This teaching guide focuses on courses integrating social studies and the environment. The guide is divided into the following parts: (1) "'ECO/Social Studies' Course Syllabus--K-12 Teacher Education"; (2) "Culture Literacy, National Standards, and Georgia's QCCs"; (3) "Sample Unit--Outline"; (4) "Using a Matrix…

It has been found to be an effective educational tool! Using film for instructional purposes is a common practice in many classrooms. However, many teachers are unaware of the benefits of using film for instructional purposes, as well as effective methods for effectively integrating film into social studies instruction. The purpose of this…

An analysis is given of a survey appeal made in the November 1972 issue of Social Education in which readers were asked to supply evaluative information on social studies materials they were using. (Author/KM)

In project SEEK (Seventh Grade Eclectic Exploration of Knowledge), learning experiences contribute to student growth in eight areas of career education. Mohawk Junior-Senior High School, Columbus, Ohio, seventh graders learn through a well-planned, well-articulated social studies program which accommodates spontaneity and creativity. (AG)

A closer look at television commercials helps children to analyze and discriminate. (Editor)

Preschool children from low-income families demonstrate near transfer when they are exposed to an intermediate condition of variety in training. (CK)

The author discusses the ways in which the middle school can meet the special needs of pre-adolescent and early adolescent students, and spells out the characteristics of Man: A Course of Study that make it particularly applicable to the middle school. (JLB)

If history is to gain its rightful station in the new social studies, it will have to go beyond its present objective of historical wisdom" to teaching students how to utilize historical methodology in studying the past and as a bridge to the future. (Author/MB)