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Contreras, Gloria, Ed. – 1987
This collection of materials is designed to help educators teach about Latin American culture more effectively. The introduction offers a rationale for studying about Latin America. Six chapters cover: (1) Key Ideas; (2) Concept Papers; (3) Lesson Plans and Writing Skills Development; (4) Games and Student Activities; (5) Arts and Crafts; and (6)…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Download full textChoate School, Wallingford, CT. Russian Studies Center for Secondary Schools. – 1968
Background and instructional materials acquired since the February 1967 supplement are listed in this supplement to the "Bibliography of Materials" issued by the Russian Center for Secondary Schools. The majority of the items are in English, and all are available from the Center on a 3-week loan to secondary school teachers of Russian. Major…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Economics
Becker, Laurence – 1985
This four-lesson unit, designed for use with high school students, examines economic development in Africa. Lesson 1, "What Is Development?" has students investigating terms such as development, third world, North, and South. In lesson 2, "Resources and Culture," students learn that people define resources based on their own…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Scott, Gail – 1990
Intended to be a culminating activity after seventh grade social studies students have studied India, this week-long lesson features autobiographical sketches of six teenagers from India. The lesson has three objectives: (1) to provide actual life stories of teenagers as a springboard for further research about the customs and culture of India;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Area Studies, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
California Univ., Berkeley. Office of Resources for International and Area Studies. – 2001
This annotated bibliography focuses on recent children's literature that deals with other cultures. The books in the bibliography are set in or about Africa (29 selections), Ancient Egypt (3 selections), East Asia (20 selections), India (7 selections), Latin America (3 selections), Middle East (5 selections), and Russia (9 selections). The…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Childrens Literature, Cultural Context
Swenson, Mary, Comp.; And Others – 1990
This annotated directory contains classroom resources for the countries of Central America, plus Mexico and the Caribbean. The types of resources included are: curricula, supplemental resources, audio-visuals, organizations, evaluation materials and guidebooks, and directories. The listings of curricula, supplemental resources, and audio-visuals…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Audiovisual Aids, Directories, Educational Resources
Allegheny County Schools, Pittsburgh, PA. Intercultural Understanding Project. – 1974
This teaching unit, one of a series of curriculum guides on different world areas for use at the secondary level, treats the culture and history of Russia, oftentimes comparing it with that of the United States. Major teaching objectives are to have students compare and contrast basic geographic, cultural, and historical information on Russia and…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Class Activities, Communism, Course Objectives
Stanford Univ., CA. Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education. – 1988
This document is a revised version of a teaching unit originally published in 1980 and designed to familiarize both elementary and secondary students with the Chinese language and thus lessen the strangeness often attached to it. The goal is not that students "learn Chinese;" rather the hope is that, through a series of exercises that…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Cultural Activities
Keyser, Catherine H., Ed.; Martin, Roberta, Ed. – 1991
This workbook is divided into 17 topical sections containing student readings and classroom activities designed to supplement standard textbook presentations and to bring China "alive" for students. The organization of the materials and the background notes for teachers stress central themes that are distinctive and recurrent in Chinese…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Chinese Americans, Chinese Culture, Elementary Secondary Education
Ballew, Paul; Okma, Bert – 1992
Jointly authored by an official of the Detroit Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and a Bloomfield Hills Public Schools System (Michigan) school teacher, this document is designed to support the secondary school social studies curriculum in the study of Japan. The volume examines prevailing U.S. views of Japan, Japan's socio-economic…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
Ismail, Marilyn – 1989
One of the problems one encounters in attempting to learn about another culture is the possible distortion brought about by one's own cultural biases. The overall purpose of this unit is to help students understand perceptions: how they can differ and how cultural biases are acquired and transmitted. Indian culture is an appropriate vehicle for…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
Curnow, Richard T. – 1995
The two lesson plans presented here are designed to be used as teaching resources in presenting India to high school students. Lesson one focuses on "India and Cartoons" and uses contemporary Indian political and social cartoons for student analyses of social commentary. Lesson two examines "British Architecture during the Raj"…
Descriptors: Architecture, Area Studies, Asian Studies, Cartoons
Wong, Wendy L. – 1985
This teaching unit is designed to introduce elementary school students to traditional Chinese celebrations in Taiwan. An introductory activity asks students to distinguish between various kinds of celebrations (traditional or modern; religious or secular), and to identify U.S. and Chinese examples of each kind. The body of the unit concerns four…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese Culture, Cultural Differences
Martin, Roberta; Gronewold, Sue – 1990
A nationwide survey of state education departments was conducted in order to learn the extent to which study of Asia is included in precollegiate education. It was found that there is a place for Asia in the curriculum. A course in world history, world geography, and/or world cultures is reportedly offered as part of the common course sequence in…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Jassim, Charlene – 1989
Three learning modules designed for middle school students by a middle school teacher are presented in this document. The three modules are designed to supplement the regular textbook program for teaching about India. They are specifically created to fulfill the needs and interests of 11- to 14-year-old students. The modules contain elements of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
