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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1991
Three documents related to the passage of Public Law 102-62 are presented. The first document is the House of Representatives Report 102-104, a report of the Committee on Education and Labor regarding the establishment of a National Council on Education Standards and Testing. The Council would be established to determine whether standards for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Citizenship Education, Civics
International Joint Commission, Windsor (Ontario). Great Lakes Regional Office. – 1991
The International Joint Commission report builds on a previous report to the Governments of the United States and Canada that recommended the Great Lakes (GL) States and Provinces incorporate the GL ecosystem as a priority topic in existing school curricula. This report begins by building an argument showing the need for environmental education…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Guides
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1994
This booklet explains the model of educational outcomes and indicators for students completing school developed by the National Center on Educational Outcomes. It then discusses suggested sources of information for the model's 77 indicators which measure the results of education. The model lists specific outcomes for the school completion level,…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Data Collection, Disabilities, Dropouts
Ranadive, Jyoti – 1993
Career and Academic Resources in Bilingual Education (Project CARIBE) was a federally funded program that served 70 limited-English-speaking, native Spanish-speaking students, largely immigrants, in two Brooklyn (New York) high schools. Participating students received instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), native language arts (NLA),…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Counseling, Career Education
Brandhorst, Allan R. – 1990
There are several disturbing trends in U.S. public life. Citizens are increasingly distancing themselves from the institutions that structure decision making in the public domain. There is a diminishing sense of community, individuals tend not to have any personal obligation to their fellow citizens, nor do they seem to expect any consideration…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Henes, Jack K.; Porterfield, Kitty – 1983
Designed for inclusion in an eighth grade course on U.S. history or civics, this unit introduces local students to the history of Alexandria (Virginia) through a study of its buildings and urban growth. By examining factors which have changed the community (technology, transportation, economic influences) as well as the relationship between…
Descriptors: Architecture, Change Strategies, Citizenship Education, Community Development
Howard, Roy E. – 1985
On November 14, 1984, the Navajo Tribal Council approved a new set of educational policies (the "Mission Statement") intended to improve the quality of education for all Navajos, specifically some 56,810 students in 223 schools on or near the Navajo reservation. The Mission Statement asserts that the Navajo Tribe, as a sovereign nation,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Bilingual Education, Citizenship Education, Community Attitudes
Hornbeck, David W. – 1987
This report recommends ways to integrate values education into schools' curricula. Societal problems indicate that values play as important a role in students' development as math and science, as suggested by statistics on increasing teenage suicide, pregnancies, and dropping out. While it is important to ensure that at-risk students become…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1984
This competency listing presents the 42 employability and occupational, personal and family management, civic and social responsibility, and aesthetic and humanistic appreciation skills that are needed by secondary special education students, as they were determined during the Michigan Life Role Competencies (MLRC) Project. (The MRLC Project was…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Citizenship Responsibility, Communication Skills
Robinson, Sheryl B. – 1984
This publication was prepared as a resource guide to teaching strategies that help students understand the background, nature, and pervasive influence of the U.S. Constitution in the lives of every citizen. As the Constitutional Bicentennial approaches, the focus in many social studies classes increasingly will be on teaching about this most…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
McClain, Janet; And Others – 1984
In order to increase students' awareness of their place in the nation's political life, this unit introduces young children to the electoral process. Each lesson includes objectives, materials, procedures, and supplementary materials that can be duplicated for student use. The first five lessons are designed to improve student awareness of…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Class Activities
Dade County, Miami, FL. Office of the County Manager. – 1978
This paper describes an internship program in Dade County, Florida, designed to educate future taxpayers and voters about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship; to stimulate an interest in the inner workings of local government; and to permit a close inspection and direct participation in government's day to day service operations. The…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship Responsibility, County Programs
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1921
A historical review of the institutional beginnings of the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education from 1912-21 is presented, with emphasis on the Commission's objectives to help the American high school become a better instrument of democracy and reflect the highest ideals of American life. In 1921, when this report was written,…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Advisory Committees, Citizenship, Educational Change
Khanlian, John F., Ed.; And Others – 1976
This curriculum guide is designed to assist high school classroom teachers in developing and implementing a program on family law. The major objective of the document is to help students understand how profoundly the law is associated with their private lives. The document is presented in four chapters. Key areas in this frequently ignored area of…
Descriptors: Abortions, Adoption, Case Studies, Citizenship Responsibility
Hansen, W. Lee; And Others – 1977
A concise framework of basic concepts and generalizations for teaching economics for K-12 students is presented. The guide summarizes the basic structure and substance of economics and lists and describes economic concepts. Standard guidelines are provided to help school systems integrate economics into their on-going courses of study. Designed to…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Consumer Economics
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