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Sweet, Christina – Social Studies, 1994
Argues that instruction about Native Americans or Canada Natives often has been limited to colorful tales about ancient lifestyles or a trip to a museum. Asserts that teachers should provide more accurate and useful information as they integrate native studies into the social studies curriculum. (CFR)
Descriptors: American Indians, Canada Natives, Class Activities, Course Content

Hefte, Rachel – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1995
Describes an educational project linking classrooms using telecommunications with a four-person bicycling team exploring Mayan ruins in Central America. Provides a historical overview of the Mayan civilization. Includes suggested activities and provides information on how to obtain lesson plans on the project. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education

Puk, Tom – Social Studies, 1994
Asserts that social studies teacher educators must help their students question the nature of knowledge in the social studies curriculum. Discusses epistemological implications of the social studies curriculum. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology

Fowler, Robert H; Crawford, John W. – Michigan Social Studies Journal, 1988
Describes a teaching unit, 5 class periods in length, for students grades 10-12. Deals with the context of the Alaska Boundary Dispute of 1903. Presents the cause of the dispute, its resolution, and the repercussions. (DB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12

Anderson, Lee F. – Social Education, 1993
Responds to criticisms of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Columbian Quincentenary Statement. States that the statement does not claim that North American multiculturalism began with Columbus. Asserts that U.S. history needs to be integrated closely with world history to help students understand the concept of world systems. (CFR)
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indians, Cultural Differences, Cultural Exchange

Krouse, Susan Applegate – Feminist Teacher, 1997
Presents the story of the creation of an undergraduate course on the traditional and contemporary roles of women in North American Indian cultures. Notes that the course was designed around experiential learning precepts and the idea of "giving voice" to American Indian women. Lists texts used and evaluates course strengths. (DSK)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Course Content
Mercury, Robin-Eliece – TESL Canada Journal, 1995
Focuses on the use of taboo language as beneficial for second-language learners. The article suggests that learners need to understand what constitutes "obscene" language in North American contexts, why native speakers choose to use it, and what it signifies sociolinguistically. Some nonlinguistic variables relevant to cursing are discussed. (15…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Context Effect, English (Second Language), Foreign Students

Pearce, Richard – International Schools Journal, 2001
Asserts that international schools are dominated by American and British schools. Uses the terms "Old World" (history is accumulated understanding, and people must be sensitive to a complex world) and "New World" (history is a challenge to overcome, and people must aim to build a better world) to differentiate between societies…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Elementary Secondary Education
Little, J. Nicole; Hoskins, Marie L. – Child & Youth Services, 2004
This article explores the authors' critical reflections that arose while engaging in research with girls recovering from an eating disorder. The authors address issues related to media, consumerism, and identity construction. They emphasize that while there are no clear solutions to dilemmas facing girls in North American culture, researchers and…
Descriptors: Females, Eating Disorders, North Americans, Gender Issues
Snow, Marguerite Ann, Ed.; Kamhi-Stein, Lia, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2006
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), introduces "Developing a New Course for Adult Learners," edited by Marguerite Ann Snow and Lia Kamhi-Stein. This volume in TESOL's Language Curriculum Development Series presents the stories of teachers, curriculum developers, and administrators from all over the world who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, North American English, Curriculum Development, Civics
Horton-Ikard, RaMonda – Zero to Three (J), 2006
Effective intervention for early language delay in minority and poor children is difficult to provide because we know so little about its prevention, assessment, and treatment. This article provides an overview of an "integrative model of minority child development" that considers the influence of social factors such as race and class to explore…
Descriptors: African American Children, Delayed Speech, Economically Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Kartalova, Yuliya B. – 1996
A study investigated linguistic and non-linguistic conventions of communication between Russians and North Americans and explored how aspects of culture and its institutions are encoded in symbolic meanings in 16 cultural themes (food, money, space, possessions, work, courtesy, marriage, friendship, dating, studying, time, humor, small talk,…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Differences
Kennedy, Dora F. – 1973
A discussion of bidialectalism looks at whether it is analogous to bilingualism, particularly in the case of young speakers of Black English, and how this and related considerations may inform reading instruction. Theory and research concerning dialects and bidialectalism, bilingualism and its various types, and linguistic competence and…
Descriptors: Bidialectalism, Bilingualism, Child Language, Classroom Techniques
Wilson, James – 1982
Over a half million people in Canada today are identifiably of Native ancestry, legally categorized as Inuit (Eskimos), status Indians, or nonstatus Indians. Status Indians comprise 573 bands with total membership of about 300,000 people, most of whom live on 2,242 reserves. They are the direct responsibility of the federal government and have…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indians, Canada Natives
Geiss, Shirley E. – 1997
This program was developed and implemented to correct noncompliance with Florida Education Legislation 233.061, to increase knowledge of basic facts surrounding the Holocaust and to increase positive tolerance attitudes of diversity. The objectives for the program were to increase the instruction of the Holocaust by 75%; increase the student's…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Studies