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Snelson, Helen; Lingard, Ruth – Teaching History, 2018
Recognising the duty placed on all teachers by the 2010 Equality Act to nurture the development of a society in which equality and human rights are deeply rooted, Helen Snelson and Ruth Lingard were prompted to ask whether their history curricula really reflected the diverse pasts of all people in society. After making a commitment to include more…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Disabilities, Curriculum Development, Cultural Differences
Merrell, Kenneth W. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2007
Social-emotional competence--it is a critical part of every child's school success, and just like any academic subject, children need instruction in it. Developed by a top expert, these proven curricula will help promote the social-emotional competence and resilience of children and adolescents. Divided into four age levels from kindergarten…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Personality Traits, Creative Activities, Class Activities
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Sleeper, Ralph – Social Studies, 1978
Explains how all secondary school subject matter can be learned and taught philosophically. Reviews basic components of a philosophical lesson (truth, values, faith, logic) and describes a classroom activity based on a reading from a Berthold Brecht play. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Humanities
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Fien, John – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1991
Offers guidance on integrating peace studies into the secondary school geography curriculum. Defines negative and positive peace, welfare geography and radical geography, and positive peace through empowerment. Presents an education for peace learning activity focusing on land rights for Australia's aboriginal people. Suggests other appropriate…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Geography
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Wilson, Virginia S.; Litle, James A. – Clearing House, 1992
Shows how demographic changes in U.S. classrooms represent a challenge to social studies teachers. Considers how the social studies curriculum might be adjusted to reflect current demographic trends. (HB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Educational Trends, School Demography
Distel, Brenda D. – 1990
This project is designed to teach students the process of buying stocks and to tracking their investments over the course of a semester. The goals of the course are to teach students about the relationships between conditions in the economy and the stock market; to predict the effect of an economic event on a specific stock or industry; to relate…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Economics Education, Free Enterprise System
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Gordon, Erick – English Journal, 2007
Erick Gordon, founding director of the Student Press Initiative, illustrates collaborations with teachers and students that have motivated students to invest themselves in the process and product of writing, including research, oral history, revision, and an immersion in and commitment to community.
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Secondary Education, College School Cooperation, Publishing Industry
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Arbetman, Lee; And Others – Social Studies, 1979
Explains how community legal resource persons (police officers, lawyers, law students, court employees, legislators, etc.) can contribute to high school students' understanding of the legal system. Suggestions include that the resource person's visit relate to material the class is studying and that the teacher and resource person communicate…
Descriptors: Civics, Class Activities, Community Resources, Curriculum Development
Boreen, Jean – 1994
A curriculum that asks students to consider the implications of censorship would include not only "Fahrenheit 451" but also other works of adolescent literature, Holocaust literature, and science fiction. Works written about the Holocaust, which can be considered a type of absolute censorship, help students to consider censorship's…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Censorship, Class Activities, Curriculum Development
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Ross, Bill, III – OCSS Review, 1990
Discusses the social studies requirements of Sidney High School (Ohio) and the place of geography in the curriculum. Maintains the importance of geography. Outlines several world geography activities used at the school including supermarket geography that teaches students the origin of their food. (RW)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Geographic Concepts, Geography Instruction
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Schneider, Donald – Clearing House, 1994
Notes that the curriculum standards under development by the National Council for the Social Studies incorporate authentic learning assessment tasks and suggest ways that civic participation experiences can be included and the subsequent learning assessed. Discusses instruction and assessment opportunities involving citizenship education. (RS)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Class Activities, Curriculum Development
Huse-Inman, Kathy – 1980
Aimed at teachers interested in implementing student journals in their classrooms, this guide offers subjects students can write about and ideas for how to use journal writing as a classroom activity, and justifies writing across curriculum lines. The first section of the guide, entitled Mirrors, suggests that students can benefit from writing in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Creative Writing, Curriculum Development
Cornbleth, Catherine; McGrail, John C. – 1979
This is the master descriptive document and teacher's guide for a series of urban environmental education models. The series is intended for grades 6-9 but may be modified for older or younger children. Each module addresses a specific aspect of urban environmental quality of life. The modules are interdisciplinary but draw primarily on natural…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Environment, Environmental Education
South Bend Community School Corp., IN. – 1974
This revised English curriculum guide contains descriptions of the numerous courses offered in eight South Bend high schools. A separate set of electives is presented for students in the 9th grade, and a nongraded phase program is presented for students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. Course descriptions, course objectives, course content,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
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Yabar i Madinaveitia, Jose Manuel; And Others – Educational Media International, 1993
Describes and analyzes a study of the influence of computers on pupils ages 12-14 in Spain. Four fields of action are defined: (1) research; (2) teacher training; (3) student and teacher activities; and (4) the development of teaching materials. An example of the curricular development of units for mathematics is included. (Contains 21…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Curriculum Development
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