Offers suggestions for helping students in elementary level social studies classes become aware of their cultural and ethnic roots. Suggestions include directing students to interview parents, relatives, grandparents, and community members; invite people to class to tell why they came to America; investigate contributions of various immigrant…

Recounts a high school teacher's experiences in simulating the Constitutional Convention of the United States. Includes part of the script used which the students designed. (JDH)

Identifying local environmental problems and solutions is suggested as a way to integrate environmental studies into the social studies curriculum. (DE)

Ten elective courses are outlined with objectives, implementation suggestions, and evaluation devices to raise the consciousness of both males and females in secondary schools. Courses include sex education, women in American history, child studies, women in other societies, economics, law, marriage and alternative life styles, and child rearing.…

Integrating content about women into the regular social studies curriculum is a method suggested for eliminating sexual stereotypes in education. A conceptual model and a sample lesson of women and politics are presented to show how women can be incorporated into the existing curriculum of political reform. (JR)

Offers a unit for sixth graders on consumer education. The unit includes a collection of activity ideas for teaching about money, goods and services, smart shopping practices, and advertising. Includes a brief list of printed and organizational resources. (JDH)

Explores questions raised in discussions of genocide and reviews ways in which the topic can be investigated. Argues that no matter what the outcome of student inquiry, it is essential that schools carefully and comprehensively include the study of genocide in social studies curricula as a means of reducing the potential for its occurrence. (GEA)

Presents alternative educational principles from the point of view of a "social educator" which should be considered by the New York State Education Department as it revises the secondary social studies program. The primary function of a "social educator" is also discussed. (RM)

Reviews eight curriculum units, published between 1983 and 1986, for teaching global studies to K through 12 students. The units focus on global economics, problem solving, cultural awareness, hunger in developing nations, the influence of mass media, and ecological/political issues. (JDH)

A review and summary of the background and purposes of the NCSS Social Studies Curriculum Guidelines are presented. (KM)

The revised 1983 National Council for the Social Studies Curriculum Guidelines are printed here in their entirety. (RM)

Prevention of war is recommended as an integral part of public school social studies curricula in spite of objections from educators that it may diminish patriotism and further dissent, or other equally irrational responses. (JB)

Explicit education for peace, as it can be integrated in the curricula of schools and colleges through the use of specific didactical aims and methods, is the concern of this article. (Author)

Illustrates the need for revising elementary level social studies curricula along the lines of topics (areas) of interest to a child--home, school, community, nation, and planet. To help teachers develop curricula to meet particular student and class needs, the article suggests that an activity/content chart be kept reflecting content analysis,…

Efforts in New Jersey to disseminate teaching materials and ideas for environmental education resulted in the preparation of Computer Based Resource Units that allow teachers to select objectives and retrieve tailor-made instructional material. (Author/DE)