Realizing the great need for formal consumer education courses in schools, the California State Department developed a Consumer Survival Kit which is briefly described as a collection of suggested class activities, references and teacher aids. The Kit will be available in early 1974. (Author/RM)

Lists eight identifying characteristics of robopaths, people who have become so de-sensitized by the media and their environment that they are no longer capable of human response. Also suggests ways to combat the condition. (TO)

An episodal, interdisciplinary approach to teaching American industrial development provides students with a historical perspective, an awareness of certain economic principles, and actual work experiences in the manufacturing process. It also sensitizes them to critical and persistent economic and social problems affecting people in a…

An interdisciplinary high school program combining industrial education and social science was developed to provide students with an understanding of methods used in modern industry and reasons for a manufacturing economy. (MS)

The decision-making process for choosing social studies instructional materials is outlined in five steps. (KM)

Identification of the tasks of a historian are outlined and emphasis is placed on the need for students to understand his objectives, processes, limitations, techniques, and goals. (JB)

Until very recently, most social studies materials contained little discussion of prison reform. Inclusion of this vital subject in the curriculum is discussed. (JB)

A short vignette illustrates how one teacher, in her attempt to utilize the inductive method, makes things seem not as they really are to a student. (JB)

Four means of studying the future are discussed: through extrapolation, or the study of trends; by writing scenarios of the future; through the use of games and through the utilization of the Delphi technique, making predictions in a specific field over a period of time. (JB)

Short courses are outlined as the offerings of one rural school district in Pennsylvania. (JB)