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Download full textSmith, Allen – 1988
Results on content-oriented national assessment tests have demonstrated that many secondary school students in the United States are culturally illiterate. E. D. Hirsch has compiled a list of 4,500 terms, dates, phrases, and sayings that he argues represents the broad knowledge base that culturally literate U.S. citizens should possess. Twelve…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Cultural Education, Culture
The Changing World Today: Case Studies of Modernization in Japan, Kenya, and India. Teacher's Guide.
Clawson, Elmer U.; Rice, Marion J. – 1972
This publication is a guide for teachers using "The Changing World Today," an intermediate-grade student text which examines cultural change in Japan, Kenya, and India. A major portion of the guide consists of a summary outline of the text. Discussed in the outline are descriptive characteristics, rationale, antecedent conditions,…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Anthropology, Area Studies, Content Analysis
Jones, Catherine E., Ed. – 1988
This annotated bibliography is intended for teachers, students, school librarians, and others as an aid in selecting materials to support teaching about the Middle East. Eleven chapters cover: (1) "Reference and General Works"; (2) "Physical Geography"; (3) "Folktales, Literature, Fiction"; (4) "Religion";…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Culture, Economics, Educational Resources
