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Download full textFoundation for Teaching Economics, San Francisco, CA. – 1998
This series of lesson plans and activities deals with the economic demise of the now-defunct Soviet Union. Each of the five lessons and six activities addresses identified standards and benchmarks from the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics. The lesson plans also address the National History Content Standards, in terms of both the…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Economics, Economics Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1967
These guidelines and activities in economic education represent one part of a series developed through the combined efforts of hundreds of teachers from twenty-three school districts in the State of Washington and one in Montana over a period of three years. The paramount purpose of the guides is to help implement a program of integrating…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Guides, Economics
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1967
This subunit on totalitarianism in the USSR is part of an eleventh grade course on area studies. Following an introduction with suggested teaching strategies, the objectives for the subunit are listed as to generalizations, skills, and attitudes. A double-page format relates objectives with pertinent content, teaching procedures, and instructional…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Authoritarianism, Course Content, Curriculum Guides
Peer reviewedPriest, Quinton – Social Studies, 1994
Asserts that South Korea can be an excellent subject for an effective unit on history, economic development, critical thinking skills, and cross-cultural understanding. Provides background information and a list of teacher resources for planning a unit on South Korea. (CFR)
Descriptors: Asian History, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Development, Economic Development
Maxey, Phyllis F. – 1983
One of a series of units on business issues designed for secondary school students, this packet examines United States and Soviet trade within the context of worldwide economic and political associations. Introductory in nature, the 5-day unit is suitable for use by itself or as part of a larger study of comparative economic systems, American…
Descriptors: Business, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Economic Climate
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1969
This social studies resource guide for grade 4 outlines one of four units on the theme Communities Around the World with emphasis on a comparative analysis of economic systems. Specific objectives for this unit on the Soviet Union are described in these areas: 1) economic, geographic, and sociological concepts; 2) understandings and…
Descriptors: Communism, Community Study, Concept Teaching, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedCampanella, Alfred J., Ed. – Social Education, 1983
A compilation of 13 social studies activities suitable for immediate application in the classroom includes teaching ideas for both elementary and secondary teachers. Activities comprise a simulated mapping expedition to Jamestown colony; a folktale illustration of moral dilemmas; taped interviews with Soviet citizens; simulated employment…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Conflict Resolution, Cross Cultural Studies, Current Events
