Questions the value of including death education in compulsory high school courses. The topic impinges on personal religious beliefs and may create anxiety among teenagers if they are required to participate in field trips and attitude surveys. (AV)

A fictional story about a teacher embroiled in controversy among parents, other teachers, and community members because of a course he teaches. Points out that commitment, sophistication, and courage are needed by teachers who deal with sensitive issues. (AV)

Provides insight into the experience of Spanish Americans in the predominantly Anglo culture of the United States and evaluates political gains made by Hispanics since the establishment of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in 1976. (DB)

Provides tabular information on demographic, social, and economic characteristics of people of Spanish background in the United States. Information is based on advance data from the March 1977 Current Population Survey. (DB)

Explains how curriculum reform can reinforce positive attitudes toward cultural pluralism and help students understand socioeconomic consequences of a culturally pluralistic society. (DB)

Explores advantages of emphasizing multicultural objectives across all curriculum areas rather than in specialized ethnic studies courses. Reviews ways to increase collaboration between bilingual education and the social studies. (DB)

Maintains that issues of cultural identification and self-concept are generally avoided by researchers and critics in discussions related to the goals of bilingual and multicultural education. (DB)

Examines methods of teaching high school social studies students about the Cold War. Commonly used textbooks are analyzed for their treatment of the Cold War. (DB)

Comments upon excerpts from conversations between social studies educators and high school students in Morioka, Japan. Topics discussed include life-style, student activities, attitudes toward families and school, contemporary issues, and plans for the future. Suggests how to use the conversations to teach about cultural awareness. (DB)

Suggests that educators will increase learning if they base curriculum on children's thinking patterns. Discusses prominent characteristics of young children's thinking and selection of content appropriate to these thinking patterns. (DB)

Suggests methods for social studies educators to help students understand the aging process. Activities involve students in taking surveys, conversing with older people, making picture lifelines, cartography, and class discussion of topics relevant to aging. (DB)

Reviews arguments for and against mainstreaming and presents strategies for using newspapers in elementary school mainstreamed social studies classrooms. Gives examples of newspaper learning activities related to community affairs, social competencies, safety, and prevocational skills. (DB)

Reports on studies which employed three different methodologies to evaluate status and needs of social studies education. Commissioned by the National Science Foundation's Education Directorate in 1976, the studies included a national survey of administrators and teachers, a review of literature related to trends in social studies, and a case…

Explores the needs of gifted students in the public schools and describes special programs devised by parents and educators to give gifted students the extra attention and stimulation they are unable to get in the classroom. (DB)

Although the arts and sciences are basic to the educational needs of all children, they have a particular relevance to students who are intellectually gifted and socially talented. Concludes that a strong program in the arts and sciences may heighten motivation and accelerate academic motivation for gifted students. (Author/DB)