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Direct linkSheffield, Caroline C. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2014
The men of the Breckinridge family have a long history of service to the nation, including many politicians, soldiers, and even a vice president of the United States. But it was a woman in the family, Mary, who had, arguably, the most direct and long-lived impact on those she served. As the founder of the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) of Eastern…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Nurses, Health Services, Caring
Grant, Jean – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1993
An activity-based curriculum enables intermediate-grade children to pretend to be explorers who have discovered land. Students create a country by constructing a land map, formulating a constitution, determining an appropriate form of rule, and so on. Students learn how each aspect, from terrain to climate, creates ramifications leading to a…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cartography, Creativity, Global Approach
Warburg, Andrea W. – Independent School, 1979
Presents the rationale for and content of a sixth-grade unit on Africa, focusing on the concepts of race and of variation in cultural patterns. A bibliography of instructional resources is appended. (SJL)
Descriptors: African Culture, Area Studies, Course Content, Course Descriptions
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Sixteen participants in the Fulbright-Hays Seminar on the history and culture of Brazil traveled throughout Brazil from June 27 through August 2, 1992. At the end of the seminar 14 participants developed curriculum projects. Presented alphabetically by author, the 14 curricular projects cover aspects of Brazilian life and culture. Riva…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTalbot, Elizabeth – Social Education, 1985
Discussing the language policy of the Soviet government with social studies students studying the USSR increases students' awareness of the multicultural nature of Soviet society and forces them to think about how such a society operates. Questions that teachers can use to lead a discussion concerning language issues are presented. (RM)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedBacak, Carol – Social Education, 1982
A teacher developed multidisciplinary unit for teaching elementary and secondary students about Tanzania (Africa) is described. The unit can involve students and teachers from geography, economics, history, language arts, mathematics, literature, and art courses. (RM)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Area Studies, Art Education
Burns, E. Bradford – 1983
An introductory course on Latin America is probably the only course most college students will take on that region. It provides the best opportunity for influencing the educated public about the area. There is an urgent need to increase understanding of Latin America because so much of the American public, including public officials, are so…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Fiction
