Many events that occur in the world affect not only the place where they occur but also many regions in the world. This situation necessitates the evaluation of the developments and changes in the world from a universal perspective rather than considering the national interests of each country. The universal evaluation of the problems experienced…

This article is drawn from a set of qualitative interviews and observations with practicing social studies teachers at three school sites, one public, one Catholic, and one Islamic, in a major metropolitan area of the United States of America, as they grapple with what it means to teach about religion in their social studies classrooms given the…

In this study, the stages of creating a dynamic map in Microsoft Excel with the rapid prototyping instructional design model developed by Tripp and Bichelmeyer are explained to support and improve students' global awareness in social studies lessons in Turkey. The dynamic map was created in four general stages in the study, in which the waterfall…

Despite the popularity of Model United Nations, no effort has been made to directly assess student learning since 1984. Accordingly, we developed and administered a pre- and post-conference survey to participants in the 2007 American Model United Nations (AMUN). We assessed whether participating in the simulation affected students' general…

This study aims to augment the current understanding of how practicing teachers perceive and implement disciplinary literacy and in what ways they collaborate with researchers in a disciplinary literacy project. To do this, we collected and analyzed transcripts of the meetings from a disciplinary literacy project that was a university-school…

Tracy A. Sugarman served in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant, junior grade, in the European theater during World War II. During his years of service from 1942-45, in addition to writing letters home, he recorded his experiences through original artwork. His sketches and watercolor paintings, completed before, during, and after D-Day, with titles such…

Four pitfalls in using case studies to teach global issues are described. These include, bias in choosing cases, overgeneralization from the case, finding interesting cases, and letting the case become an end in itself. (DE)

The potential dangers teachers face when their classes begin to study human rights are discussed and advice on how to minimize the dangers are offered. (RM)

Authors stress the need of students to know more human beings and to know more about human beings; and they list several ideas for the study of current events. (GB)

Five elementary school teachers give their ideas to best utilize various news media in the classroom. (GB)

This document is a guide to using the "National Security Series", which consists of seven books designed for teaching about national security issues in high school social studies classes. Five of the series books contain lessons designed to supplement specific courses by relating national security issues to U.S. government, U.S. history,…

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

Focusing on elementary education, this article examines some of the pitfalls found in textbooks dealing with global interdependence. Suggestions are made to avoid these mistakes and involve students in activities outside of the textbook. (DE)

The primary goal of global education is to prepare students to be effective and responsible citizens in a global society. Toward this end, students need to practice real-life skills, gain knowledge of the world, and develop expertise in viewing events and issues from diverse global perspectives. How are social studies teachers preparing young…

The mass media, development education, future studies, and war/peace studies are teaching approaches which give a new perspective on global studies. Guidelines are suggested for interpreting and selecting world studies materials. (DE)