Two heads of department in contrasting schools explain why they do not use Level Descriptions at all, other than at the very end of Key Stage 3. Influenced by "assessment for learning" principles, Sally Burnham and Geraint Brown develop a case for using assessment to help pupils grow in understanding of how the discipline of history…

This booklet contains tips to help elementary and secondary teachers teach family history in the classroom. It is suggested that teachers might begin by providing their students with a checklist identifying the kinds of evidence usually available in a home, such as photographs, certificates, yearbooks, diplomas, membership cards, newspaper…

A study was conducted to collect information on college students' perceptions of adjunct guide material used in conjunction with textbook reading assignments in history and philosophy courses. The three types of guide materials developed by history, philosophy, and reading department faculty were (1) selective reading guides--a series of…

This student booklet, part of a series of seven instructional materials dealing with the history and culture of Armenian Americans, introduces students in grades 5 through 9 to traditional Armenian church architecture. The material is presented through a brief reading on the elements of Armenian church architecture, a series of four worksheets,…

Senior citizens can support community college humanities programs in three ways. First, they are a resource of potential students and are eager for courses providing them with historical, musical and literary knowledge. Clackamas Community College in Oregon City has responded to their interest by providing non-credit extension courses at every…

This description of a project to help secondary school social studies classroom teachers incorporate local history into the curriculum focuses on objectives, project development and activities, and outcome data. The specific intent of this project was to help classroom teachers in Colorado overcome some of the obstacles to the use of local history…

Prepared by teachers, school librarians, and subject authorities, this bibliography supplementing an earlier publication includes materials for the teaching of Iowa history, tradition, and literature in elementary and secondary schools. Divided into two sections, the first lists materials on Iowa history according to Dewey classification. Entries…

Information from local records can be used in a variety of ways to strengthen and add interesting detail to undergraduate history courses on slavery in the United States. Specifically, the author describes the use of county records to teach about slavery in Texas before the Civil War. Four sources of records can be consulted: (1) United States…

Students majoring in advertising can benefit from a study of that field in its historical context because such study helps them to understand current practices and to foresee future developments. One model of teaching advertising history within a required course about advertising and society begins with some basic definitions of the advertising…

The book, intended for senior high school students, is one of a series concerned with problems of world order. The bipolar system (domination of the international system through maintenance of a balance of power between the United States and the Soviet Union) is described and defined by presenting case studies of the Hungarian rebellion in 1956,…

A MODERN WORLD HISTORY COURSE ON ASIA, AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, THE SOUTH PACIFIC, EUROPE, AND THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE IS PRESENTED. IT STRESSES SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, INDUSTRIAL, INTELLECTUAL, AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS. THE TIME PERIOD IS FROM THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT. GEOGRAPHICAL CONTENT, ESSENTIAL TO AN INTELLIGENT UNDERSTANDING OF…

This handbook in United States history is one of a series of handbooks designed for the Indochinese student in American high schools. Like the other books in the series, it is not intended to replace the English-language textbook, but is designed to help the student understand the textbook. The material presented was compiled and adapted from high…

The following curriculum units comprise this course book: (1) Germans in a New Home, (2) Contributions of the Germans in Wisconsin, (3) A Letter to Germany, (4) Germans Come to Kingston, (5) First a Soldier, Then a Man of the Church (about Heinrich von Rohr), (6) A Visiting German, and (7) Germans and Music. Each unit begins with a reading of…

The linkage manual presents social studies material in story outline form. Linkage refers to the bonding of study skills (particularly logical thinking and reading) with subject area content. The document is intended as an aid to intermediate and junior high school classroom teachers as they develop and/or adapt social studies materials to meet…

AS PART OF A FIVE-CITY SURVEY OF THE AMERICAN HISTORY CURRICULUM TAUGHT IN DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS TO MINORITY GROUP CHILDREN, THIS PLAN OUTLINES THE PROCEDURES TO BE USED IN GATHERING DATA IN WASHINGTON, D.C. INFORMATION ON THE REACTION OF NEGRO CHILDREN TO AMERICAN HISTORY INSTRUCTION IN THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE OBTAINED…