Introducing patriotic holidays such as Veterans Day with historical photographs and other primary sources in classrooms can not only spark children's interest, but also promote critical thinking and historical comprehension. Meaningful, hands-on historical lessons can also motivate children to take informed action about issues they care about. We…

This rich, arts- and spatial-thinking-integrated project examined the effects of making three-dimensional dioramas of traditional African cultures on Black fifth graders at an urban school on students' racial identities, knowledge of cultural universals, and spatial thinking skills. Pretest and posttest attitudes measured with the Multidimensional…

When the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards project began, there really was nowhere else to go but up. The project was up against great odds--a dearth of funding, a history of incivility amongst the disciplines within social studies, a knack for ending up in media battles over what should be taught in…

The authors describe findings from a research synthesis on content area instruction for students with disabilities. Seventy studies were identified from a comprehensive literature search, examined, and coded for a number of variables, including weighted standardized mean-difference effect sizes. More than 2,400 students were participants in these…

Project Citizen is a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's congressionally funded Center for Civic Education, which sponsors both domestic and international programs. The Center for Civic Education's Civitas International Programs pair U.S. states with countries around the world based on a variety of factors; including geographic…

Maintains that a social studies program should be concerned with preparation of students for participation in a democratic society and suggests that an elementary school social studies program should deal with values, information dissemination, political processes, decision making, and socialization. (Author/DB)

The "Olympic Heritage" year in California provides an excellent opportunity to motivate students to examine their heritage from ancient Greece and to advance cross-curricular coordination. The very successful 1981-82 "Shakespeare Year" program can be used as a model. A proposed Olympic project is described. (RM)

Developments in the area of human engineering, scientific developments which affect human life when incorporated into the technology of society, require an attempt to cross conventional discipline boundaries in education. A justification for this attempt and several programs that met this need are described. (Author/KM)

The interdisciplinary social studies materials for sequential use in grades nine through twelve and designed to help each student develop into an independent thinker and a responsible citizen are assessed. Most class activities are organized around directed discussion working toward the objectives of inquiry skills, knowledge, values, and…

Describes one urban education program in Scotland which uses a travelling classroom exhibit to involve students in investigations of streets, parks, churches, and shops. Another program, which has students compare the architecture, history and local features of a town to their own, is also featured. (DC)

Discusses and evaluates an interdisciplinary environmental project in which junior high school students pretend that they are members of an interplanetary force which landed on earth. Activities include locating and testing local water supplies, marking hazards at the landing site, and using natural resources found near the landing site to make…

Problems of inplementing and evaluating interdisciplinary environmental education programs are discussed in relation to the elementary school and then to the secondary school. Goals and priorities, as stated by the Office of Education, are presented and several innovative programs at each level are briefly described. (LS)

Service-learning projects combine community service with student learning in a practical way that enhances academic knowledge and improves community environments and fellowship. This compilation is designed to show the service-learning process in action. The collection presents outstanding examples of successful service-learning projects as…

Elementary social science materials which introduce children to basic social science methods and, further, give students the opportunity to investigate specific areas in human behavior are described and evaluated. A method termed value inquiry'' helps the student gain a realistic understanding of his social environment. (Author/SM)

This article discusses the specifics of developing a course dealing with multiculturalism in Canada in Project Multi-Culturalism Observations of Student Attitudes in Canada (M.O.S.A.I.C.) (Author/RM)