This career exploration unit on candle making is one of several resulting from the rural southwestern Colorado CEPAC Project (Career Education Process of Attitude Change). This lesson plan consists of (1) five unit objectives (to understand how candles are made, to create an interest in candle making, to realize man is progressive in understanding…

A brief historical review of the American Depression during the 1930s is presented. (JR)

Cynicism, disillusionment, loss of faith in our government! Author discussed these issues as they are related to your social studies program. (Editor/RK)

This booklet, part of the "TeachERIC Resource Series," is an annotated bibliography of elementary and secondary social studies curriculum guides available through the ERIC system. One purpose of the series is to help familiarize teachers with the ERIC system and what it can do for them. Curriculum guides are defined as course outlines and syllabi.…

The National Center for School and College Television conducted a survey and a conference to assess television materials now being offered in social studies education. Questionnaires (125) were sent to educational television stations, closed-circuit television facilities, public school systems, and state departments of education. These…

Classroom experience for social studies students in simulation, role-playing, and sociodrama provides not only an interesting way of learning, but also an appreciation for the complexity and interdependence of social systems in the modern world. Role-playing requires a student to assume an identity other than his own to increase his understanding…

Teachers can help students to understand, retain, and relate to what is taught in a Social Studies class by selecting television shows, novels, films, and plays which broaden the students' environment beyond their personal experience. Several events in American History can be made more stimulating by the use of novels to present vivid pictures of…

The introduction gives the rationale for individualized instruction, lists its advantages, outlines its history and current trends, discusses the role of the teacher in an individualized program, and reports on Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) programs developed at the Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburg. A…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 2. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies; analysis of neighborhood patterns. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into five chapters, three of which outline the basic curriculum subunits. These three chapters are laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and materials. Other chapters are in…