The contemporary rural population, comprising one-quarter of the nation's total, is diverse. Hence, no single label can be applied to its inhabitants, its families, or its children. This collection of articles, highlighted with drawings by five year old rural residents, describes adaptations to modern American life made by three types of rural…

This publication describes a semester-long course developed for teaching future studies to secondary school students. The course is designed as a senior high social studies elective. Objectives are to help students recognize that change will occur, that change in one area will affect other areas, that the future can be influenced, and that they…

Because life styles, values, social institutions, and "survival activities" differ in undeveloped rural areas from those in industrial societies, the techniques and approaches used by rural social workers must be adjusted to meet the needs of the population being dealt with. In forager and agricultural societies, social workers and other…

Designed to help women who are planning their lives and careers, this twenty-one page booklet presents some of the two-year and four-year educational programs offered by the University of Maine at Orono (UMO). The booklet first discusses the demands the labor market of the future will make on employees and points out the importance of developing…

Research is lacking on the social and environmental impacts and policy implications of urban transportation. The major goals of this paper are to focus on these problems by (1) examining choice and social travel linkages in the city; (2) examining the spread of transportation to the deprived population; (3) reviewing research aimed at reducing the…

An intensive investigation of the impact Army service has had on the quality of life for a representative sample of young Americans is analyzed in terms of possible improvement in Army personnel procedures. A total of 166 men (of a potential 200) and 49 women (of a potential 50) were interviewed. The information from these interviews; a review of…

Designed for second and third grade, this curriculum guide focuses on the social nature of man and the need of human beings for each other. By examining urban, suburban, and rural neighborhoods, a variety of social types and life-styles are presented. Each of the three neighborhood sections consists of 14 stories expressing different concepts and…

This monograph relates the numerous problems involved in developing an experimental community named Lake Village in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Formulated by several psychologists, the experiment is an off-shoot of a conference on alternative communities held in Racine, Wisconsin, in 1966. The community centers around an educational strategy that would…

This women's studies course is designed to make non-college bound 11th and 12th grade female students aware of career options and alternatives, as well as of the issues women are raising regarding their place in society. The materials are developed specifically for noncollege students because decisions confront them immediately after high school,…

This ethnographic study of the Japanese American community in San Francisco is stated to be aimed at showing how the cross cultural study of personality changes throughout the life style can enrich the understanding of man. Chapters describe collective life in Japan Town against the background of its history; inspect respondents' perceptions of…

This study was designed: (1) to examine in depth family-related variables in 30 rural working-class families in order to determine whether there are certain life-style differences between those whose sons achieve at or above grade level and those whose sons' achievements fall below grade level; and (2) to gather information on how early boys begin…

The matter of land and the relationship of black people to land has considerable significance both for the social health of the general society and also for the black community's own welfare. Many of America's current domestic ills were traced to the surge of southern blacks to selected urban areas as the rural southern economy found it could no…

The study brings together in one work a brief history of American Indian policy in the United States for the use of students, teachers, government employees, and the general reader. More detail has been supplied for the period since 1930 to enable the reader to see the processes involved in the adoption, administration, and eventual changes in…

Inventorying and analyzing the housing needs of the region's migrant population, the report is presented in 2 sections. Part I introduces the migrant, staygrant, and rural agricultural worker. Part 2 addresses the particular needs of the agricultural worker, including the rural poor. Attention is given to education, training, health, social…

These conference proceedings report the activities of one of a series of symposia dealing with the planning of sociocultural environment. This seminar was concerned specifically with sociocultural facilities and equipment serving the intellectual, artistic, and physical pursuits of individuals, families, and social groups. The main portion of the…