A copy of the official position statement of the National Council for the Social Studies, this document provides a rationale for the studying about various religions in public schools, including information on the 1963 United States Supreme Court decision that declared such study both legal and desirable. (JDH)

Asserts that students need a solid background in world affairs, and that this end can be achieved by making world affairs personally meaningful to students. Describes a project that attempts to help make this connection, and supplies relevant story ideas and questions for an editing assignment. (MS)

The guide uses an activities-based approach to reinforce both social studies content and skills for special education elementary students. The guide has been designed to correspond with the scope and sequence of New York City's Minimum Teaching Essentials. Six themes are examined: (1) developing individuality and a sense of self (social/emotional…

Describes a college course dealing with the origins and goals of Soviet foreign policy. The course examines the events surrounding the development of Soviet policy since the 1917 revolution, the domestic factors which influence foreign policymaking, and current problems and policies. (RM)

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)

Presents a basic organizational plan, patterned after the U.S. Department of State, which can be used as a model for teaching secondary level contemporary affairs. Each student becomes a specialist in a chosen global region while developing skills in geographic analysis and independent research. (AM)

This program examines the history of U.S.-Haitian affairs and the events leading up to the recent deployment of U.S. troops to Haiti. This program provides essential background to those interested in the current and future situation in Haiti as it struggles with democracy-building. The study guide offers questions to use before viewing the video,…

Not only is it important to present a global perspective across the curriculum, it is especially important that children be introduced to a global perspective as early as possible. Children are most amenable to learning about other peoples and cultures between the ages of seven and 12. This guide contains 24 classroom activities designed to…

This study guide may be used as a reader for exploratory discussions among college students and educators interested in peace, world order, and global change studies. The essays and reprints of journal articles in the guide are general introductions to the issues covered by world order education. The first article, "World Resources and the…

Describes a college course which uses a national approach to the teaching of international politics. Students are grouped into "country teams." Each country team publishes an analysis of its nation's foreign policy. Country teams participate in other activities including press conference simulations and an inter-nation simulation. (RM)

Discusses various elementary school projects to foster global awareness in students. In one social studies classroom, students discuss latest news headlines, write in their new update journals, and construct globes of the earth. (KC)

Eight kinds of curricular changes designed to make schools more effective agents of citizen education in a global age are discussed. Materials designed to globalize the content of education are listed and four basic elements of a curriculum grounded in a global perspective are briefly described. (JMF)

Presents a method for actively engaging students in the learning process when dealing with the problem of nuclear war and peace. The program forces the student to formulate and defend an intelligence estimate which they have produced either individually or collectively. Describes in detail the concept of a national intelligence estimate. (KO)

The United States fulfilled its desire to be the country that reopened trade with Japan through the Kanagawa Treaty (1854). Japan reluctantly rejoined the world community at a time when their culture and economy were in disorder. While grappling with the changes within their borders they tried to keep the ways of the "barbarians" from…

This document suggests how social studies classroom teachers on the high school level can use a concept approach to structure global studies programs. Global studies is interpreted to include a focus on the individual's search for meaning in various cultures as well as the more traditional study of world cultures. A major objective of the approach…