This article analyzes William Lloyd Garrison as a moral extremist in his antislavery movement. Unlike other historians, the author presents Garrison as a man who understood what he was doing, giving insight into the purposes and tactics of the radical abolitionist movement. (Author/JR)

Relates the future of social studies in 1984 to the social and political implications of education found in Orwell's "1984."

The inquiry approach to learning and teaching is explored rather thoroughly in this article. Although it relates the concept to social studies, readers will find that its meaningfulness extends further since most of the new curricula in science and mathematics recommend the inquiry approach. (Editor)

An explanation is given of how the ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education can be useful to legal educators. (KM)

All about books - old and new - and how to use them. (Editor)

This document includes six sections. Section 1 lists special events and services. Section 2 outlines sessions and meetings. Section 3 includes a list of field trips, workshops, and special events. Section 4 lists various indexes: an index of sponsoring organizations, a subject index, and a participants index. Numbers assigned to each item in an…

A short, concise summary of the geography of the Netherlands is presented in this document. The introduction describes the country's governmental forms, physical location, provinces, population, and history. Geographic coverage includes: (1) the high and low Netherlands; (2) the struggle against flooding and land reclamation; (3) the polders, or…

Part 1 of this three-part article traces James Madison's life and focuses primarily on those events that prepared him for leadership in the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787. It describes his early love of learning, education, and public service efforts. Part 2 chronicles Madison's devotion to study and preparation prior to the Constitutional…

Article listed historical facts, ideas and activities that can be incorporated into social studies to provide general knowledge about and understanding of the metric system. (Author/RK)

A SOCIAL STUDIES TOPIC ON PERU FOR FOURTH-GRADE CHILDREN IS GIVEN. THE UNIT WILL BE PRESENTED BY CREATING SITUATIONS THAT PROVOKE THE CHILDREN'S INQUIRIES. THE UNIT WILL ENABLE THE CHILDREN TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST LIFE IN PERU WITH THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES AND WILL DEVELOP GENERAL CONCEPTIONS ABOUT LIFE (FOR EXAMPLE, THAT PEOPLE MUST ADAPT TO THE…

The document presents an annotated bibliography of resources in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) for teaching social studies skills to elementary and secondary students. It is one of four bibliographies in volume 1 of the TeachERIC Resource Series. The objective of this bibliography is to offer teachers resources which would be…

This annotated bibliography, one of four separate resources in the "Teach ERIC Resource Series," cites materials that will help elementary teachers incorporate a global approach into social studies instruction. All materials listed are available through the ERIC system and in journal articles. The purpose of the Series is to help familiarize…

The document describes the 1972 version of the International Relations Exercise (IRE) used at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF). During the IRE, supplementary information, described in section 2.0, is also provided to participants. This supplementary information is not released for publication. The IRE is an outgrowth of continued…