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Wagschal, Peter H.; Johnson, Lynell – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
A 1985 "Weekly Reader" survey found that school children predict worsening United States and global conditions that bear no relationship to the rosy futures envisioned for themselves. To help children grasp consequences of large-scale events affecting their lives, some educators advocate using a futures wheel for charting trends and consequences.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluative Thinking, Futures (of Society), Global Approach
Kazemek, Francis E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
Textbook treatments of Hiroshima bombing inadequately convey this event's horrors and complexities. Many adults and children are desensitized to war's horrors by media's depersonalized language, i.e., using "collateral damage" to describe Desert Storm civilian casualties. Educators should seek alternative resources, such as Toshi Maruki's…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Nuclear Warfare, Social Studies
