Urges that energy concepts be taught in an interdisciplinary manner from kindergarten through the twelfth grade. Describes a materials development program, the Project for an Energy-Enriched Curriculum, which offers a broad-based curriculum emphasizing general energy concepts, availability of energy resources, and information on how various uses…

Focuses on the need for school-community-government cooperation in energy curricula and reviews various programs which have been developed in the field of energy education. Objectives, elements of various programs, and resources are identified. (Author/DB)

Introduces the use of proverbs to teach students about values analysis. Students are involved in considering the sound and rhythm of various proverbs, deriving data about different societies from proverbs, and analyzing the role of proverbs in the development of value systems. (Author/DB)

Describes how stories and poems can help students understand the experience of growing up in various cultures. Students are involved in role playing, dramatization, and writing assignments. A Yoruba poem and a tale from the mountains of North Carolina are presented as examples. (Author/DB)

Describes goals and educational objectives for the global perspectives project and its humanities component. Enumerates four basic concepts and three ideas for basic skills development. Presents a sample social studies curriculum for K-12, expanding student horizons from a study of self to a study of the world. (CK)

Presented are objectives, activities, materials, and concepts for a social studies unit on the study of culture. The following categories make up the universals of culture (interpreted as functions which are found in some form in every culture): material culture, art and recreation, language, social organization, social control, conflict, economic…