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Hardy, Charles – New England Social Studies Bulletin, 1982
Discusses how teachers can use U.S. census data in secondary U.S. history classes. Four census-based activities dealing with the themes of social mobility among Detroit and Alabama Blacks, definition of megalopolis, poverty in Boston, and Irish immigrants in Walpole, Massachusetts, in 1850 are described. (AM)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Immigrants, Learning Activities, Poverty
Kent, Mary Mederios – 1984
Appropriate for secondary school students, this kit provides the basics of population dynamics in both written and visual form. Each chart covers a major population component, characteristic, or world trend. The chart titles are: (1) "World Population Growth through History," (2) "Population Growth through Natural Increase, 1775 to 1985, (3)…
Descriptors: Charts, Futures (of Society), Instructional Materials, Migration
Peer reviewedStelter, Gilbert A. – History and Social Science Teacher, 1979
Discusses the nature of urban history, general guides to Canadian urban history, teaching aids, the urban "biography," and thematic approaches such as economic growth and metropolitan development, urban population, and urban government and politics. (KC)
Descriptors: City Government, Economics, Higher Education, History Instruction
Download full textStauffer, Cheryl Lynn, Ed. – 2000
This booklet focuses on eight elements of population dynamics: "Population Growth and Distribution"; "Natural Increase and Future Growth"; "Effect of Migration on Population Growth"; "Three Patterns of Population Change"; "Patterns of World Urbanization"; "The Status of Women";…
Descriptors: Demography, Females, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1990
This document describes literacy models for urban and rural populations in Mexico. It contains four sections. The first two sections (generalizations about the population and considerations about the teaching of adults) discuss the environment that creates illiterate adults and also describe some of the conditions under which learning takes place…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy, Instructional Materials
Hemp, Paul E.; Ethridge, Jim – 1981
Urban agriculture may be defined as those areas of agriculture that are practiced in metropolitan settings, plus knowledge and skills in agricultural subject areas which lead to vocational proficiency and improved quality of life or effective citizenship. Agriculture areas that are especially significant in urban settings include ornamental…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Endicott, Fran; Thomas, Barb – 1979
Compiled in this curriculum program are a number of poems, stories, classroom activities, songs and illustrations dealing with various aspects of a multiethnic urban environment in Canada. Designed to familiarize students with the diverse urban population, differences and similarities among individuals, communities, and families of different…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Guides
