Climate change presents escalating risks to young people and communities, including risks to the achievement of educational outcomes. In the years NZCER has been researching climate-responsive education, we have noted a steady increase in activity, interest, and concern about climate change amongst educational policymakers, school leaders, and…

With the realities of standards-based accountability, it is imperative to model and demonstrate for students how subject areas and teaching methods transcend across traditional boundaries. In an effort to prepare future social studies educators to teach for global awareness and to meaningfully integrate critical literacy skills into their…

Three locally developed elementary and junior high social studies units are described. (DE)

An interdisciplinary course focuses on the catastrophic threat that nuclear weapons pose for humanity. The course involves secondary students taking a preassessment quiz, discussing nuclear warfare terms, answering a Gallup Poll survey, reading literature, listening to guest speakers, learning about organizations concerned with nuclear issues, and…

A secondary course designed to study human attitudes and values through the use of multimedia, multidiscipline social studies is described. For journal availability see annotation SO 504 171. (Author/DE)

The seven activities that comprise this unit of study on human rights involve secondary students in studying a subject-related lexicon; reading nonfiction magazine and newspaper articles; discussing key quotes; analyzing literature; listening to guest speakers; and discussing preventive ameliorative measures. (RM)

Suggests a series of courses focusing on interfaces between the arts or humanities or social sciences on one hand and science or technology on the other. Indicates that science fiction is a cultural bridge characterized by speculation of the unknown from a foundation of the known. (CC)

Describes a course entitled "Science, Technology and the Public in the Nineteenth Century" that incorporates history and biology in order to make non-science majors more aware of both the process of science and its relationship to society. Discusses Louis Pasteur's life and accomplishments as an example of course content. Contains 18…

Discusses the relevance or validity of an interdisciplinary approach to teaching the history of science. Describes a course in the history of medicine acceptable for college credit either as history or biology. References are cited. (EB)

Describes an interdisciplinary course, Images of Creation in Science and Poetry, which was designed for science, humanities, and social studies majors. Explains the chronological time lines that serve as the course's organizing themes. Includes an outline, the table of contents of the class manual, and student reactions to the program. (ML)

An experimental learning project directed toward bridging the gap experienced by students between high school and college, and serving as a model for a senior year social studies course, is described. The seminar utilized a cross-disciplinary, dialogue approach with emphasis on directly involving students in the thinking process. (JB)

Course outlines and timelines for a junior high school elective, "Youth and the Law," and a senior high school elective, "Criminal and Civil Law," are provided. A sample brochure about a supplementary television series for the junior high course is also included. (SR)

Describes an interdisciplinary unit involving English and social studies. Secondary students explore numerous aspects of immigration and industrialization in America and the contributions of various ethnic and racial minorities. (RM)

Describes a semester-long class for secondary school students that examines the Black experience in the United States. The interdisciplinary course includes a preassessment quiz; a section on stereotypes, prejudice, and racial attitudes; a historical overview; literature; guest speakers; and a major project or paper. (KC)