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Bock, Natalie – 1971
A world studies elective course for grades 10-12 analyzes the political, economic, social, philosophical, scientific, technological, and psychological issues in order to provide a framework for arriving at meaningful predictions about twenty-first century life. Course goals indicate that students will explore some of the possibilities for man in…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Communication Skills, Course Objectives, Cultural Influences
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1968
The purpose of this fifth in a series of resource units intended for use at the sixth grade level is to provide concepts on the internal migration of peoples from the Atlantic Seaboard and immigration of foreigners to the Northwest and New South. Students trace migration patterns, noting that culture and materials objects also move with the people…
Descriptors: Activity Units, American Indians, Concept Teaching, Cross Cultural Studies
Blinn, Herbert; Weinfeld, Herbert – 1971
The elective, Quinmester course of study for grades 7 through 9 presents a survey on Chinese cultural history, cultural development, and culture as it is now in contemporary China. Emphasis is on comparing and contrasting traditional attitudes, values, and the total culture with the new culture since the Communist Revolution of 1948 in an attempt…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Area Studies, Behavioral Objectives, Chinese Culture
McCormick, Jackie – 1971
The quinmester American studies elective course for grades seven through nine focuses on the development of the United States as a world power from 1898 when conditions and influential groups of expansionists contributed to the United States, changing from an isolationist nation to the present world power. Emphasis is on the concept of national…
Descriptors: Activity Units, American Studies, Behavioral Objectives, Colonialism
Friedman, Harrabey – 1971
The quinmester general social studies course for grades seven through nine provides a framework for studying the Dade County community and surrounding metropolitan area. Emphasis is upon enhancing the student's understanding and appreciation for his environment in an attempt to prepare him for better citizenship. Course objectives are for students…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Behavioral Objectives, Citizenship Responsibility, City Government
Henning, Bradley; Stark, Timothy – 2001
This action research project developed an intervention to determine and change the attitudes and beliefs about students and gender bias. Targeted population were freshmen through seniors in two high schools in a blue collar, middle class community in northeastern Illinois. The problems were identified by student surveys on attitudes and beliefs…
Descriptors: Action Research, Activity Units, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment
Schlemmer, Phil; Schlemmer, Dori; Pernu, Caryn, Ed. – 1999
This book presents performance-based projects as a systematic way to provide middle school and high school students both the structure and the freedom to become actively engaged in their own learning. The approach is based on the concept of authentic learning, which advocates a relevant, real world experience to personally engage students in…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Activity Units, Class Activities, Creative Activities
Kellogg, Nancy Rader – 1990
This Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Curriculum was developed for intermediate elementary (5th, 6th, and 7th grade) students. It is an integrated unit that encompasses health, science, social studies, math, and language arts. The curriculum is comprised of nine class activities designed to meet the following objectives: (1) to determine…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Activity Units, Curriculum Guides, Decision Making Skills
Chorches, Joan – 1980
A five-week unit providing first hand experience with primitive ceramic techniques is described in this curriculum guide, which includes course goals and objectives, a daily schedule of class activities, and handouts for students. The unit features construction of a sawdust kiln as a group problem-solving activity; students work in groups…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Affective Objectives, Art Activities, Art Materials
Cotter, Kathy – 1980
Course objectives and learning activities are contained in this curriculum guide for a 16-week home economics course which teaches cooking and sewing skills applicable to outdoor living. The course goals include increasing male enrollment in the home economics program, developing students' self-confidence and ability to work in groups, and…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Affective Objectives, Cooking Instruction, Course Evaluation
Cooper, Beverly A. – 1975
The second grade instructional unit, part of a grade school level career education series, is designed to assist learners in relating present experiences to past and future ones. Before the main body of the lessons is described field test results are reported and key items are presented: the concepts, the estimated instructional time, the…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Career Awareness, Career Education, Curriculum Guides
Deden, Ann – 1974
The sixth grade instructional unit, part of a field-tested grade school level career education series, is designed to assist learners in understanding how present experiences relate to past and future ones. Before the main body of the lessons is described field testing results are reported and key items are presented: the concepts, the estimated…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change, Career Awareness
Blinn, Herbert; Weinfeld, Herbert – 1970
Materials and information in this quinmester curriculum guide for grades seven through nine focus on tribal living in Sub-Sahara, European influence in Africa, and the African's desire for independence. Activities are offered which stress discussion, inquiry strategies, and concept teaching on tribalism, colonialism, and nationalism in an attempt…
Descriptors: Activity Units, African Culture, African History, Area Studies
Helip, Donald L. – 1971
Through an understanding of the diversity of ways regions have developed and are developing economically, students in grades seven through nine gain insight into current world problems. To answer why some geographic areas are poor, students examine content focusing on the geographic, cultural, human and chance factors that influence the economic…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Course Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Developed Nations
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1968
Colonization of America is the theme in this second social studies unit for 6th grade students. Reasons for colonization are briefly discussed. The unit then takes up the Spanish settlement of Mexico, the way in which the Spanish took their culture with them to the new world, differences in the way in which the Aztecs and the Spanish perceived the…
Descriptors: Activity Units, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Concept Teaching