By participating in the 2-week mini-course, high school students will learn that (1) there is a difference between political terror and other criminal activity; (2) governments as well as nongovernmental groups engage in political terrorism; (3) political terrorism has been present throughout history; (4) political terrorism is a world wide…

This is a report on the role of the British Columbia Social Studies Teacher's Association since its inception in 1959. (JH)

This article examines the relationship between interest in social studies and sex and concludes that boys express a greater interest in social studies than girls. (Author/JR)

This textbook is a course in surveying. Showing by plain and familiar rules, how to survey any piece of land whatsoever, by the plain-table, theodolite, or circumferentor, or by the chain only. How to protract, cast up, reduce and divide the same. Likewise, an easy method of protracting observations made with the meridian, and how to cast up the…

A variety of instructional materials for use in teaching about Africa are discussed, ranging from films and slides to maps and replications of African art. (LS)

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 1. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies; man's basic needs. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into 11 chapters, five of which outline the basic curriculum subunits. These five chapters are laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and materials. Other chapters are in list form. The guide…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 4. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies, regions of extractive economic activities. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The major portion of the guide is divided into five subunits, each of which is laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and materials. It is mimeographed and staple-bound with a paper cover.…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 6. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies; Latin America and Africa. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The central portion of the guide, which develops the unit, is laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and materials. Other sections are in list form. The guide is mimeographed and staple-bound with a paper…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 7. SUBJECT MATTER: Social Studies; Europe, Soviet Union, and Southeast Asia. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The major portion of the guide, which develops the unit, is laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and materials. Other sections are in list form. The guide is mimeographed and staple-bound…

It is obvious to any observer that today the social studies is in the process of a revolutionary change. It is axiomatic that one of the universal goals that all these changes are aimed at is to make social studies courses more meaningful and relevant to the life experiences of the student. One of the fastest developing innovations within the…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 4. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies: agriculture in Australia. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material includes an overview of the unit and suggestions for initiating and integrating it with the K-12 social studies program. The main text is set in four columns: content, teacher contribution and…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 6. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies: the gift of the Nile ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material includes an overview of the unit, notes on its place in the K-12 social studies program, and suggested ways to initiate the unit. The unit material is presented in four columns: content, teacher contribution…

The major assumption in this paper is that in order to improve social studies education, concepts and terminology must be clear and rigorous. Addressing three major points, the monograph discusses the types of situations calling for conceptual analysis, the definition of conceptual analysis, and aids for those interested in conceptual analysis.…