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Mann, Sheilah – Social Science Record, 1985
Project '87, a joint effort of the American Historical Association and the American Political Science Association to commemorate the bicentennial of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, is preparing classroom materials for use at various levels. These materials are described, and a sample lesson for secondary students is provided. (RM)
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Gallagher, Arlene F., Ed. – 1987
This book contains 44 elementary and secondary school citizenship education lesson plans, programs, projects, and learning activities that were developed by 50 teachers who participated in the 1985 Special Programs in Citizenship Education (SPICE I). This collection of educational materials is organized under the general topics of: (1)…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
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Stone, Kirk – Social Education, 1989
Based on an interview with U.S. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, this article surveys several of the projects launched by the Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution. These projects include: the National Historical Pictorial Map Contest; the Bicentennial School Recognition Program; the Bicentennial Educational Grant Program; and the…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, Higher Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1988
This catalog is a collection of profiles describing 74 exemplary programs developed by public school teachers in New York, New York, under IMPACT II, a program to reward and recognize creative teachers. The profiles are organized by subject area, then divided by grade levels. Subject areas covered are the following: (1) The Arts; (2) Communication…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Catalogs, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Patrick, John J.; Remy, Richard C. – 1983
Discussed are the origins, objectives, activities, and achievements of a project which developed a book of lessons to teach high school students about the U.S. Constitution. A textbook study and an educational conference revealed the need to develop supplementary curriculum materials to strengthen textbook treatments of the Constitution. The book…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Curriculum Development, High Schools, Program Administration
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