Resources on games and simulations are provided. These include organizations, sources, teacher materials, and descriptions of a sampling of games and simulations. (RM)

Discusses childhood attitudes toward aging and the aged and offers 24 concepts for educators for developing educational programs to prevent the emergence of age stereotypes. Concepts include understanding the concept of time related to human experience, recognizing that every stage of life has its special opportunities and rewards, and that death…

Suggestions on how lessons on exploring global interdependence through data can be used in the classroom are provided. (DE)

Some ideas for teaching about the energy crisis are developed in this article. The author suggests related inquiry questions and suggests techniques for clarification of interrelationships. Graphs and data related to the energy crisis are included. (SM)

This article describes the efforts of Michael Scott in trying to gain dignity and justice for victims of political violence. It indicates that, though limited, there are still nonviolent recourses open to those who will not use the war system. (Author/JB)

Urges that energy concepts be taught in an interdisciplinary manner from kindergarten through the twelfth grade. Describes a materials development program, the Project for an Energy-Enriched Curriculum, which offers a broad-based curriculum emphasizing general energy concepts, availability of energy resources, and information on how various uses…

The lesson presents the case of a person accused of killing to prevent being caught while fleeing from a politically repressive regime. Student skills in making moral and ethical value judgments are developed through activities involving critical thinking, moral reasoning, participation, and oral and written language exercises. (Author/DB)

Internationally experienced persons can help to bring global literacy to American students. To successfully make use of such persons as educational resources, the following matters require attention: advanced planning and teacher preparation, the preparation of the international resource person, class preparation, classroom interaction, and…

This consists of several topical selections: World Affairs. General; Arms Control and Disarmament; International Organizations; Regional Problems and how they relate to World Stability; Air, Trade and Development; and Ethics and War. Each section covers organizational activity and resources. (JB)

Contains six lesson plans and student materials for a unit on global food distribution and the problems of world hunger for secondary social studies classes. Students study nutrition, population distribution, poverty, the causes of hunger, and economic development, and generate personal actions to solve the hunger problem. (AM)

Explains how the use of cartoons and greeting cards in the classroom can help students identify and understand stereotypes of aging and older people. The activity, which takes one class period, involves the students in analyzing, discussing, and thinking of a word or phrase which best describes stereotypes illustrated on specific greeting cards…

Suggests how social studies classroom teachers can help students understand culture and folk art through study of folk tales. Activities involve students in class and group discussions of other cultures, story telling, illustrating folk tales, playing traditional games, and studying traditional foods and medicines. (Author/DB)

These units of study and learning activities for use in secondary social studies classes will help students better understand the complex situation in South Africa and prepare them to make wise and effective decisions about U.S. policy toward South Africa in the crucial years ahead. (RM)

Three sample lessons for elementary grades are designed to help make children aware that one of the major features of modern society is its increasing interdependence. Each lesson focuses upon the concept of systems and subsystems in society. (SM)