Learning stations were planned that combined the teaching of English skills with History content.

The role of the Communist Party in mobilizing the Soviet people during World War II is outlined. Emphasis is placed upon teaching the role of the Party in history and social studies classes. (DE)

Techniques for teaching elementary students about relationships between people and governments are explored. (DE)

Two undergraduate courses which used the computer to collect and analyze historical data are described. (DE)

Procedures and evaluation of a simulation designed to reenact the British-Chinese Opium War negotiations are described. (DE)

The sequence, content, instructional goals, methods, materials, and classroom environment of West German social studies education are described. (DE)

Many types of historical activities are described that enabled sixth graders to study the history of their community.

The author emphasizes the charm and importance of studying California state history. (DE)

Suggests that history teachers can increase student interest in United States history courses by using a biographical approach to teaching about individuals from many areas of American life. Surveys literary works and textbooks which lend themselves to incorporation into history courses. Journal availability: see SO 507 033. (DB)

This discussion of thinking skills is designed to related historiographical meanings with the overall process of historical inquiry. Using the definitions provided as a guide, the history teacher can more adequately formulate questions and teaching objectives. (Author/RK)

Defines the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) and explains why and how it can be used effectively to teach undergraduate history. A study guide from a PSI course on the history of Africa is used as an example. Also included is an annotated bibliography of 23 resources describing PSI and how to implement it. (AV)

Representative samples of curriculum development in social studies are presented based on a model designed to involve students actively in both the historical and dilemma-solving processes. (MJB)

This article reports on a computer analysis of 3,281 exercises in the eleven textbooks required forhistory instruction in grades 4-10 of Soviet general-education schools circa 1970. (Author)

Describes an activity in which high school students learn about the Depression through the Pop Art of that era. Activity has students interview a relative or other person who lived at the time of the depression, produce five drawings depicting the experiences related to them by the interviewee, and exhibit the drawings in the classroom. (AEM)

Describes the Advanced Placement U.S. history program which allows students to earn college credit by taking a standardized test while still in high school. Reviews procedures for selection of multiple choice questions on this test from 1960-1984. States that multiple choice type questions on this test have changed since 1960, but not…