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Download full textOrf, Thomas M. – 1997
This paper contains a course outline for a teaching and learning unit to examine India's slums from a geographic perspective. Students in a college freshman and sophomore Human Geography class will discuss the problems and prospects of these slums. The unit is divided into three parts: (1) background information examining the slums from a…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Cultural Awareness, Culture, Foreign Countries
Holcomb, H. Briavel; Beauregard, Robert A. – 1981
A geographic perspective of urban revitalization is provided in this publication, which is intended for geography professors, students, and researchers. There are seven chapters. Chapter 1 discusses the geographical aspects of urban revitalization. Urban decline and redevelopment is the focus of the second chapter. Discussed are parks, civic…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Grants, Higher Education, Human Geography
Peer reviewedSocial Education, 1997
Summarizes the global efforts of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to ease poverty and help developing nations to build their capacity for sustainable development. Includes a glossary of poverty and human development terms, a human poverty index ranking for developing countries, and suggested teaching activities. (MJP)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Development, Economic Factors
Peer reviewedShenton, James – OAH Magazine of History, 1990
Recommends using U.S. Bureau of the Census data as historical research resource and illustrates how to use data through analysis of tenement residents in New York City, at 97 Orchard Street. Census records provide information that allow an analysis of the changing social demographics of occupancy in large city tenements. Includes primary documents…
Descriptors: Biographies, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Origins, Historiography
Campbell, Leon G.; And Others – 1975
This document describes a university course designed to provide an historical understanding of Latin America through feature films. The booklet contains an introductory essay on the teaching of a film course on Latin America, a general discussion of strengths and weaknesses of student analyses of films, and nine analyses written by students during…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Audiovisual Communications, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
California Univ., Riverside. Latin American Studies Program. – 1977
This paper describes a university course designed to examine the use of film as a revolutionary medium in Latin American countries. Objectives of the course were to illustrate the complexity of studying a film genre, develop an analytical framework for comparing revolutionary films, and encourage students to reach their own conclusions about the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Audiovisual Communications, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
