Discusses action being taken to establish a national organization which would serve to focus and coordinate the activities of all the public interest groups now operating. Increased emphasis on the role of scientists in advising this government on public interest issues is advocated. (JR)

Noting the very recent popularity of violence as a topic among historians, American history is reviewed to reveal the sources of this occurrence of historical amnesia. (KM)

Downes, Wolf D. Fuhrig, J. Warren Brinkman, and John Noonan offer the four essays which make up this article, viewing law, order, attitudes, and education's contribution to effective action. (JB)

This essay presents a review of books with which the well-read social educator should be familiar, offering a body of literature that can assist in understanding different views of new social studies and including illuminating examples from the resources. (SM)

Discussion of the social sciences as forms of thought that structure meanings,'' and of the value of teaching students to develop the social discipline approach.'' (Author/SP)

To test materials and teaching strategies for a public issues curriculum, staff members of the Project planned, taught, and evaluated a three-year experimental program in a large high school. Evaluation data is presented. (JB)

In this article the writer states that student unrest is not peculiar to the present century, but that the changed conditions of modern life and the rapid increase in population have given it a new dynamic form. (Author)

Originally published in Spanish in American Indigena," Organo Trimestral del Instituto Indigenista Interamericano (Mexico) in Vol. 31(2), April 1972. (NQ)

A sound program in Environmental Studies may show the way to attack other multidisciplinary problems. Some of these are population problems, urban renewal, black studies, resource utilization, and in-depth regional studies. (Author)

Provides an overview of Canadian poverty in its biological, geographical, ecological, demographic, structural, psychological, cultural, and social dimensions, and suggests relevant references. (JM)

The objective here is to stimulate thought, motivate action, and outline the basic concepts to be taken into consideration in planning programs for drug education. (JB)

Contains text of a speech presented at one of eight 2-day regional forums which focuses on technological trends and their implications for education. (SB)