Background information to help elementary and junior high school social studies teachers use the materials developed by the Minnesota Community Studies Project is provided. The primary concern of the 3-year project was to help students learn skills and content essential to understanding life in Minnesota's past, present, and future. There are 10…

This is a progress report of a curriculum development project aimed at involving students in community and regional development by creating an awareness of urban problems and instilling a sense of positive self worth and capability which will stimulate active community participation. Initial planning of the project is reported in ED 055 017. The…

This discussion paper is written in the belief that the intra-curricular implications of social service have to be considered for integration into the secondary school curriculum. The community as a whole can add another dimension to the methods by which schools work towards the objective of social growth. Through the experience of community…

This is an annotated listing of selected print and nonprint resource materials for a basic elementary social studies program in Canada. The list is intended to aid school systems and their personnel in selecting learning materials for use with the Alberta social studies curriculum as set out in their program of studies. Most materials cited were…

Contends that environmental issues are shaping contemporary scholarship across academic areas. Asserts that art educators are familiar with the relationships among art, art education, and the environment. Explores ideas of contemporary ecotheorists and proposes an expanded concept of the community in relation to place. (CFR)

The curriculum project undertaken by the Nanaimo District teachers proposed to develop a study of the socio-political processes in a Canadian urban government, using their own city as a model (ED 055 013). This progress report stresses that the nature of the development process has been based on 1) need, 2) structure, 3) content, 4) materials…

Seven authors contributed to a bulletin about using community studies to teach about the interrelationship of the local community with larger economic and social systems. "Young People and Community" (R. Beery and Mark C. Schug) addresses the need for the social studies curriculum to consider the local community, an area which is rarely covered…

In order to acquaint students with other environments and to develop an awareness of their own community, the study of a small community in Canada was undertaken by this project development team. The Alpha students studied Chilliwack the first year (ED 066 352) and this second report covers their study of Powell River. The aim of the developers is…

If community psychology is a discipline of principles, methods, and techniques designed to adapt tomorrow's psychologists to a community orientation and commitment, then ecological parameters necessarily become fundamental concerns. It is no revelation that urban America, particularly the central city, is characteristically the home site of "Black…

This position paper indicates that, human survival depends upon a major change in humanistic values or the way we view our relationship to the world. Education must go through reform from within that includes the adoption of a K-12, transdisciplinary, problem-solving curriculum. And must, also, offer students environmentally sound alternatives to…

The intent of this curriculum project is to help students focus attention on the interdependent relationships that exist in an urban center. In this progress report (see ED 066 351), the second year's work is outlined. Four teachers each designed a unit of study which are presented here, stating objectives, content, and activities. Unit 1, Nuclear…

Considering that the lower ability student in the seventh and eighth grades faces problems of emotion, identity, and self-motivation, there is a need for a more activity-based, exploratory curriculum that gives students responsibility for their learning and living. An interdisciplinary local studies approach was adopted for this six-week unit…

The following major adjustments called for by the British Columbia Social Studies Assessment of 1977 are reflected in this elementary-junior high school guide: a broader interpretation of social studies; a greater specificity in what is to be taught; a greater emphasis on the study of Canada; a closer match between content and student needs; and a…

The community-based approach to global education has the greatest potential for involving students in experiential learning that will involve the total nature of the child--cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. This approach also has the greatest potential to help students achieve the educational objectives based on the Tyler-Taba rationale of…

THE SOUTH-CENTRAL SECTION OF LOS ANGELES PRESENTS A UNIQUE JUNIOR COLLEGE SITUATION, ENCOMPASSING THE POOREST SECTION OF THE COUNTY, WITH INADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION FROM THE 1965 "WATTS RIOTS." EMPLOYMENT IS LARGELY MANUFACTURING AND TRADE, ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE RESIDENTS WORK IN SERVICE FIELDS. MANY…