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Martinson, Tom L. – Journal of Geography, 1978
Identifies and discusses potential instructional tools related to subsistence farming in Latin America. Instructional aids discussed include games, films, annotated bibliographies of audiovisual instructional aids, and an innovative program developed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation which allows teachers to construct their own…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, Audiovisual Aids, Economic Development
Manitoba Social Science Teacher, 1994
Devoted to the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919, this document provides social science teachers with details of the strike as well as general information on teaching about unions, labor, and working-class history. The first article, "The Winnipeg General Strike" (Doug Smith), presents the events during and prior to the Winnipeg General…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Industrialization, Instructional Materials
Office of International Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1989
This document consists of four papers on various aspects of development in Egypt prepared by participants in the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program in Egypt in 1989. Four of the papers are descriptive, one is a lesson plan. The papers included are: (1) "Egypt: Transition to Modern Times" (Katherine Jensen) focuses on the role of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Developing Nations
Humanities, 1995
Discusses the Japanese American relocation program during World War II. Maintains that one option to the camps was to move to Seabrook Farms, a vegetable and food processing facility in New Jersey. Presents oral historical accounts and photographs of Seabrook. (CFR)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Discrimination, Ethnic Groups
Appell, G. N., Ed. – 1985
Many developing nations are engaged in efforts to transform the traditional agricultural sectors of their economies into modern forms that are more closely linked to the national economy and the export market. Almost universally, the traditional rights to land of the indigenous populations are ignored. The 12 essays in this book examine the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Developing Nations, Developmental Programs, Economic Development
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Laughlin, Margaret – Social Education, 1994
Describes the origins and work of the Women's Land Army, a World War I British volunteer agricultural production unit. Details similar program in the United States. Identifies the impact of the Women's Land Army including enhanced political, economic, and physical freedom for the participants and future generations of women. (CFR)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Elementary Secondary Education, European History, Females