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Peters, Richard – 1984
Designed for teachers of middle school, junior high, and high school global education courses, this paper encourages the development of a global linkage concept for attaining universal goals such as the protection of the global environment. Following a rationale for and definition of global education, a brief history of relationships between…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Global Approach
Peters, Richard – 1986
If the nation and world community are to control population growth, better manage finite resources, provide adequate quantities of food and water, improve the quality of the atmosphere, and prevent further extinction of plant and animal species, then a program to educate a generation of quality environment-oriented people must be initiated.…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Ecological Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
Peters, Richard – 1985
One of a series of global education instructional units, this curriculum on stewardship was designed to be infused with existing social studies courses aimed at students in grades 5-12. Concept-based and skills-oriented, the curriculum provides opportunities for students to develop an understanding of the relationship between humans and global…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Global Approach
Peters, Richard – 1985
One of a series of global education instructional materials, this unit on cooperation was designed to be infused with existing social studies courses aimed at students in grades 5-12. Concept-based and skills-oriented, this curriculum provides opportunities for students to develop an understanding of primary and secondary human goals; local,…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Global Approach, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peters, Richard – 1984
A teacher's guide to developing global perspectives about nuclear arms control among proactive action students in rural schools oulines the historical development of the current nuclear situation, describes a nuclear age curriculum, explains the importance of proactive and global perspectives, covers simulated situations, and provides a glossary…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Disarmament, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach
Peters, Richard – 1984
A global approach to citizenship education, the Human and Environmental Learning Program (HELP), is presented in two sections--one emphasizing the student and the other the teacher. The philosophy and rationale for the program, which integrates environmental education, global studies, and social studies, are outlined. The objective is to expose…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
Peters, Richard – 1985
Background information, units of study, and bibliographies that teachers can use to introduce students in grades 5-12 to a systematic study of worldwide human populations are provided. The first section discusses world population problems. The author stresses that developed nations must be concerned with rampant human population growth in the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Developing Nations, Economics
