, providing a series of specific instructional ideas, offers ten general topics on social change, each followed by a specific teacher-asked question, a strategy, and a list of recordings and themes. (SM)

Describes six alternatives to the one-year chronological survey course on world history in secondary grades. The alternatives are topical or thematic courses, conceptual or generalization-centered courses, world regions or world cultures courses, problems approach courses, case study courses, and depth studies or patch-work courses. (RM)

Picture postcards from the early 20th century provide useful primary sources for an interesting and accurate portrayal of American culture. (Author/DE)

Traces the history of the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Includes copies of the U.S. Supreme Court mandate to the Louisiana Supreme Court denying Plessy's request to overturn the Jim Crow law and ordering him to bear the court costs. Provides teaching suggestions for interpreting the document and highlights related topics and questions for research and…

Teaching activities used in secondary women's studies courses in several of the San Diego Schools are presented. A bibliography of 40 materials focusing on women's courses in history and literature is included. (JR)

This article identifies several innovative strategies and provides sample lessons of innovative approaches to world history including: concept teaching, site plans, values clarification, role playing, and simulation. (Author/JR)

Describes an innovative geographic location activity in which students trace and correct a mimeographed map of the United States two times. The first time, the state names are given. The second time, the student must fill in and correctly spell the name of each state. (Author/DB)

"The Human Experience," a world history program for secondary students, is examined as a basis for teaching a sense of the unity of human experience which is central to understanding the global community. (Author/JR)

Social education of high school students should consist of a joint practice of negotiation by school adults and students in the handling of real school conflicts. (KM)

Based on the premise that world history courses should stress general educational goals, Fenton examines his curriculum package which focuses on six major objectives: developing positive attitudes, self esteem, learning and inquiry skills, acquiring knowledge, and valuing. (JR)

The World History Project of Indiana University for secondary students which introduces students to the total human experience in a global perspective is examined. (Author/JR)