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Johnson, Sheila – 1972
This workbook is intended as a master for classroom use in grades 4 and 5. It is organized into 7 sections which cover: Africa, its geography and people; The Slave Trade; Slavery, which includes stories about several famous slaves; The Civil War, an explanation of the causes and results; New York--Harlem, which contains a 3-part story, "Jerry…
Descriptors: Activities, African History, Black Achievement, Black Community
Vallejo Unified School District, CA. – 1971
The curriculum guide for twelfth grade pupils aims at helping students to understand and accept people who are different, develop a satisfactory self image, learn to think critically in the decision making process, and become familiar with the valuing process. Information on foundations in American government serves as a base for human rights and…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Behavioral Sciences, Civics, Civil Liberties
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Cholden, Harriett B.; Hunt, Barbara Giertz – Social Education, 1996
Outlines and describes a fifth-grade unit of study examining issues of freedom and oppression. Students began with a biography and a presentation on an individual who had experienced discrimination. They then interviewed local people who had experienced significant freedom or oppression. Culminating activities included writing one-act plays. (MJP)
Descriptors: Biographies, Civil Rights, Democratic Values, Elementary Education
Miller, Barbara; And Others – 1982
Designed to supplement intermediate or secondary level courses on sex roles or the family, the activities in this handbook enable students to examine changing sex roles and their effects on individuals and society. Materials are presented in three parts. Activities on perception and awareness (part 1) focus on identifying and reducing sex role…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Family Life Education
United States Olympic Committee, Colorado Springs, CO. – 1978
This handbook offers an organized program to expose kindergarten and elementary school students to the values inherent in participation in a competitive society. It encompasses activities that develop skills in mathematics, language arts, health and physical education, science, social studies, art, and music. Objectives and activities pertaining…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Art Activities, Class Activities, Competition
Global Education Associates, East Orange, NJ. – 1978
This special issue of the Whole Earth Papers contains a series of articles expressing views about world order from the perspective of India. The first three articles discuss a world view of non-duality stressing the unity of the universe; the need to establish universal social justice in a world whose limited resources are unjustly divided; and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Culture, Developing Nations, Global Approach
Bierschenk, Bernhard – 1990
Topological and algebraic scales were compared in the representation of the concept of human worth in behavioral-semantic terms. In a first experiment, seven doctoral students of Business Administration in Sweden explored the notion of worth using definitions from at least 10 dictionaries as the intentional-semantic content. Each subject served as…
Descriptors: Adults, Algebra, Behavioral Science Research, Classification
Biklen, Sari Knopp – 1982
A qualitative study of women elementary school teachers focused on the teachers' values, attitudes towards teaching, and how they negotiated their work interest with sex role and family expectations. Formal and informal interviews with teachers, administrators, and parents were conducted over a seven month period. Three perspectives provided the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Females, Human Dignity
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Social Studies Curriculum Study Committee. – 1973
The booklet contains political education materials drawn from Wisconsin state and Federal government legislation, newspaper articles, and publications from political interest groups and educational organizations. The main purpose of the document is to help educators design and implement political science and citizenship education programs in…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
Eckholm, Erik – 1979
Major arguments and background of the worldwide land reform debate are reviewed. In developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the control of farmland remains a principal key to wealth, status, and power. Rural landless peasants at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder, estimated by the World Bank at more than 600 million people, are…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Cooperation, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau of Intergroup Relations. – 1977
The document summarizes proceedings from two conferences which addressed multicultural realities in American life. Intended as a means of expanding multicultural understandings of elementary and secondary teachers, the conferences encouraged exchange of ideas between parents, community members, curriculum specialists, administrators, educators,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Conference Reports, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Olivier, S. F. – 1976
Ways in which pluralistic communities can exist in peace and harmony through consent rather than force are discussed. Historical and sociological determinants, which should be considered when coexistence is sought, are politics, color, religion, nationalism, national aspirations, language, employment, and educational systems. Problems which arise…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Liberties, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Differences
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Craver, Charles B. – Futurist, 1983
To prosper in the future, unions will have to expand from their traditional blue-collar base, revise their approach to appeal to new worker values, and cooperate internationally. (IS)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship, Futures (of Society), Global Approach
Greenfield, Thomas B. – 1983
The usual ways of thinking about organiztions represent them as physical or biological entities that respond to their environments as whole, integrated systems existing apart from individuals. Such images omit human will, imagination and moral choice. If we think about organizations in human terms, we must think about the capacity of individuals…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Dramatics, Environment, Group Dynamics
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Washington, DC. – 1978
The guidebook is designed to help school districts plan humanistic education programs. Humanistic education is defined as a commitment to education and practice in which the teaching/learning process emphasizes the individual's freedom, value, dignity, and integrity. Humanistic education aims to develop the learner's potentials, help students to…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
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