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Peer reviewedKirkeby, Oliver M. – Michigan Social Studies Journal, 1987
Advocates the use of foreign students as resource persons in area studies units. Identifies programs in Michigan which promote cross cultural education via the use of foreign students as classroom speakers. (JDH)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Students
Peer reviewedHinshaw, Craig – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1998
Presents an interdisciplinary unit for fourth-grade students that compares the Tokaido Road in Japan to Interstate I-75 in Michigan; students learned about the history and geography of the Tokaido Road, examined the travel prints of Ando Hiroshige, and created their own travel prints and haikus. Gives three accompanying handouts. (CMK)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Art, Artists, Foreign Countries
Download full textBarr, E. Gene – 1994
This annotated bibliography on Japan serves as a useful compendium and guide to the holdings of the Michigan Global/International Education Resource Center, housed at the International Institute of Flint. The holdings will be disseminated throughout Michigan at workshops, seminars, and institutes. The bibliography includes background and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies
