The social studies teachers of North Fork Senior Secondary School (a pseudonym) had organized an activity to raise students' levels of awareness of the tragic events taking place in Darfur by giving them a taste of what it is like to experience a famine. The North Fork "famine" would last from Friday afternoon at 3:00 until Saturday at…

Provides an extensive bibliography of books and teaching aids on world cultures. Peace, human rights, and the teaching of world affairs and world understanding are stressed. (LN)

Economist Lester Brown reveals the extent of the growing crisis and how it will affect people of the United States. (Editor)

Instead of replacing the older cold war "enemies," with the Sandinistas and Shiite fanatics, the nation should commemorate the new century by declaring war on ignorance, illiteracy, sickness, timidity of spirit, and shallowness of vision. Weaponry funding could instead be used to develop instructional technologies, conquer AIDS, or start…

A 1985 "Weekly Reader" survey found that school children predict worsening United States and global conditions that bear no relationship to the rosy futures envisioned for themselves. To help children grasp consequences of large-scale events affecting their lives, some educators advocate using a futures wheel for charting trends and…

Time is running out for social studies revision. If the social studies profession hopes to resurrect credibility with youth, every teacher must consciously move to relate his courses to the value dilemmas of youth and the value-laden issues of our time. (Author/JN)

Provides a curriculum design to take advantage of the high levels of motivation generated by contemporary events in Iran and the Middle East. (Author/IRT)

Many educators have been reluctant to deal with the nuclear threat and peace education in their classrooms, viewing such topics as controversial, unprofessional, or harmful. After summarizing recent peace education events in Canadian schools, this article advocates teaching about nuclear issues in the context of justice, violence, survival, and…

World order education (a special variety of peace studies) is a legitimate part of a social studies curriculum. (Author/DW)

The existence of nuclear weapons is the most pervasive political and military fact of the past 40 years, and children need to be informed about nuclear concerns if they are to become good citizens. It is therefore educators' responsibility to teach the subject, however uncomfortable. (PGD)

Some want schools reformed to produce high-performing future leaders. Others desire schools that teach students how to live, share, and serve others. Competition and high performance need not substitute for happiness, love, and service-values that counter America's culture of hyper-individualism, isolationism, and declining social/political…

Despite touted "best" scores, Singapore's education ministry goals are child-centered. A worldwide survey of 182 experts reached consensus on 20 global trends, including need for a multinational curriculum. A Center of Education Policy report finds that highly subsidized foreign private schools are subject to high regulation. (MLH)