The failure of a geography instruction project in Jamaica suggests the following recommendations to educators considering similar strategies: (1) arrange time off for teacher participants; (2) offer tangible rewards; (3) select suitable teachers who are committed to their subject; (4) offer training in group interaction skills; and (5) limit…

Reviews the history of cartography. Describes the contributions of Strabo and Ptolemy in early maps. Identifies the work of Gerhard Mercator as the most important advancement in mapping. Discusses present mapping standards from history. (CW)

Provides a brief history of the impact of urbanization on education, specifically focusing on the relationship between social class and educational policy. Concludes that schools and youth clubs failed to achieve much relief from the pressures and fundamental problems associated with urban poverty. (JDH)

A two-week map skills unit for fourth and fifth graders is presented. Students learn about the nature of maps, map conventions that cartographers employ to aid map readers in using maps, and map symbols and orientation. They then apply knowledge and skills learned and make their own maps. (RM)

A Scottish educator observes that "most of Europe" is taught in U. S. high schools as a "living museum," neglecting contemporary life and developments. Provides an outline of content, emphasizing human geography, which is suggested for the study of contemporary Scotland by U. S. high school students. (JDH)

A national survey which asked Canadian students where they would most and least prefer to live revealed that most preferred to stay near home and disliked, or were neutral toward, other places. Classroom exercises to help college and secondary students understand the geographical ideas mentioned in this article are provided. (RM)

Described and evaluated are microcomputer units of instruction that were developed for use in undergraduate geography courses. Students responded favorably to the modules--"Socioeconomic Patterns,""Economic Rent,""Sampling Distribution of Sample Means,""Land Use Competition,""Data Classing,""Weather and Climate," and "Landforms." (RM)

Students in an honors urban class collected architectural data on all residential buildings constructed prior to 1950 in the city of La Puente, California and made recommendations regarding the preservation of certain structures. The project is described. (RM)

The state of California has developed model curriculum standards for required high school social studies courses. Included here are the "Introduction" and "Organization and Format" from the history-social science section of the "Model Curriculum Standards: Grades Nine through Twelve," and the standards for the world…

Described is a project that involved undergraduate geography students in developing a model of the accessibility of the pre-school population in Cardiff (England) to child care clinics. Programing skills were acquired through spatial modelling. Networks of mini- and micro-computers were used. (Author/RM)

Library instruction can only succeed when fully integrated with the teaching of the subject. This requires greater consideration by geography teachers of the relationship between bibliographic knowledge and substantive knowledge. (Author/RM)

A study is described to measure place awareness among college students in terms of (1) general level of place awareness, (2) variations of place awareness for different world regions, and (3) patterns of place awareness among U.S. colleges and universities. (Author/AV)

Soaring mountain peaks, glaciers, deep-blue lakes, and lush forests delight the senses of visitors who drive on Going-to-the-Sun Road through Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana. The construction of the Going-to-the-Sun-Road, dedicated in 1933, made this experience available to the many visitors who come to the park by car. Building this…

This instructional package, consisting of a text and 15 transparencies, is designed for middle school classrooms. The four lessons in the package correlate to the study of world cultures (perspective taking and symbols), geography, and government. The materials in the package focus on national studies and state studies from a comparative United…

In grade 11, students use the life and work of Cesar E. Chavez as a case study to trace the major historical eras and events of the 20th century. Students start by studying the Chavez family at the beginning of the 20th century, learning about them as they struggled to acquire a farm in Arizona and raise a family. They also learn how they faced…