These two subunits on Western Europe are part of one of four resource units for an eleventh grade area studies course. The subunits cover foreign policy and the political, social and economic systems of Britain, France, and Germany, and a summary section for the entire unit on Western Europe. Generalizations, skills, and attitudes are listed. The…

This is the fifth of seven resource units for a twelfth grade course on value conflicts and policy decisions. The topic for this unit is racial conflict in the United States. The introduction explains how this unit coincides with other units of the K-12 series which have treated intergroup relations. The objectives are listed as to…

This is the sixth of seven resource units for a twelfth grade course on value conflicts and policy decisions. The topic for this unit is war and peace. The objectives are listed as to generalizations, skills, and values. The double-page format related objectives to pertinent content, teaching procedures, and instructional materials. This unit…

This is the seventh of seven resource units for a twelfth grade course on value conflicts and policy decisions. The topic for this unit is: "What is the good life?" The objectives are listed as to generalizations, skills, and values. The double-page format relates objectives to pertinent content, teaching procedures, and instructional…

This paper presents a discussion of the theory of bilingual education, including ideas developed by several linguistic researchers. Various aspects of bilingual education are discussed including objectives, definition, raison d'etre, dominance and balance, learning, types, and barriers. Second language learning is considered along with reasons for…

This third volume in a series on foreign language education reviews the experience, writing, and research in the United States during 1970. The central theme, pluralism in foreign language education, is exemplified in each chapter. This theme suggests that the profession is no longer consciously oriented to a single approach to the learning of a…

Some 200 journal articles and other writings, selected from foreign language materials and publications from the 1950's and 1960's, are presented in this anthology. It is suggested that two-thirds of the items are relevant to all language instruction and that the remainder are of specific interest to teachers of German. Five major sections…

Eleven articles focus on the necessity of including cross-cultural studies in language programs in American schools. The notion of culture, it is emphasized, must not be seen as the narrow study of literature, art, music, and philosophy. The articles include: (1) a one act tragedy on the omission of cultural studies in secondary schools, (2)…

This compilation of the first four such catalogs lists 1603 items pertaining to foreign language instruction that were accessioned by all Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses from November 1966 through October 1969. Entries are organized alphabetically within each catalog, and 13-category (with subdivisions within each…

A science education game, called "Challenge," was developed and tested. In a course designed to review the concepts that are useful in teaching elementary school science, one group of black graduate students used the game while a control group used the conventional lecture-discussion format. The game was designed to allow the player an opportunity…

This report is a result of a conference in 1968 attended by secondary school educators to discuss challenging questions facing social studies teachers. Two interrelated areas of interest are explored: 1) The Nature of Contemporary Change in American Society and the World; and, 2) The Educational Needs of Our Students. However, in order to develop…

The effectiveness of demonstration centers in education as a means of inducing school personnel to adopt new modes of behavior (methodology) and/or new materials (curriculum) is evaluated. Data was collected through the use of an observation schedule, two questionnaires, and a structured interview. Demonstration varies in effectiveness depending…

A teacher in a junior high school outside San Francisco recounts his attempts to introduce unconventional subject matter, methods of teaching, and classroom procedure over several years. Starting out with the belief that children can learn better if they have freedom to explore areas that interest them and if they are free from petty school…

This study investigates the development of bilingual education in California along with the impact of federal legislation and seeks to evolve a descriptive definition of term "bilingual education" in terms of programs for Mexican Americans in the state. Bilingual programs in the United States and typologies for bilingual programs are…

The child in a bilingual or bidialectal situation must increase his skills so that he may function successfully in a wider variety of situations and know how and when to use both language codes. The curriculum described here, used in Head Start classes, is a carefully programmed, very detailed presentation of syntactic patterns that appear with…