This ERIC Digest discusses: (1) reasons for learning about Inner Asia; (2) how to include Inner Asia in the curriculum; and (3) strategies for teaching about Inner Asia. U.S. students have difficulties in interpreting current events that occur in this region, because they lack knowledge of the history, geography, and cultures of Inner Asia. This digest provides a brief description of Inner Asia's characteristics and considers methods of integrating the study of Inner Asia into elementary and secondary school social studies curriculums. Selected teaching strategies include the use of: (1) newspapers; (2) various Asian cultures' comparisons; (3) arts, crafts, music, and literature sources; (4) map exercises; (5) biographical studies of Inner Asian heroes; and (6) classroom instruction on the effects of various political systems, such as communism, socialism, or nationalism, on the peoples of Inner Asia. Fourteen references and ERIC resources are included. (JHP)