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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Morrissett, Irving – Social Education, 1973
The relationship between quality of life and the GNP is the focus of this article which defends the GNP. Four positive propositions about economic growth and the GNP are stated and defended. It is acknowledged that there is a need for social indicators broader than the GNP accounts. (KM)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economic Progress, Economics, Measurement Instruments
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Lewenstein, Morris R. – Social Education, 1973
Teacher approaches to the controversial issue of the conflict between quality of life and economic growth are suggested for elementary and secondary grade levels. (KM)
Descriptors: Conflict, Economics Education, Educational Objectives, Quality of Life
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Durieux, Norman C. – Social Education, 1973
Some of the varied resources in the general area of economics and in the special area of economics and the environment are listed. Most contain extensive bibliographies. Some materials are free or available for a nominal charge. (KM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Economics, Economics Education, Environmental Education
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Rustin, Bayard – Social Education, 1973
The political and value structures involved in the change process for achieving peace are discussed. Suggestions for achieving the social change needed for peace which are related to education involve an emphasis on conflict resolution techniques and the capacity to analyze a culture in terms of its values. (KM)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Awareness, Educational Responsibility
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Mendlovitz, Saul H. – Social Education, 1973
This article argues that drastic system change is the most effective and urgently required route to world peace and that gradualism may only serve to perpetutate the danger and inequities of the world political community. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Models, Peace, Political Power, Social Change
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Fraenkel, Jack R. – Social Education, 1973
Ideas are suggested as to how teachers can help students deal intelligently with questions of value in the classroom. Steps to use in approaching the conflicting issues related to promotion of world peace are outlined. (KM)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conflict, Peace, Political Issues
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Nyhan, Patricia – Social Education, 1973
Fundamental concepts which underlie the study of war and peace are conflict, social change, and world institutions. Materials for each of these are listed with annotations and include study guides, units, background resources, games and films. (KM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Conflict, Peace, Resource Materials
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Bohannan, Paul – Social Education, 1973
The biology, the behavioral, the cultural, and the social dimensions of agression are reviewed in relation to the role of teachers in the role of learning about conflict and conflict resolution. (KM)
Descriptors: Aggression, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
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Hammond, Kenneth R. – Social Education, 1973
This article discusses four current explanations for man's failure to resolve conflicts. Information about and techniques for improving human judgment and opportunities for students to learn to use these are needed to improve efforts to solve social problems. (KM)
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Failure, Learning Activities
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Eckenrod, James S.; Holmes, James F. – Social Education, 1973
Developments in the area of human engineering, scientific developments which affect human life when incorporated into the technology of society, require an attempt to cross conventional discipline boundaries in education. A justification for this attempt and several programs that met this need are described. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Human Factors Engineering, Interdisciplinary Approach, Natural Sciences, Program Descriptions
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Kirman, Joseph M.; Spencer, Claude E. – Social Education, 1973
An introductory bibliography lists materials useful in linking social studies and science. Books, bibliographic items, periodicals, catalogs, pamphlets, and science fiction materials are reviewed. (KM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Interdisciplinary Approach, Natural Sciences
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O'Neil, Robert M. – Social Education, 1973
This article points out some of the imperfections of the judicial system in America and the need to understand better the nature of the system and what can be done to preserve and improve it. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Doctrine, Court Role, Democracy
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Greene, Linda – Social Education, 1973
Two case histories of the treatment of the Indians and Blacks in America illustrate the historic lack of concern, where profitable, for injustice under law. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Case Studies, Civil Rights
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Banks, James A. – Social Education, 1973
Several key generalizations which students can derive about the legal status of ethnic minorities in the United States are identified, as are major events, treaties, and court cases essential for understanding the struggle for justice among non-Whites. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Ethnic Groups, Generalization
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Matheson, Kenneth – Social Education, 1973
The purpose of this article is to indicate some of the more useful materials and training programs for teaching about the judicial process. (KM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Civics, Civil Rights, Curriculum Guides
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