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Vaughn, Mary Beth – 1969
This resource guide to films contains four study units for high school students dealing with (1) reasons for film popularity--involvement; (2) film language--visual, motion, sound; (3) thematic study--a perspective on war; (4) film criticism--sensitivity and awareness. Each unit provides suggestions for length of study, purposes, descriptions of…
Descriptors: Aggression, Analytical Criticism, Cultural Awareness, Film Study
Foreign Service (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. Foreign Service Inst. – 1971
This series of bibliographies was prepared for use in training programs. Primary emphasis in the selection of items was given to materials in the library of the Foreign Service Institute. Preference was given to the more recently published materials in order to highlight the most current studies and to ensure a balanced presentation of differing…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Art, Asian History, Bibliographies
Sherwood, Dolly – Media and Methods, 1975
A trunkful of articles representative of local and regional history forms the basis for the exploration of historical issues.
Descriptors: American History, Games, Grade 8, History Instruction
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Von Laue, Theodore H. – History Teacher, 1987
Discusses the history of westernization from a global perspective. Analyzes the reasons for perceived Western "superiority," how these reasons contributed to the buildup of western power, and its attractiveness to non-Western cultures. Indicates the necessity for a trans-national, culturally non-specific view of history to meet this age…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Differences, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Influences
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McCarthy, Eugene J. – Social Science Record, 1988
Reviews U.S. interventionism from the Truman administration to the Reagan administration. Assesses how intervention has been initiated, justified, and prolonged in the past, stating that future policy must be based upon historical realities rather than on ideology, inherited doctrines, resolutions, or vague treaties. (GEA)
Descriptors: Diplomatic History, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Intervention
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Lew, Seok-Choon – Social Studies, 1988
Characterizes the past 40 years in South Korea as a time of modernization, industrialization, urbanization, and internationalization. Discusses Korean religion and social values; family, kinship, and social life; education; housing, food, and clothing; leisure and sports; and the maintenance of national identity. Examines the Korean synthesis of…
Descriptors: Demography, Education, Foreign Countries, Housing
Silver, Christopher – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Describes the role of the government in and the direction of social planning in the United States from the late 19th century through the 1980s. Topics discussed include planning style; the balance between planning methodology and social objectives; and the incremental nature of planning in the United States. (CLB)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Federal Regulation, Futures (of Society), Government Role
Summers, F. William – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Describes the use of library surveys as a tool for library planning in the United States from the late 19th century to the present. Different eras of library planning in the United States are identified, and the weaknesses and strengths of the survey method are discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Role, Library Planning, Library Research
Tegnell, Geoffrey; Ladenburg, Thomas – Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1984
Described is a Yalta simulation and other units in a course designed to have high school students think through, from the perspective of participants and historians, important decisions made by Americans during the past 39 years. The course will prepare students to make intelligent decisions about political and social questions. (RM)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Foreign Policy
Johnson, Donald James; Johnson, Jean Elliott – 1999
This unit of study focuses on the historic period from 1920 to 1966 when China's Mao Zedong and India's Mohandas Gandhi constructed and applied their social and moral visions to their respective nationalist movements. These leaders developed contrasting methods to achieve social change and to establish the goals set for achieving the ideal…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Haight, David – 2002
This instructional packet is designed to introduce students to primary source material by having them participate in an historical "what might have been." Students engage in critical thinking and document analysis, and through the process learn about Operation OVERLORD and World War II in general. This spy kit centers on Operation…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Enrichment, High Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach
Anderson, Ronald S. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
This study, one of the Office of Education series on education in other countries, is the third to be published as a result of on-the-spot reporting on Japanese education in its own setting. It covers primarily the initial modernization epoch, post-war democratization epoch, and the present period, with some information about the wartime period.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual History, Modern History, Educational History
Rossman, Michael – Learning, 1982
A science teacher relates his feelings as he discussed modern warfare with his sixth-grade students. The students' reactions to moral questions and issues behind civil defense procedures and radioactivity are also discussed. (FG)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Current Events, Elementary Education
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Yohe, William P. – History Microcomputer Review, 1989
Describes a computer simulation based on quarterly models of the U.S. economy during World War I, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II. Recommends using these simulations to teach facts and knowledge, and as heuristic devices to develop an understanding of complex economic and historical relationships. (LS)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware, Economics Education
Pechenev, Vadim Alekseevich – Soviet Education, 1990
Critically responds to an article by Aleksandr Tsipko. Argues that Soviet economic development has been marred not by a failure to accommodate the human factor, as Tsipko suggests, but by a lack of individual self-evaluation. Contends that successful socioeconomic progress depends upon individual moral development. (CH)
Descriptors: Communism, Criticism, Economic Development, European History
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