The growing number of value clarification curriculum materials is an indication that moral education is becoming a major focal point of curriculum. This study looks at one social studies course that includes both a moral development component and an inquiry approach. The hypotheses of the study are that students will show significant growth in (1)…

This curriculum guide, developed by the Association of Teachers of Latin American Studies, provides an interdisciplinary, inquiry-oriented approach to Mexican-American and Puerto Rican Studies. Unit one contains a list of cognitive and affective objectives and evaluation suggestions. Units two through six provide content materials and include a…

The major reason for using the outdoor history museum as a field laboratory is to provide for small in depth studies of "real life" problems relevant for today's students. An authentic New England village of 1790-1840 provides the background for the sequential development of various concepts in the social studies learning unit. Concepts are…

This unit package offers the primary social studies teacher structured materials in geography. The primary objective of this unit is to develop the concepts labeled place and environment. Material organization and teaching strategy involve a two-fold emphasis on concept acquisition and concept use. The materials require the student to make…

A set of instructional materials and methods, designated Inquiry Development Program, was designed to teach children how to learn independently. The student was presented with an event which had an outcome that ran counter to his expectations. Motivated by his curiousity, he then searched for an explanation to the discrepancy between what he…

The handbook outlines a course of study in social studies for grade 1. The overall course objective is to teach children about the family's needs, the ways in which it satisfies them, and the interdependence of people in families and communities. Questioning techniques are used throughout the course. Questions which develop student thinking…

This teacher's resource book is a guide to three intermediate texts about Eurasia entitled Population Pressure in Indonesia, Problems of Industrialization in Eurasia, and Power Blocs in Eurasia. The texts are part of the series, Man on the Earth, which probes broad-based issues confronting mankind. The resource book distinguishes 18 major concepts…

While inquiry teaching has been a popular term in the social studies literature over the last decade, the empirical research appears to have paid little attention to specific inquiry models. All published papers and dissertations purporting to measure inquiry teaching for the five year period, January, 1967 through November, 1972 are reviewed and…

The Schools Council Project investigated current practices in teaching history, identified objectives and obstacles and carried out a program in trial schools based upon conclusions drawn from the investigation. An experimental framework for syllabus construction based first on the conceptual structure of history and second, on a taxonomy of…

The resource unit, developed by the University of Minnesota's Project Social Studies, introduces tenth graders to a course on United States history. A brief survey of colonial history is provided, serving as a baseline against which to note change in the centuries that have followed. The major ideas about culture, its continuity and change, and…

The purpose of this study was to determine the short-term impact of inquiry-oriented teaching materials on high school students' understanding of consumer education concepts and practices. In addition, the study sought to ascertain if a comparative advantage exists in offering consumer education courses at the preservice and the inservice levels…

Self contained multi-media kits for grades 1 through 6 involve students directly in the learning process. Emphasis is on non-verbal learning which takes place when youngsters examine real objects and engage in learning activities. Involved in the discovery and inquiry process, students hypothesize, classify, and categorize. In an interdisciplinary…

This teacher's guide for a ninth grade course on the American economic system includes description of six units of study: 1) The United States: An Affluent Society; 2) The American Economy: How Our Economic System Works; 3) Farm Problems; 4) The Auto Industry; 5) Poverty in the United States; and 6) units on Political Campaigns and Elections and…

This Teacher's Guide to the APB one- or two-semester high school course provides a day-by-day plan for teaching the course. The plan includes a chapter overview suggested readings for teachers and students, instructional objectives, and suggested teaching procedures for each class period. The five major units that comprise the course are: 1)…

Discusses the need to teach problem-solving skills in science. Differentiates between guided discovery, guided inquiry, guided exploration, and guided investigation. Describes how guided exploration evolved and how it can be applied to the science curriculum. Provides a flowchart for guided investigation. (TW)