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Deloria, Vine, Jr., Comp.; And Others – 1974
Designed to offer a developing American Indian Studies program basic lecture topics and source materials, this guide presents a model for both a quarter and year's course (three quarters) in contemporary Indian issues suitable for study at the college level. Major themes for the quarter course are identified as: (1) how the institutional structure…
Descriptors: American History, American Indians, Bibliographies, Course Content
Reid, Avis – 1974
This book contains game-planning ideas which will help instructors and students design games to fit the needs of their own particular schools and communities. The strategies and plans are recommended for classes of social problems, human relations, psychology, and can also be used with summer camp groups, chambers of commerce, clubs, and church…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Games
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1975
This pamphlet is composed of two sections. The first is an address by S. David Freeman delivered to the Boston Conference of the Interstate Energy Conservation Leadership Project (IECL). Freeman claims that the energy crisis can be the most effective teaching aid of the decade, and that the energy crisis reflects a set of problems that require…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Curriculum Development
Benne, Kenneth D.; Birnbaum, Max – 1978
This monograph explores aspects of science and technology in contemporary society and suggests methods for teaching about social policy issues which have resulted from scientific and technological developments. Section one offers an argument for teaching about science and social policy; surveys the sociology, politics, and history of contemporary…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Futures (of Society)
Fenton, Thomas P., Ed. – 1975
The manual provides background material and resources for use by Christian educators in developing and implementing secondary level through adult programs on justice. Social action and personal involvement are stressed throughout the five sections of the manual. Section I explains how justice and injustice are interpreted throughout the manual and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Case Studies, Curriculum Development
San Juan Unified School District, Carmichael, CA. – 1974
An outline is presented for a one-semester course in "people liberation" which can be incorporated into social studies, consumer education, family education, or womens studies programs. Designed for senior high school, the course explores masculine and feminine roles in contemporary American society and helps students understand themselves as…
Descriptors: Body Image, Comparative Analysis, Consumer Education, Course Objectives
Kownslar, Allan O. – 1978
By focusing on controversial social/political issues in high school American history and social studies courses, classroom teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills. Contemporary issues of a controversial nature are particularly good topics for high school because students are generally familiar with the issues through exposure…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Rights, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking
Muth, John W.; Senesh, Lawrence – 1977
This guide is designed to aid social studies classroom teachers develop and implement programs using the community as a social sciences laboratory. The document describes how to prepare a social profile of the community. Based upon the Colorado System-Based Social Science Project which was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the study…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Involvement, Community Role, Community Study