Excerpted from The People's Republic of China,'' No. 4 in the Issues in United States Foreign Policy series, the material discusses (1) Profile, (2) Customs, Etiquette, and Rhetoric, (3) Women in the P.R.C., (4) Cuisine, (5) Medicine and Health, (6) Education, (7) Language, and (8) Communes and Agriculture. (JB)

Topic 1, The Ancient Greeks, of a theme issue on Teaching World History Through Science Fiction utilizes this story reprinted from Horror Times Ten. (JB)

Topic 2, The Age of Charlemagne, from a theme issue on Teaching World History Through Science Fiction, motivates student discussion on tampering with history. The story is an excerpt from Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne, copyright in 1967. (JB)

Topic 3, The Renaissance, in the theme issue on Teaching World History Through Science Fiction, presents this 1952 story on the Mona Lisa. A look at the future makes clear the importance of beauty in the lives of every generation. (JB)

Topic 4, Relations Between East and West, from a theme issue on Teaching World History Through Science Fiction, illustrates with this 1951 story that there are many ways of living in the world which, although different from the Western way, are worthy of equal respect and dignity. (JB)

Topic 5, Expanding Horizons of Science, asks students to question the expansion of the human element and reaction to the environmetal changes brought about by advancing technology. The story is taken from the 1954 book, Nightfall and Other Stories. (JB)

Topic 6, The Rise of Modern Dictators, in a theme issue on Teaching History Through Science Fiction, utilizes a 1962 story to dramatically demonstrate for students how one man can develop in himself the feelings of a dictator. (JB)

Topic 7, Atomic Bombs and Radiation, from a theme issue on Teaching World History Through Science Fiction, stimulates discussion on mutation and radiation effects. (JB)

Topic 8, Our Contemporary World: Problems and Issues, examines Women's Liberation through discussion of the factors introduced in this short story. (JB)

Topic 8, Our Contemporary World: Problems and Issues, in a theme issue on Teaching World History Through Science Fiction, presents a story from Startling Stories, published in 1946, to motivate discussion on factors contributing to a generation gap. (JB)

Topic 8, Our Contemporary World: Problems and Issues, in a theme issue on Teaching World History Through Science Fiction, presents this short story to motivate discussion on dehumanization, resulting in a society where the single driving force is order and unity and promptness and clocklike precision. (JB)

Before accountability as now envisioned can be implemented on a wide scale, a great deal more research, development, and testing must be done on the specification of objectives, ways of achieving specific objectives, and methods of measuring achievement. (Authro)

Publishers' representatives responded to questions concerning textbook content and use and a series of questions are presented which provide an effective means of evaluating textbooks. Analyses of a few of the presently available textbooks and textbook programs reflecting curriculum reform in the social studies are included. (JB)

The basis of good social studies education has been the growth of ability to cope with a changing world, and will depend in the future upon the directions and practices of the school of which it is a part. Presidential Address at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, November 1972. (JB)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether one area of United States history--Populism and Populists--is accurately presented in nine widely used current American history high school textbooks. Another objective was to devise a system that could be used to make such a determination for any history text. (Author)