Suggestions on how lessons on exploring global interdependence through data can be used in the classroom are provided. (DE)

This consists of several topical selections: World Affairs. General; Arms Control and Disarmament; International Organizations; Regional Problems and how they relate to World Stability; Air, Trade and Development; and Ethics and War. Each section covers organizational activity and resources. (JB)

The problems of Southern Africa are significant for Americans because they involve issues of racial, economic, and political injustice so stark and so closely related to our own society's greatest shortcomings that our failure to respond adequately raises doubts about the sincerity of our avowed human commitments at home as well as abroad. (Author)

This article is based on the thesis that elementary and secondary schools have responsibility to prepare students to deal with, and eventually control, war and violence. It explores evidence for this thesis, attempts to clarify the field, and reviews educational needs and efforts. Lists selected resources. (JB)

A brief review of the world affairs field and what Americans are thinking, writing, and doing about them. Many items are appropriate for teacher and classroom use. (Author)

A brief review of the important resources, recent developments, and organizational activity in the field of world affairs, including arms control and disarmament; international organization and world order; aid, trade, and development; ethics and war. Many items mentioned are appropriate for use in the classroom. (Author/JB)

Explores the relationship between current activities in Indochina and our attempts at Nuremberg to establish principles of criminal responsibility. War crimes cannot be separated from the issues of world order and the unrestricted behavior of nation states. (Author/JB)

Map exercises designed to graphically illustrate the concept of interdependence are provided. Students locate points of origin for current news items on a world map, and then locate other places on the map where those same news items will have economic, political, or social consequences. (Author/DE)

Data showing the interdependence of Columbus, Ohio with other areas around the world and classroom activities for surveying any community's links with the world are provided. (DE)

In this activity students compile data from 50 countries on computer cards in order to make general statements about factors that contribute to modernization. (DE)

Three exercises on global urbanization which include readings and graph interpretation are provided. (DE)

Short classroom activities designed to show how technological advances in transportation have increased world interdependence are provided. (DE)

This lesson helps students understand the global network involved in international events. Students have an opportunity to examine the impact of international law and the role of international organizations, national governments, and private individuals in the effort to secure the release of United States hostages in Iran. (AM)

How teachers can use foreign students enrolled in U.S. schools as educational resources to enhance the international awareness and understanding of U.S. students is discussed. What changes need to be made so that foreign students can be better utilized as educational resources in U.S. schools is also examined. (RM)

The benefits of encouraging returned American exchange students and foreign exchange students to be bridges between cultures are discussed. Obstacles in the way of exchange students being utilized as resources are also examined. A scenario describes how a social studies teacher could encourage exchange students to increase cross-cultural…