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Download full textSaurino, Penny L.; Saurino, Dan R. – 2002
Elementary teachers collaborated on a research project that investigated how a constructivist approach to gifted and talented integrated curriculum strategies and techniques could be developed and implemented. The collaborative group action research cycle involved planning, collecting baseline data, intervening strategies/modifying interventions,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Action Research, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. – 1986
This Manitoba (Canada) curriculum guide for eighth grade social studies students contains suggested teaching strategies and learning activities in four units covering: (1) life during prehistoric and early historic times; (2) ancient civilizations; (3) life in early modern Europe; and (4) life in the modern world. Each unit includes an overview,…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Curriculum Guides, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1982
Supplementary units of study help eighth graders in Manitoba explore the ways people lived within selected societies of the past and realize that life today is closely related to developments which have occurred through the ages. Units and subtopics are: (1) Life during Prehistoric and Early Historic Times--prehistoric times, life in early river…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Communism, Curriculum Guides, Developed Nations
Direct linkMcNally, Ellen – Arts & Activities, 2009
The Maya civilization developed from about 300 B.C., predating the Aztecs who flourished in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. One of the challenges of this lesson is to present a cohesive history of the Maya to fourth- and fifth-graders within the context of an art lesson. A glyph is a symbol. A symbol is something that represents something else,…
Descriptors: Maya (People), Studio Art, Art Activities, Freehand Drawing
Roth, Peter – 1993
This simulation allows students to explore the lives of the great rulers of the Mayan culture. Students learn the mysterious history of the Maya by decoding glyphs, investigating the unusual religion of the Maya, unraveling the complex Mayan calendar, and discovering the Mayan number system's secret meanings. Specific cooperation skills are taught…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Stark, Rebecca – 1987
The open-ended activities in this book are designed to extend the imagination and creativity of students and encourage students to examine their feelings and values about historic eras. Civilizations addressed include ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mayan, Stonehenge, and Mesopotamia. The activities focus upon the cognitive and affective pupil…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Creative Thinking, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFields, Virginia M. – Visible Language, 1990
Describes the historical approaches to the decipherment of ancient Maya writing. Asserts that Mayan hieroglyphics are recognized as true writing because they represent the sounds and structure of spoken language. Discusses the history of Maya hieroglyphic writing and how it was used in that civilization. (PRA)
Descriptors: Ancient History, Higher Education, Ideography, Latin American Culture
Marinez, Diana; Ortiz de Montellano, Bernard – 1983
For teachers concerned about the underrepresentation of Hispanics and Native Americans in science fields, this paper provides resource materials and instructional approaches. First, the role of ethnocentrism in determining what is included in science courses is discussed; the non-Western impact of science has been systematically ignored, it is…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Parsons, Mikeal C.; Cook, Garrett – Christian Higher Education, 2004
This paper explores the possibilities of teaching Genesis and the Popol Vuh, the Mayan creation account, in an interdisciplinary course at a church-related institution. The course is part of an alternative, interdisciplinary core curriculum typically taken by two hundred students a year at the university. A comparison of the Popol Vuh with Genesis…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Biblical Literature, Etiology
Barreiro, Jose, Ed. – Northeast Indian Quarterly, 1989
As the most significant American Indian contribution to world civilization, corn is discussed from historical, socio-cultural, and scientific perspectives. The introduction describes a collaboration between the American Indian Program of Cornell University and the Indigenous Preservation Network Center, which brought students and reservation…
Descriptors: Agronomy, American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Studies
Buchert, Lene, Ed.; Epskamp, Kees, Ed. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2000
This journal focuses on comparative education and has four major sections. The "Viewpoint/Controversy" section contains one article: "Is the Globalization of the Economy Creating Values for a New Civilization?" (Koichiro Matsuura). The "Open File: Rethinking Educational Aid" section contains the following articles:…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Childrens Rights, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
Soni, P. Sarita, Ed. – Research and Creative Activity, 1993
This serial issue features 6 members of the Indiana University System faculty who have focused their research on Latin America, past and present. The first article, "A Literature of Their Own," highlights Darlene Sadlier's research on Brazilian women's fiction and poetry that has led to an interest in the interplay of Brazilian and…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, American Indians, Anthropology, Archaeology
Scheper, George L., Ed. – Community College Humanities Review, 1999
This special issue of the Community College Humanities Review contains articles generated by National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institutes, held over several years. The institutes provided opportunities for academics from a variety of humanities disciplines and types of institutions to interact over an extended period of common study of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
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