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Northampton Public Schools, MA. – 1968
The creation of an 8th-grade American history course and the training of teachers for the course are the goals of this project. Primarily a course in national history, it uses local (Northampton, Mass.) events and people as a key to understanding the larger national picture. The course objectives were to enable students to analyze, interpret, and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Community Study, Course Organization, Curriculum Development
Santa Clara County Office of Education, San Jose, CA. – 1970
The teacher resource guide for grades K through 12 was developed by a multi ethnic committee of educators to comply with the California Education code. "Instruction in the social sciences shall include the early history of California and a study of the role and contributions of American Negroes, American Indians, Mexicans, and other ethnic…
Descriptors: American Indians, Behavioral Objectives, Black History, Chinese Americans
Point Pleasant Beach Board of Education, NJ. – 1968
This is one of the series described in SO 000 378. When the student of American History seeks beneath the surface of the Dream of the Golden Door, the story he unearths is often one of prejudice, bigotry, and quiet tragedy. For the sake of relevance, the specific objectives of this unit y are: 1) to study the student's ancestors and their struggle…
Descriptors: American Culture, Black History, Ethnic Studies, Human Living
Point Pleasant Beach Board of Education, NJ. – 1968
This is one unit of the series described in SO 000 378. In this study of the American political system the principle is accepted that political parties are essential instruments for the governing and social change in a modern democratic state. Political change and development indicate a basic shift in the nature of government; this shift is…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Elections, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities
Durkin, Mary C.; Adams, James – 1969
This teaching guide for a grade 8 social studies course presents six units on American society. The following main ideas represent the units: (1) Institutions tend to undergo continuous change (Colonial period). (2) Changes result from dissatisfaction with the status quo, and attempt to dispell the dissatisfaction (Revolutionary War period). (3)…
Descriptors: American Culture, Colonial History (United States), Economic Development, Economic Factors
Hartford Public Schools, CT. – 1972
Six student syllabi in outline form for United States history, art, and literature represent a year's work in this interdisciplinary high school course. The teaching techniques and materials include individualized learning and case study approaches keyed to ten historical themes; primary source material in the form of historical newspapers;…
Descriptors: American Studies, Art Activities, Art Education, Case Studies
Heldreth, Todd – 1973
A set of six teacher-prepared Learning Activity Packages for individualized instruction on United States history at the eleventh grade level includes the following units: Colonial Growth; The American Revolution; A New Nation and The Constitution; The Civil War; Exploration, Inventions, and Transportation; and World War I, World War II and the…
Descriptors: American History, Civil War (United States), Colonial History (United States), Constitutional History
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1968
The resource unit, developed by the University of Minnesota's Project Social Studies, is the second in a series of six units on continuity and change in American civilization. The unit deals with 18th century principles and their effects upon Americans. Key attention is given to the political system, development of the executive and, in…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Course Objectives, Cultural Background, Curriculum Guides
Zinkievich, Noel; Beard, David – 1970
This course outline for grades 11 and 12 presents a topical approach to history instruction with emphasis on the post-World War II era. A statement of general objectives is given and these 22 relevant topics are suggested for study: 1) Radicalism in America, 2) Antiwar Movements, 3) Civil Liberties, 4) Politics of Religion, 5) Black Nationalism,…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Critical Thinking, Current Events, Curriculum Guides
Hertzberg, Hazel W. – 1971
Intent on alerting curriculum developers to cyclical elements in social studies trends during the last 90 years, this paper reviews the two most pervasive national movements at the secondary level: 1) the source study movement in which students' use of primary source materials was emphasized in history instruction from the 1880's through the…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1972
This booklet contains questions related to the 7th and 8th grade "Our Cultural Heritage" and "United States History" programs in New York State. It is intended to aid in evaluation, a necessary step in the learning process for both diagnostic and measurement purposes. In addition, this resource can be used as a teaching aid since a single question…
Descriptors: American History, Colonial History (United States), Constitutional History, Cultural Background
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1971
This selective survey of America's history and development designed for grades seven through nine is one of a series of curriculum guides revised to fit the quinmester administrative organization of schools. The aim for the nine week unit course is: to provide a broad content framework that will give students a background enabling them to later…
Descriptors: Activity Units, American History, American Studies, Behavioral Objectives
Dollase, Richard; And Others – 1971
The final unit of this three-part course begins with the mass migration of Southern blacks to the industrial cities in the North and the consequent rise of black ghettos. How the blacks responded to these new conditions--the development of the black church, the rise of the blues as a method of self-expression and the emergence of political and…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Community, Black Culture, Black History
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1968
This teacher's guide to the sixth grade social studies course on United States history, which is part of an articulated sequential curriculum for grades k-12, contains resource units which emphasize culture concepts in studying the American Indians and the Spanish, French, and British settlements. Cognitive and affective developmental skills are…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, American Indian Culture, Cognitive Objectives, Concept Teaching
Foremen, Laurie K. – 1971
Junior high students taking the elective American studies quinmester course, "The American Indian", will study Indian culture and history, and United States government policy toward Indians. It is hoped that students will learn to appreciate the contributions that Indians made to this nation and will avoid the kind of stereotyping that…
Descriptors: Activity Units, American Indian Culture, American Indians, American Studies
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